TransFusion

Sunday, April 14, 2013

On Trans* People and Suicide

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A person who is dear to me has been having a very hard time.  She's a trans* woman, and she's socially isolated.  H...
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Friday, April 12, 2013

An Exercise for Explaining Gender Policing

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Here's something I wrote as a tool for helping people to understand and empathize with the corrosive influence of gender policing: T...
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Friday, March 8, 2013

On Escaping Sexism

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As a trans* guy, I've been asked one of the classic questions a number of times: "Did you perhaps transition because you wanted to ...
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Transsexual Empire, Transnormativity, and other Bugaboos

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I'm around 50 years old, and a lot has changed in the queer community since my youth. And yet, the more things change, the more the...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Best Practices Checklist for Providing Medical Care to Trans Patients

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I have been asked by some organizations to provide them with a pamphlet or list of best practices that they could share with medical pra...
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Monday, September 3, 2012

On Masculine Honor

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It may seem like an odd thing for a trans guy to say, but I've realized that I'm more secure in my masculinity than many men. ...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Nature, Nurture, and Hormonal Transition

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We are all constantly flowing with a complex mix of hormones. They cycle like tides, they interrelate in fascinating ways, and they are ...
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Friday, August 3, 2012

On Trans Gender Identity and the "Intersex Brain"

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Once upon a time, in the fairly recent past, people often asked what made a person gay or lesbian—taking the perspective that homosexual...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Trans and Intersex Children: Forced Sex Changes, Chemical Castration, and Self-Determination

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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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