TransFusion

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

On Flat Earth Studies, "Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria," and Bad Science

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[Illustration by MidJourney] In the past couple of years, almost half of the states in the US have banned the provision of gender-affirming...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

The Extent of the Assault on Trans Rights in Florida

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This is a status report for you on just how bad things are now for trans people in Florida. It is so much worse than most Americans are awar...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Why the Deluge of Transphobic State Laws?

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OK, what is this thing? I need to do more thinking about this, but it's been hard, because the stunning flood of transphobic state laws ...
Friday, April 7, 2023

Drag Bans 40 Years Ago and Today: The Case of Annie Lennox

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  This is the video for the 1982 Eurythmics song Love is a Stranger. It became a hit on MTV in the US in 1983--and then got pulled by the s...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Considering an Ancient Transgender Saint

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This is Euphrosyne of Alexandria, a saint in the Catholic and Greek Orthodox faiths. St. Euphrosyne was assigned female at birth, in the yea...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Why Calling the Colorado Springs Shooter "They" Doesn't Mean "We Lose"

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On the weekend before Thanksgiving and the night before Transgender Day of Remembrance, Anderson Lee Aldrich burst into Club Q in Colorado S...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

Inclusive Language Erases No One

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    Recently, Bette Midler wrote a viral tweet that read, “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our live...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

My Left-Handed Grandmother and Other Stigmatized Schoolkids

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  I love this photo of my grandmother, who was born in 1901, and immigrated to the US as a tot. Sweet, yes? But wait! I'm posting thi...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

The Real Problem When it Comes to Trans Kids and Athletics

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  At the time I write this, 12 states now ban either trans girls, or all trans youth, from participating in school athletics. Eight more cu...
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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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