The title of this collection of my articles invokes a classification by G. Samantha Rosenthal: The 2020s are the third wave of transphobia.

I know some of the history of what transphobia is, how it works, and how it relates to many of our current political crises. That’s the context I use for broader discussion. I tend to write “what is this, and why is it happening?” analyses. I have my own perspective on it.

Everyone needs dignity and autonomy. Everyone wants to be free and to live authentically. What do these values mean? What a beautiful question.

I haven’t yet published a single definition of transphobia, but if you want to get meta, see the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on definitions.

Where I’ve published these articles

Articles tagged with “⏰-min” are published on Medium, which estimates how long you might spend to read it. You’ll bypass the paywall if you use the link I gave. Of course I’d love it if you’d try becoming a paid member of Medium; your member fee is how writers get paid for our work.

Articles tagged with DD or DMB are published on one of my blogs: Disruptive Dissertation or Dead Men Blogging. These are often my rough drafts of future articles and may be little more than a collection of sources or ideas.

Categories

As there are hundreds of articles, I’ve categorized them on separate pages.

Part 1: Overviews of transphobia

12 articles

Part 2: Antisemitism and transphobia

12 articles

Part 3: Trans/Queer people have always existed

48 articles

Part 4: Transphobia has a history

9 articles

Part 5: Transphobia in Christianity

7 articles

Part 6: Biology and the body

11 articles

Part 7: Trans kids

15 articles

Part 8: Whose empathy for whom?

12 articles

Part 9: Transphobia is bad philosophy

27 articles

Part 10: For nontransphobia, start here

21 articles

Part 11: Gender labels

8 articles

Part 12: ‘Womanface’?

5 articles

Part 13: Bathroom bills

5 articles

Part 14: Transphobia from the Republican Party

24 articles

Part 15: Transphobia from the Far Right and QAnon

9 articles

Part 16: professional transphobes

43 articles

Part 17: Transphobia from conservative gay men

6 articles

Part 18: Transphobic tactics

24 articles

Part 19: Abortion rights

5 articles

Part 20: Hostile journalism

22 articles

Part 21: Miscellany (uncategorized)

12 articles

Part 22: Learn more

A little bit about me

I write by leaning into my personal experience. I’m a white man (Jewish and transgender) from the United States, an elder Millennial / baby Gen X, reading in English and Spanish, and I’ve written these articles in English. Sometimes I include my positioning/identities/experiences in my articles if it seems relevant.

If you share these articles on social media, it’s fine to name me and/or tag me, including on:
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People use he/him pronouns for me.

Please also read other trans, nonbinary, and intersex people so you can hear different viewpoints. If you want a more academic approach — for example, using data collected by social scientists, or otherwise written according to a discipline or field of expertise — I recommend checking out a journal like Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ) or an advocacy group that focuses on the population, location, or issue that interests you.