…in the meantime, here is some music:
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- “Not even a beast would do such things” – one woman’s experience of transphobic violence in Kyrgyzstan
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- the seam of skin and scales (little light)
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omnomnomnom
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Technical women
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Trans 101 (Hey Lord, don't ask me questions)
- A glossary, of sorts (Julia Serano)
- Coming out story time! (Drea)
- Definitions and Explanations (Monster’s Creed)
- Definitions: Cis, Trans, Etc. (Dear Diaspora)
- Down to Basics (Michelle O’Brien – DeadLetters)
- Getting pronouns right: a guide for spoken conversation (Nix)
- Glossary of transgender Terms (TS Roadmap)
- Guide to Intersex & Trans Terminologies (Emi Koyama)
- How Do Transgender People Suffer from Discrimination? (HRC)
- How Not to be Defensive When Accused of Transphobia (A Guide For Cis People)
- Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide
- List of transgender-related topics (Wikipedia)
- phone booths (little light)
- Say yes to Michigan (Daisy’s Dead Air)
- System Shutdown [cis usage] (Below The Belt)
- The ideas and language of gender and identity (Thang Blog)
- Trans 101 (T-Vox)
- Trans 101 (The F-Word)
- Trans and Sexuality Terminologies (Trans-Academics)
- Trans Respect/Etiquette/Support 101 (LJ TG community)
- Transgender & Gender Queer 101 (Gender Crash)
- Transition Issues (TransGriot)
- Transphobic Words and Deeds (Questioning Transphobia)
- TS 101 (Zoe Brain)
- What trans means to me (Feministe)
- What Transmisogyny Looks Like
Transphobic Tropes
- Transphobic Tropes #1 – “Really” A Man/Woman
- Transphobic tropes #2 – “Patriarchal Privilege”
- Transphobic Tropes #3 – “Reifying Gender”
- Transphobic Tropes #4 – “My Theories Are More Important Than Your Experience”
- Transphobic Tropes #5 – The “man in a dress”/stealthy deceiver double bind
- Transphobic Tropes #6 – Transition is Mutilation
Where did you say you were from?
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bird of paradox 
December 16, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Look forward to your return, whenever that might be…
Happy Almost Christmas!
x M.