Society

Posts about how identity and gender fit into society

I'm Sorry Mother… Transgender Regret

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Have you faced ridicule and continuous coaching not to be who you are? If you are LBG_QIA, then yes, I believe you. If not, I won’t deny, but tell me how?

Saoirse George
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Closeup of yellow leaf with green stem. The leaf seems to bend and glow.

Trans Volta

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I didn't choose the word 'trans' to describe my unique life path, nor would I have chosen it, but these days, this word happens to be the umbrella that works in the rain. A word you can use alongside 'trans' is 'volta'.

Tucker Lieberman
Tucker Lieberman
Society

Success in a Creative World

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The benefit of a creative life must not entail the detriment of an adoring audience

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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A Sense of Beauty in Gender Identity and Sexuality

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Completing my circuitous walk around a theory of identity

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Philosophy

Transgender Day of Visibility Is for Us All

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You and I both feel pain from social trauma

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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Why Trans Men Can't Grow Up

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We are not victims, infants, or in danger

Z. P.Hopkins
Society

The Cheap Distraction of "Gender Ideology"

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Public Service Announcement: your government isn't interested in helping you

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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The Inalienable Right Our Governments Fear

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Humans require identity, not empty promises

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Philosophy

Creative Lies We Tell Ourselves

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There's a reason "analytical" begins with the four letters it does

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
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The Process of Gender vs. the Result of Gender Identity

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Pain can help you grow - and at times, more than just growing angry

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Psychology

Scientific Facts as Social Constructs

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What we believe is real depends in part upon our sense of safety in society

Amethysta Herrick
Amethysta Herrick
Philosophy

Transgender and Not in Touch with My Feelings

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I Still Belong to the Episcopal “No Touch” Massage Club

Saoirse George
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