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crossposted to anarchafeminist, anarchists, anarchoqueer, butchfemmetrans,camptrans, fiercefemmes, genderqueer, postqueer, queer_punks, trans_feminism, transgender

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My morning's web browsing brought me, via a roundabout route, to this page (probably NSFW) on a sex shop's website, where they seem to be all about fleecing closeted trans women, and MTF cross dressers for snake oil products.

Here's an excerpt:( Cut for marketing babble )

I've decided that I really don't like PGP (Preferred Gender Pronoun) Checks during presentations. For those who haven't experienced them, this is when the facilitator of a group discussion asks everyone in the group to, when introducing themselves, include the pronouns they prefer to be called. It's an attempt to make group discussions more trans ( Read more... )

Crossposted from my own LJ, hence the lack of assumptions about the audience's prior knowledge of some of this stuff ( Read more... )

I posted a response to Julie Bindel's statement here It is hard to know where to begin. I did consider going through Julie Bindel's statement point by point, but I don't think that would be an especially productive use of our time and attention. However, some obvious points do arise ( Read more... )

I created a feed for the London Transfeminist Group website. It can now be seen on your friends-page via london_transfem. Enjoy!

Most people are probably aware by now of the fuss over the well-known lesbian feminist and transphobe Julie Bindel being nominated for a Stonewall award. ( Behind a cut, because it's crossposted to a few places )

After getting their form letter back in response to the first letter I sent, I responded:
Dear "Info ( Read more... )

Dear Sophia ( Read more... )

LGB campaigning organisation, Stonewall are hosting a glitzy event on November 6th at the Victoria and Albert in London, where they will announce the winners of their annual awards.

Nominated under the "Journalist of the Year" category is Julie Bindel, who is well known for her transphobic writing. In 2007, I sat in the audience of Radio 4's " ( Read more... )