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Detransition, Desistance and Disinformation: A Guide for understanding transgender children
From Julia Serano, the same person who wrote Whipping Girl (which we recommend you read), this article debunks some of the common claims made about people who detransition. A very small number (about 2% or less) of trans people decide to detransition for one reason or another, and this is often used by gatekeepers to rationalise restricting access to trans healthcare services. This article attempts to shoot a bullet through that argument.
It's a very good article (though not as long as Whipping Girl) and covers a lot of history about the gatekeeping model in trans healthcare (which still exists today) and the conversion therapy or gender-reparative therapy that gatekeepers used to use on children (and still do, in some countries) to try to force them to live as cis people.
It's a very good read.
A study on the history of gender-segregated bathrooms
- it's worth a read.
One gene keeps Mickey from turning into Minnie
An article about how genetical engineering could be used instead of HRT, in the future. This is still experimental.
Resource for transgender children in schools (UK)
Useful resources for children (UK residents).
We've been around: a history of trans people
Video series about trans people in history: http://www.wevebeenaround.com/seriesoverview/ - if you get region restricted, use Tor Browser Bundle to view it and keep switching Tor Circuits via Ctrl+Shift+L shortcut until you get a working video stream. The site works well if your browser looks like it comes from inside North America.
Trans Expression in Ancient Times
A collection of articles about how trans people lived in past cultures.
http://bilerico.lgbtqnation.com/2008/02/transgender_history_trans_expression_in.php
Having sex with trans woman, and not being an asshole about it (HOWTO)
Pun not intended.
Trans women are often fetishized, especially in pornographic media. There is a lot of transphobia surrounding the topic. This article attempts to attack and reverse some of the damage done, by providing a howto on basically how to be a decent human being who treats people, including trans women, with the respect that they deserve.
http://early2bed.com/2014/02/05/trans-women-sex-awesome/ - this is an article about what not to do when having sex with a trans woman.
LGBT youth list of transgender resources
http://the-lgbt-youth-blog.tumblr.com/post/134500769289/trans-resources-please-signal-boost
Feminism 101: A Crash Course
A video explaining key feminist concepts.
Geek feminism also has an article about intersectionality, which is briefly covered in the video. A more in depth history of the term is covered on this wikipedia article - and this article
- and this one
Not Your Mom's Trans 101
An excellent teardown on the gender binary, and why it doesn't exist.
Video explaining 3 reasons why non-binary people exist
Very good video.
Video explaining why the sex binary doesn't exist. It explains what intersex is
Also a good video. It's simply not true that sex can be male or female; intersex people exist too. Doctors decide sex and gender based on genitalia.
These articles are also interesting (related to intersex conditions):
- http://skepchick.org/2011/12/bilaterally-gynandromorphic-chickens-and-why-im-not-scientifically-male/
- https://www.autostraddle.com/its-time-for-people-to-stop-using-the-social-construct-of-biological-sex-to-defend-their-transmisogyny-240284/
This article attempts to uncover some statistics behind the numbers of intersex people in society: http://intersexroadshow.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/how-common-is-intersex-status.html
Difference between bisexual and pansexual
Most people use the terms interchangeably, but there are differences.
stuff pansexuals need to know
Also, see the article above about differences between pan and bi.
Ace/Aro (asexual/aromantic)
Difference between aromantic and asexual
Under the Ace Umbrella: Demisexuality and Gray-asexuality