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Opinion

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News — Dec 19, 2025

Bill calling trans healthcare “female genital mutilation” allows husband stitches for teenage girls

Opinion — Dec 12, 2025

Rise in anti-trans hate leads to more demand for trans porn

Opinion — Dec 26, 2025

Trans kids need rights, whether or not their parents or doctors agree

Of the approximately 300,000 trans kids in the US between the ages of 13-17, only about 1,000 of them get access to HRT in any given year.

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Trans kids need rights, whether or not their parents or doctors agree

Of the approximately 300,000 trans kids in the US between the ages of 13-17, only about 1,000 of them get access to HRT in any given year.

News — Dec 19, 2025

Bill calling trans healthcare “female genital mutilation” allows husband stitches for teenage girls

It’s the same people writing the same laws for the same purpose: gaining full control over sex and sexuality.

Opinion — Dec 12, 2025

Rise in anti-trans hate leads to more demand for trans porn

The more we are hated, the more we are lusted after.

Opinion — Dec 09, 2025

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Opinion — Dec 04, 2025

Stop using trans men to make a point about the exclusion of trans women

There is only one decent option for dealing with trans people in gendered spaces: let us go where we feel we belong. Any other option makes us look and feel ridiculous, and insisting that we follow some other option makes you look ridiculous.

Opinion — Dec 03, 2025

Brazil: Rio's Pride Parade Isn't What It Should Be, But There's Some Value In Fun

So, I went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's 30th Pride Parade in November...

Culture — Nov 29, 2025

The Egg Prime Directive is Bullshit

“The prime directive is bullshit in Star Trek and it’s bullshit in gender. If you have the power to minimize suffering you have a moral obligation to exercise it.”