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June 2019

June 12, 2019

Opposing Veterans’ Rights & LGBTQ+ Rights Is Dumb

In a rare rant-style post, I take down the already-dubious logic of some silly thing...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

A Rant on Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird

Spoilers ahoy for the novel under discussion. But wow, does this ever need to be...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Dear U.S. Government: Trans People Exist. I Know Because I Research Them.

I've been researching transgender identities and issues for over a decade, so I'm appalled at...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Bringing It Back to the Body

Teaching a class about the body is, obviously, an embodied experience. I found a great...

June 07, 2018

Trans Tales & Queer Witches: Sex-Positive Images & Resources in Folklore

Do folklore and sex positivity go hand in hand, or does folklore only give us...

January 2018

January 17, 2018

A Reminder About the Ansari Topic: Trans/Gay Panic Is Still a Legal Defense

When discussing a woman's response to nonconsensual sex, recall that it's still defensible for men...

January 02, 2018

Positive Sexuality Conference, Here I Come!

Sexuality conferences are the best. Getting to present at a new one, put on by...

December 2017

December 18, 2017

We Need Evidence-Based Policies Now More Than Ever: CDC, Your Turn to #Resist

Hey, I know, let's hobble one of our nation's most important research centers so that...

May 2017

May 10, 2017

Is Religion the Only Reason to Oppose Gender Fluidity?

If we take religious teachings about gender out of the equation, what is there left...

May 09, 2017

New Study of Trans Children Finds They’re Pretty Normal

GASP, trans people are people. But this new study, based on fieldwork with socially transitioned...

May 05, 2017

“People Who Lead Good Lives” Is Sympathetic Magic

If you wanted to know what symbolic thinking looks like, this is it. And it's...

April 2017

April 07, 2017

What If We Let People Speak for Themselves?

I find it bizarre that we don't ask certain populations to represent themselves in interviews...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

We’re Stuck Sharing This Country, So Let’s Not Eradicate Each Other, Okay?

Many of us are vulnerable & we know it. In order to coexist, we're asking...

September 2016

September 16, 2016

Indiana Continues to Screw Up with Gender and Hurt People

Simply because a problem affects a minority of citizens rather than a majority doesn't mean...

July 2016

July 12, 2016

On “Woman” as a Category

What makes a woman a woman? I’m reading My New Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein right now,...

July 11, 2016

I Gain Nothing By Excluding You

How many years of feminine socialization are required to make a woman? I don't have...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Is it X-Phobic If You Don’t Want to Have Sex with…?

Society conditions our arousal triggers, so is not wanting to sleep with someone who's been...

June 11, 2016

Pride, “Straight Gays,” and Heteronormativity

With Pride this weekend, I wonder: is "straight gayness" a thing? Is it useful as...

June 01, 2016

I’m Interviewed on The Bad Orthodox Podcast!

What do religious studies scholars, folklorists, and sex educators chat about on a podcast? Listen...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Is Calling Someone “Cis-Het” Derogatory?

When you put cisgender and heterosexual together, you get cis-het: someone whose life experience has...

May 23, 2016

If You’re For Trans-Discriminatory Policies, You Should Be Ashamed to Call Yourself a Christian

If you believe your God would be in favor of basically drop-kicking trans and non-binary...

May 20, 2016

Are Children More Likely to be Molested in Bathrooms vs. Churches?

Bathroom abuse is rare, and sexual abuse in churches is rampant for a variety of...

May 17, 2016

Bi Invisibility & The Bathroom Panic

All this fuss over who looks like they're "supposed" to be in a given bathroom...

May 11, 2016

Binary Gender Is a Fiction (No Matter What Your God Says)

Binary gender does not exist. If your creation myths told you that humans were created...

May 03, 2016

Don’t Let Transphobic “Activists” Force You To Play Their Game

If we play by their rules, and get upset at people in bathrooms who "shouldn't"...

May 03, 2016

Gender Is Not A Crime

Gender is complicated - and it shouldn't be used as a reason to jail people...

April 2016

April 13, 2016

Trans People Aren’t Sick, The Entire Patriarchy Is

The relentless hyper-sexualization of trans bodies by cisgender people - exemplified by autogynephilia among other...

April 12, 2016

PSA From A Sex Educator: Dildos Have Medical Uses

Sex toys have medical uses, and it's important not to lose sight of that fact...

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