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Update: GLAAD, MISS UNIVERSE ANNOUNCE POLICY CHANGE TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER WOMEN Just finished reading this article in the Huffington Post about Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old Miss Universe Canada finalist who was disqualified. Why? Because she’s a transgender woman. The rules apparently stipulate that contestants must be a “naturally born female.” A statement from Miss Universe Canada stated that Jenna “did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form.” Fortunately, Jenna’s now lawyered up and fighting this blatantly transphobic and discriminatory disqualification. What does it matter if the contestants are cisgender or transgender women ? And what is the difference between a rule that’s clearly designed to specifically discriminate against transgender women and those which discriminate against individuals based on other characteristics - for example, the color of one’s skin? Perhaps Miss Universe doesn’t realize that there aren’t j...

My super good friend, Aaron, is raising money for his top surgery. As I’m personally well aware, this is a very important surgery for him. It is a HUGE step towards achieving the body he deserves. It means he’ll no longer have to submit to awful breast binding on a daily basis. And most importantly, this will do wonders for his self-esteem. To raise the money he needs, we've decided to put together a Sexy Trans Dude Calendar . This is also a fun way to share strong, diverse, sexy and positive images of trans dudes. This is awesome goodness all around and will be a really beautiful and empowering calendar. Throughout the next 30 days, we need photo submissions. So please SHARE THIS LINK and submit photos of yo’ sexy self: F2MCALENDAR.WORDPRESS.COM >

UPDATE: A defense fund has been setup for Dr. Nicola Riley! Charges against my doctor, Nicola Riley, have been DROPPED . The prosecution was unable to find a single reputable expert witness to testify at their conveniently timed anti-choice witch trial. A lot of unfortunate damage has been done - but, this is great news.

Anonymous asked: tranny isn't for trans men to use. Why not? To my understanding from your incredibly brief statement, you’ve expressed the perspective that there are only trans- women and trans- men - and that anyone deemed trans-man does not have the right to use the word “tranny”. Since you didn’t give me much to go on, I’ll assume that this is the case and respond. Please correct me if I misunderstood you or elaborate and clarify in a response. The approach to eliminate what is considered to be an offensive word when used by the oppressive trans man strikes me as awfully discriminatory, segregating, and void of inclusiveness. It takes the complexities of gender and irons them out, reducing them to a series of reassuring but stupid assumptions. There’s so much more to the story of gender than just men and women - and trans exemplifies and challenges this. Transgender is an umbrella term for a vast spectrum of identities, sexes, genders, and the varied ways that’s all ex...

Well this explains the increase in the price of my testosterone cypionate. Fortunately I now have in my possession an approximately 6 month supply, but there really is a shortage. Gender Outlaw has been great about investigating this shortage that’s affecting the United States and Canada. From his most recent post : It looks like we’re at the tail end of this shortage, but with shortages becoming more common the following information may be helpful the next time this happens and you’re caught short… Testosterone Shortage Update: ETAs, Alternatives and Causes >

UPDATE: The Witch Hunt Failed - Murder Charges DROPPED! My pharmacy is now charging around $85 for a generic (Watson) 10ml 200mg/ml testosterone cypionate. Up from $58. They said there’s a shortage or something… Anyway, I felt pretty nervous about bringing this prescription in due to the sudden arrest of my doctor, Nicola Riley , on December 28th. I’ve wanted to blog about this for a while, but haven’t been able to until now. During my last appointment with her just a week before her arrest, she forewarned me, “I’m involved in a trial and I’m not sure how it is going to go. So, just in case, I’m writing your prescription out for as long as I can.” Now that she’d been arrested, I wasn’t sure if the pharmacy would accept the prescription or not. Fortunately, they did. She had been arrested under Maryland’s 2005 fetal homicide law , in connection to a 2010 abortion she’d performed there while working under a doctor named Steven Brigham. She was deemed a “monster” by the local med...