Jan 17“Conversion therapy” is not therapy. It is violent abuse.British Stonewall has made a strong video about how families and “helpers” destroys the lives of trans youth by committing them to so-called “conversion therapy.” If anyone tries to get you or a trans friend of yours to take part in this kind of treatment, note the following: Warning: The…Trans2 min readTrans2 min read
Jan 13Transgender trauma and how to cope with itIf you grow up as a gender variant person in a transphobic or homophobic environment, the chances are that you have been exposed to some kind of invalidation, harassment and social pressure to conform. Sally Molay has an interesting article on how to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or…Transgender1 min readTransgender1 min read
Jan 4Stop Using the Bible to Dehumanize Transgender PeopleOne of the truly strange aspect of the current anti-transgender activism is the far right Christians attempts at demonizing transgender people. I know a lot about the origins of the Christian religion and the development of theology, and one thing is absolutely clear: Jesus, whoever and whatever he was, preached…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
Nov 21, 2022Elon Musk is destroying one of our most important transgender social arenas: Twitter.I am sick and tired of Elon Musk. What is it about American society that allows a bully like this take over one of the most important social arenas in the world? This is what he tweeted yesterday:Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
Oct 14, 2022Do animals have genders? Famous primatologist reveals gender variance among chimpanzees.Some people are trying to reduce gender to biological sex, appealing to “common sense” or even “science”. This is one way of invalidating gender variance and transgender people. The fact is that gender is a common term used in animal studies. Both biological sex and gender are complex phenomena. The…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
Oct 5, 2022The Norwegian government doubles its financial support for the LGBTQAI communityThis is a photo of Anette Trettebergstuen, the Norwegian Minister of Culture and Equality, presenting an interesting budget leak. The Norwegian government is adding 15 million Norwegian kroner to “the LGBTI pot”, including NOK 1 million to Oslo Pride (whose leader is Dan Bjørke, here seen with a trans flag.) …LGBTQ2 min readLGBTQ2 min read
Oct 3, 2022The Norwegian Supreme Court Confirms Prison Sentence for Transphobic Hate CrimeNorway’s parliament outlawed hate speech against transgender people back in 2020, expanding a law that had protected gay and lesbian people since 1981. Now the Norwegian Supreme Court has confirmed that it takes this part of the law seriously. The hate crime law now also covers “trans persons and others…Transgender3 min readTransgender3 min read
Sep 26, 2022New survey of the way Americans look at transgender people presents an ambiguous pictureGood news and bad news from the battle of the public opinion on transgender people in the US. Following the transgender “debate” is like following the moving front lines in Ukraine. There is a war going on, and anti-trans extremists are committing crimes against trans people on a daily basis. …Transgender4 min readTransgender4 min read
Sep 21, 2022Why Queer is Such a Wonderful WordQueer is a simple word that makes it so much easier to talk about those who fall outside the norms of a cis/hetero society. When posting about transgender issues on tumblr, I often end up using a lot of hashtags to indicate queer content: LGBT, LGBT+, LGBTQA, LGBTQIA and so…LGBTQ2 min readLGBTQ2 min read
Sep 6, 2022Russian DDoS-Guard drops transphobic Kiwi FarmsYesterday I reported on Cloudflare dropping the transphobic Kiwi Farms site because of it trolling. It moved over to another provider of internet security services: Russian DDos-Guard. DDos-Guard has now announced on Telegram that they are abandoning Kiwi Farms as well: DDoS-Guard stopped providing services for the Kiwi Farms forum …Transgender2 min readTransgender2 min read
