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‘Perhaps Life Would Be Easier if I Shaved, But Why?’

By Alok Vaid-Menon — 2019

When I told my family I was trans, one of their initial reactions was, “But you’re so hairy! It’s going to be so difficult to remove all your hair to be a woman, so you should just give up.” They were zeroing in on my body hair as the barrier for me to be seen as feminine.

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Our Forever War: How the White Male Hegemony Uses Violence to Cling to Power

Mass shootings enforce the oppression built into America’s economic and legal systems and our history.

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Trans Women Pose No Threat to Cis Women, But We Pose a Threat to Them if We Make Them Outcasts

Growing up in San Francisco, the loudest, proudest queer town around, made it clear to me that gender was what you made of it.

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Women Are Harmed Every Day by Invisible Men

When men harm women, we obscure their role. Instead, we blame women for the injustice that happens to them.

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Gender Identity