TransFusion

Sunday, June 8, 2014

If we can't get it right at PrideFest. . .

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This weekend I spent two days at PrideFest Milwaukee.  I was especially looking forward to it because on Friday afternoon, a federal cour...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

On Teaching (Trans) Gender

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I am a white, middle-aged, intersex trans man. I teach sociology at a large Midwestern state university, and sociologically speaking, ge...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Camp You Are You

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Recently, Slate ran an article on You Are You, a summer camp for children who were assigned male at birth and who would like to have two...
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Friday, June 21, 2013

On demisexuality, marginalization, and privilege

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I wanted to share some musings on demisexuality.   People who identify as demisexual fall between the sexually-oriented and the asexu...
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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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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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