TransFusion

Sunday, March 25, 2012

TSA Body Scanning and the Trans Body

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Recently I had an unpleasant experience while travelling: for the first time, I faced TSA screening at the airport with an “Advanced Imaging...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

On Sex/Gender Checkboxes

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Day in and day out, sex and gender minorities are boxed in by being confronted with sex/gender checkboxes. This starts the moment we are bo...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Transphobia, Racism, and Segregation

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I want to talk about some contemporary issues, and how they relate to American history. The exclusion of trans people from facilities and o...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

What is the name of my community?

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The collective names used by marginalized people get "used up." As new generations rise in marginalized communities, they ofte...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Genderqueer Individuals and the Trans Umbrella

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Let me start off this post by saying that personally, I like my gender bent. I'm an intersex trans man who currently presents in a pret...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Photos of My Gender Transition

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I'm making this post to provide some photodocumentation of my gender transition. That's what you see here: a tic-tac-toe of headsh...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

On "Passing"

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I hate the term "passing." It's used as a euphemism for death: “All were saddened at his passing.” I'm told I shoul...
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Dr. Cary Gabriel Costello
I'm a sociologist, scaler of boundary walls, and an intersex gender transitioner. Come journey with me! I blog about intersex issues at http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.com/, and about trans issues at http://trans-fusion.blogspot.com/. My general sociology blog is https://asociologicaleye.blogspot.com/. If you are interested in contacting me or having me speak to your organization, please email costello@uwm.edu.
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