I’ve been thinking of the topic of this post for a while, but it all kind of reached a head when I received an invitation to a private party this weekend. Disclaimer: I do believe that individuals and small private groups get to decide their own admissions policy – I frequently hold parties just for [...]
Archive for November, 2011
“No cis guys” – no thank you
Posted in trans on November 28, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Conversion “therapy” for trans youth – a warning
Posted in fury, trans on November 22, 2011 | 17 Comments »
Yet another update: Just bringing this from the comments to the top of the page: “Hi everyone, as the person who found this/wrote the warning, just to let you know all the stuff I didn’t know when I wrote it: it’s most definitely a hoax, but what is worrying is that this person offered [...]
Whether the world likes it or not, we’re going to make it better
Posted in trans on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“Real” Names
Posted in oddments on November 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It comes up on a fairly regular basis – and maybe it’s time for a little explanation. As is the case for nearly everything in my life, it’s neither as scandalous nor as glamorous as a lot of people assume it to be. So – “what does CN stand for?” – or its unpleasant cousin [...]
Trans Beauty: Vocal Edition, Part One
Posted in classical music, trans on November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
With a huge hats off to Practical Androgyny for their post on androgynous sounds in speech and singing, I thought it was time to roll up my sleeves and tackle the most beautiful of all beautiful things – voices. Maybe the DSM would class it as some kind of musical autogynephilia but, for me, there’s nothing on [...]
“Why can’t you just be a butch lesbian?”
Posted in fury, trans on November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
A question I’m asked on a regular basis. And one, according to my mother (hi mum!), that was asked of a trans man on Radio 4 this morning. Sigh. Radio 4. Leaving aside of questions of desire – who we sleep with, who we love (and why do they disregard our desires and loves?) – [...]
My thoughts on “My Transsexual Summer”
Posted in trans on November 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Well, the online trans community is all atwitter (couldn’t help myself) about the latest trans documentary, Channel 4′s “My Transsexual Summer”. And, being not only an extremely opinionated creature, but an extremely opinionated creature who was involved in part of Channel 4′s ongoing consultancy work with the trans community, I thought I might as well [...]
Playing a Woman
Posted in classical music, trans on November 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »
This last En Travesti concert was awesome and unusual in several different ways. And one of those ways was that it was the first time I’ve ever, as a soloist, played a woman. Well, I say that – and then I stop myself, and realise just what it is that I’m saying, and why [...]
Semantics, semiotics and the use of the term ‘nonbinary’
Posted in trans on November 4, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Finding the right words to describe those, like myself, who don’t fit comfortably into traditional male/female genders and bodies is a bit of a tricky business. How do you contain a multiplicity in a single word? How do you indicate an infinite number of divisions? Increasingly, the term ‘nonbinary’ is used as a catch-all [...]
