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Tuesday 6/4/2013
50 Myths About Transgender People
Top 50 Myths About Being Transgender:
1. Being transgender is a choice.
2. Gender and sexuality are the same thing.
3. All trans people are men in dresses.
4. Trans people can't have families.
5. Trans people are just transvestites.
6. All trans people are really gay.
7. All trans men are butch/extremely masculine and all trans women are extremely feminine.
8. All trans women have breast implants.
9. Trans women are all sex workers.
10. Trans women transition just to have access to more sex partners.
11. All trans people are male-to-female; female-to-male trans people don't exist.
12. All trans people want surgery.
13. You aren't a real trans person if you don't want surgery.
14. Being a trans person is extremely rare (see Prevalence).
15. You aren't really a trans person until you start HRT.
16. All trans people are sex addicts.
17. All trans people are interested in sex.
18. Trans women transition because they weren't successful as a male.
19. Trans men transition because they weren't successful as a female.
20. Trans women want equality just so they can sneak into women's bathrooms or other women's-only areas.
21. If you don't feel like your gender was wrong from a very early age, you aren't a real trans person.
22. It's always just a phase. It can be cured by religion, drugs, peer pressure, etc.
23. Everyone is trans in the same way.
24. Trans men transition to get male privilege and trans women try to gain female privilege while retaining male privilege.
25. People are trans solely because of poor parental role models.
26. People are trans because they aren't religious enough.
27. Your outer shell defines who you are.
28. Your genitalia define who you are.
29. Being transgendered automatically means going to Hell.
30. All trans people think/act the same way.
31. Trans people aren't "real" men/women.
32. Only rich, privileged people are transgender.
33. Trans people are protected under federal anti-discrimination laws in the U.S.
34. Trans people can be cured by conversion therapy.
35. Gender is just an abstract concept so transition is not necessary and always misguided.
36. Feminists who believe in deconstructing gender will always support trans women.
37. Cis-gendered people won't keep moving the goalposts as soon as you reach them.
38. People who want GRS are simply amputation fetishists.
39. If you want GRS, this is a type of self-harm or self-mutilation, removing "healthy" tissue.
40. Trans people are just like anorexics - they are simply deluded about their own bodies being "wrong".
41. It is okay to allow transphobia and cissexism to continue because being trans is somehow wrong/evil/sinful.
42. Psychology invented transexualism as a way to make queer and gender non-conforming people into straight, conforming people.
43. Being in an unaltered body is more moral than being in an altered one.
44. Being trans is just like being schizophrenic - they are both just hallucinations and delusions, so transition should be prohibited.
45. Gender is either masculine or feminine; trans people are just confused between the two.
46. There are no religions which accept being trans.
47. Teens and younger people are not old enough to know their gender identity.
48. Trans people are deceiving others about their "true" gender.
49. Your sex can be clearly defined by your chromosomes and/or hormones.
50. Transsexual, transgender, transvestite and intersex are all the same thing.
1. Being transgender is a choice.
2. Gender and sexuality are the same thing.
3. All trans people are men in dresses.
4. Trans people can't have families.
5. Trans people are just transvestites.
6. All trans people are really gay.
7. All trans men are butch/extremely masculine and all trans women are extremely feminine.
8. All trans women have breast implants.
9. Trans women are all sex workers.
10. Trans women transition just to have access to more sex partners.
11. All trans people are male-to-female; female-to-male trans people don't exist.
12. All trans people want surgery.
13. You aren't a real trans person if you don't want surgery.
14. Being a trans person is extremely rare (see Prevalence).
15. You aren't really a trans person until you start HRT.
16. All trans people are sex addicts.
17. All trans people are interested in sex.
18. Trans women transition because they weren't successful as a male.
19. Trans men transition because they weren't successful as a female.
20. Trans women want equality just so they can sneak into women's bathrooms or other women's-only areas.
21. If you don't feel like your gender was wrong from a very early age, you aren't a real trans person.
22. It's always just a phase. It can be cured by religion, drugs, peer pressure, etc.
23. Everyone is trans in the same way.
24. Trans men transition to get male privilege and trans women try to gain female privilege while retaining male privilege.
25. People are trans solely because of poor parental role models.
26. People are trans because they aren't religious enough.
27. Your outer shell defines who you are.
28. Your genitalia define who you are.
29. Being transgendered automatically means going to Hell.
30. All trans people think/act the same way.
31. Trans people aren't "real" men/women.
32. Only rich, privileged people are transgender.
33. Trans people are protected under federal anti-discrimination laws in the U.S.
34. Trans people can be cured by conversion therapy.
35. Gender is just an abstract concept so transition is not necessary and always misguided.
36. Feminists who believe in deconstructing gender will always support trans women.
37. Cis-gendered people won't keep moving the goalposts as soon as you reach them.
38. People who want GRS are simply amputation fetishists.
39. If you want GRS, this is a type of self-harm or self-mutilation, removing "healthy" tissue.
40. Trans people are just like anorexics - they are simply deluded about their own bodies being "wrong".
41. It is okay to allow transphobia and cissexism to continue because being trans is somehow wrong/evil/sinful.
42. Psychology invented transexualism as a way to make queer and gender non-conforming people into straight, conforming people.
43. Being in an unaltered body is more moral than being in an altered one.
44. Being trans is just like being schizophrenic - they are both just hallucinations and delusions, so transition should be prohibited.
45. Gender is either masculine or feminine; trans people are just confused between the two.
46. There are no religions which accept being trans.
47. Teens and younger people are not old enough to know their gender identity.
48. Trans people are deceiving others about their "true" gender.
49. Your sex can be clearly defined by your chromosomes and/or hormones.
50. Transsexual, transgender, transvestite and intersex are all the same thing.
Mel Wymore vying to become highest-profile transgender to hold public office
Wed, June 19, 2013
If Mel Wymore wins in November the New York City Council seat he seeks, he would become the highest-profile openly transgender politician elected to public office and the first in the nation's biggest city.
Wed, June 19, 2013
If Mel Wymore wins in November the New York City Council seat he seeks, he would become the highest-profile openly transgender politician elected to public office and the first in the nation's biggest city.
Mon, June 10, 2013
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were among the thousands who participated in the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade on Sunday.
Mon, June 10, 2013
The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events kicks-off Chicago Bike Week taking place June 10-14 as part of Bike Chicago 2013, presented by the City of Chicago and Goose Island Beer Company.
Sat, June 8, 2013, 1 comment
Adam Lambert, LeAnn Rimes and Darren Criss are among the celebrities participating in The New F Word photo campaign against bullying.
Thu, June 6, 2013, 2 comments
Midsommarfest returns to Andersonville for its 48th year this weekend, bringing with it two days and three nights of music and shopping, food and drink to help kick off the Chicago summer neighborhood street festival season.
Featured transgender videos and resources from YouTube (view the channel)
05/18/2010
The Trevor Project PSA
04/10/2010
Transgender Youth in Iran
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 7/7
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 6/7
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 5/7
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 5 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 4 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 3 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 1 of 5)
10/08/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 2 of 5)
09/04/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 4/7
09/04/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 3/7
09/02/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 2/7
09/02/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 1/7
The Trevor Project PSA
04/10/2010
Transgender Youth in Iran
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 7/7
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 6/7
11/06/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 5/7
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 5 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 4 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 3 of 5)
10/09/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 1 of 5)
10/08/2009
The transgender taboo (Part 2 of 5)
09/04/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 4/7
09/04/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 3/7
09/02/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 2/7
09/02/2009
Cruel And Unusual - 1/7
08/10/2009
Transgender Basics - Gender Identity Project (GIP)
05/24/2009
Make Me A Man (A documentary following female-to-male transsexuals) documentary 2 of 2 Part 5 of 5
12/15/2008
Transsexual Teenagers 1/6
11/19/2008
HRC observes National Transgender Day of Remembrance
11/15/2008
Transgender Training Video (Chicago Police Department)
10/05/2007
In The Life: Beauty on the Black Market
09/12/2007
Transgender 101 Training
11/07/2006
Female to Male Transsexual Issues with Jamison Green
10/07/2006
Coming Out Issues for Young Adult Transsexual Women
01/01/1970
Deleted video
01/01/1970
Deleted video
Transgender Basics - Gender Identity Project (GIP)
05/24/2009
Make Me A Man (A documentary following female-to-male transsexuals) documentary 2 of 2 Part 5 of 5
12/15/2008
Transsexual Teenagers 1/6
11/19/2008
HRC observes National Transgender Day of Remembrance
11/15/2008
Transgender Training Video (Chicago Police Department)
10/05/2007
In The Life: Beauty on the Black Market
09/12/2007
Transgender 101 Training
11/07/2006
Female to Male Transsexual Issues with Jamison Green
10/07/2006
Coming Out Issues for Young Adult Transsexual Women
01/01/1970
Deleted video
01/01/1970
Deleted video
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Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation are not the same thing, a person who experiences Gender Identity can be Asexual, Bisexual, Heterosexual, Homosexual, or Pansexual.
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Resource links
Howard Brown
Center on Halsted
Trevor Project
Lambda Legal
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
Chicago Gender Society
Illinois Gender Advocates
PFLAG Council of Northern Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago Gender and Sexuality Center
Gender Identity Empowerment Coalition
Trans Youth Family Allies
Chicago Womens Health Center
Eternal Youth Spa Chicago
Transexual Roadmap
Lynn Conway
Genderology Directory
Gender Talk
Howard Brown
Center on Halsted
Trevor Project
Lambda Legal
Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
Chicago Gender Society
Illinois Gender Advocates
PFLAG Council of Northern Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago Gender and Sexuality Center
Gender Identity Empowerment Coalition
Trans Youth Family Allies
Chicago Womens Health Center
Eternal Youth Spa Chicago
Transexual Roadmap
Lynn Conway
Genderology Directory
Gender Talk
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