Published in Prism & Pen·PinnedMember-onlyTERF Wars and Trans ErasureAdapted from an academic paper on the radical feminism erasure of the transgender community in Australia — Disclaimer: The following article is adapted from a paper written by the author submitted to Swinburne University for subject SOC10004 in part towards the award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Media and Communications. I re-injected my personality here because, yeah, I have opinions! CW: Academic representation of TERFy ideologies.LGBTQ11 min read
Published in About Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — KP-the-WriterPodcaster, writer, and queer, oh my — Don’t miss any of my articles or the other great articles on Medium. Get UNLIMITED ACCESS for $5/month! This is an affiliate link and if you use it, you help feed an author so that they can keep writing! Thank you! ❤ ❤ ❤ My Medium Catalog Who is this…About Me7 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyTrans Ask: My Newly Out Trans Friend is UnbearableWhy are they making being trans their whole identity? — Disclaimer: I completely stole the idea for this article and even the title from my friend and fellow author, Kristy Westaway, with her permission and because it was too good to not. The strangest thing happened at the start of this year: seemingly out of nowhere (but boy, do we…LGBTQ7 min read
Published in T-Day and Beyond·9 hours agoMember-onlyToo Tired to Think of a Title — Although, can Always Alliterate, Apparently!Reflecting on my transition journey this week — WEEK 45 CHECK-IN: Trans Life Past: I’ve hopefully now settled my routine with my three pumps a day of my testogel so it will be interesting to see what this week brings. As for all the other stuff, I have an assignment due and a test so I have to get onto to…Transgender5 min read
Published in T-Day and Beyond·16 hours agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 316: The squeaky, cracky voice is back and I…One of the ‘left-overs’ from a time before the mighty egg-cracking, was voice masking. What the hell do I mean? Well, my voice was never…Transgender1 min readPhoto by Sandra Tenschert on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 316: The squeaky, cracky voice is back and I…----1
Published in T-Day and Beyond·1 day agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 315: How would a ‘mixed’ sport work for an…How would that even be classified based on the current limited classification? It’s tough enough for trans men and trans women to be…Transgender1 min readPhoto by Noah Buscher on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 315: How would a ‘mixed’ sport work for an…----3
Published in T-Day and Beyond·2 days agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 314: It’s a classic battle — Pony versus T-arms…Except Pony isn’t a pony, she’s a staffy dog. All lean muscle and such a sweetheart. She has one little problem (well, a few, but who am I…Transgender1 min readPhoto by James Barker on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 314: It’s a classic battle — Pony versus T-arms…----1
Published in T-Day and Beyond·3 days agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 313: Polypharmacy makes it difficult to know, is it…It’s been… what? Just over a week since I upped my T dosage. And it’s been four days since I started a course of FerroGrad C because…Transgender1 min readPhoto by Jaretuz on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 313: Polypharmacy makes it difficult to know, is it…----
Published in T-Day and Beyond·4 days agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 312: Walking hits differently on T, at least, when…After walking 6km (to the chemist for my T and back), 300m away from ‘home’ I a 160m 9.7% average grade uphill hike, maxing at 14%— stats…Transgender1 min readPhoto by Sam Mgrdichian on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 312: Walking hits differently on T, at least, when…----1
Published in T-Day and Beyond·5 days agoMember-onlyTrans Journey Day 311: Screw goals, it’s all about setting limits! The…Goals.Transgender1 min readPhoto by Brett Jordan on UnsplashTrans Journey Day 311: Screw goals, it’s all about setting limits! The…----2