Category: Trans
‘Black Hole Science’ experiments to stay warm after snow
My second entry for the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon. A college course that excited me was on religious themes in literature. My favorite part of ‘Black Hole Science’ is called ‘Lives of the Saints.’
Thank you for the strange fiction of ‘Rainbear!!!!!!!!!’
My first entry for the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon. Living past hope, everything matters and nothing matters. This doesn’t make sense, so it’s tough to resolve it. But this book drills into it.
People need to be allowed to keep their ID cards
I hope everyone is aware of the threat to đłď¸â⧠ď¸trans Kansansâ IDs. If I had a Kansas ID, Kansas would ask me to surrender my ID. It’s nonsense. There’s never been a reckoning. Anti-trans moral panic is hotter than ever.
We need to talk about the Heritage Foundation âenchiladaâ
If youâre trans, lesbian, gay, bi, or a woman, youâre not safe from these people. The version of the USA that the Heritage Foundation wants is governed by whiteness and by Christian authority. Don’t let them do this to people of any age.
Beast, in or out of a net
Art by Tucker Lieberman. Everything moves in the twilight: the beast, the net, the Moon, the Earth it orbits, you. Nothing dances in the same place twice.
6 things mystified me in the trans film âI Saw the TV Glowâ
This 2024 movie is tough to crack, but finally I think I get it. In art, opaque describes a substance you expect to see through but can’t: paint, glass, a thin layer. Metaphorically, it’s something you can’t understand.
Helen Joyce: All trans people break the world
It sounds metal, but actually, she just doesnât like us. She compares gender transition to a contagious disease, lobotomy, and opioid abuse and calls us a disaster.
YouTube deleted the Peterson/Joyce ‘meat lego’ video
On âmeat Legosâ and whatâs older than trees. “That’s what people say about me,” Joyce says innocently, smiling, batting her eyes. “That I want to cause a genocide…When did I ever write such a thing?”
What we can learn about Helen Joyce in two sentences
That second paragraph on the book jacket of âTransâ. Whose feelings matter? It’s a premise of Helen Joyce’s book ‘Trans’ that cisgender people’s feelings matter the most. It’s right there on the book jacket.
On the 3rd anniversary of J.K. Rowlingâs pledge for trans rights
She âwouldâ have marched with us, but when? Her supporters insist she canât be transphobic, citing her tweet: âIâd march with youâŚâ Well, her tweet is three years old today. She hasnât marched.
Iâm disappointed in the âWitch Trialsâ
J.K. Rowlingâs image-polishing podcast doesnât grapple with the real problem. When someone accuses Rowling of transphobia, her teamâs refrain is: When has she ever been transphobic? At this point, I hear it as a running joke.
The misrepresentation of compassion and solidarity
No, J. K. Rowlingâs 2020 blog post wasnât compassionate to trans people. ‘Gender critical’ ideology typically promotes hostility and ignorance. GC, of course, claims to be kind to trans people. But that’s disinformation.