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Tiny Useful Fact #3
Tiny useful facts for allies

Tiny Useful Fact #3

Seizing private healthcare data of trans youth threatens all of us, not just trans youth.
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“Lady Parts,” You Say?
Gender nonconforming

“Lady Parts,” You Say?

What lady parts? I see only camel toe, hairy underpants, and a group chat about endometriosis
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Noa Rabinow
A Trans Rights Sticker in an Unlikely Town: Guest Writer Djuna Donne
Safety

A Trans Rights Sticker in an Unlikely Town: Guest Writer Djuna Donne

But maybe there aren’t unlikely towns anymore?
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But You Said Not to Look Back!
Photos

But You Said Not to Look Back!

My kid hated pictures of her pre-transition self. Then suddenly she didn’t.
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Noa Rabinow
“Nobody Knew About This Back Then”
Books

“Nobody Knew About This Back Then”

For Ren Cedar Fuller, growing up with a maybe-probably trans mom and siblings was natural—there just weren’t words for it. Fuller’s new essay collection, Bigger, is wise, beautiful, and essential
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Noa Rabinow
I Think My Trans Kid Hates Trans People – Guest Writer Benjamin Erwin
Transphobia

I Think My Trans Kid Hates Trans People – Guest Writer Benjamin Erwin

It's called internalized transphobia, and it’s real
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My Trans Daughter Is in Danger I Ignored: Guest Writer T.C. Kaye
Safety

My Trans Daughter Is in Danger I Ignored: Guest Writer T.C. Kaye

I hoped to raise my girl with the freedom my parents allowed me. When that delusion shattered, I was destroyed
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Breasts Without End
Beauty

Breasts Without End

We all have them. They’re always changing. So the idea that our gender sticks to them, and permanently, is.... what is that
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Noa Rabinow
Squint and You Can See Trans Archie
The trans panic

Squint and You Can See Trans Archie

Look closely at a comic I grew up with and you can see how we got lost as a culture in America. That’s the long-term effect of moral panic
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Noa Rabinow
Tiny useful fact #2
Tiny useful facts for allies

Tiny useful fact #2

U.S. passports did not have sex markers until 1976.
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Transform Already!
Beauty

Transform Already!

Why do we rush trans people to become their "final" self—as if any of us had a “final self”
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Noa Rabinow
The Ugliness of Wanting My Daughter to be Beautiful
Facial feminization surgery

The Ugliness of Wanting My Daughter to be Beautiful

At 16, I, a cis girl, had facial feminization surgery. Now I wish my trans daughter would consider it. God I hate myself for thinking that
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Noa Rabinow
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