Dear Cissexism,

littlemisslucifer asked: I feel like if the * got put after gender instead of trans it'd seem like it was saying that it was also referring to transracial and transabled and that shit which is obviously just ewwww

Yeah and that’s just no.

annoyingliberalgirl asked: Hi! I want to blog about transgender issues (usually reblogs from blogs like this one) but I don't want to be offensive with my terminology. Why do people put an asterisk after trans? If I type transgender, do I have to put an asterisk after that too? Thank you!

Well, the * just sort of makes it more of an umbrella term.

Trans* includes binary and nonbinary folks, androgynes, agender, neutrois, demigirls and -guys, genderfluid folks, and other genders that I haven’t covered. :3

I usually put the asterisk after trans* (trans*folk, trans*people, trans*gender) because it covers more than just the implied binary of transmen and -women that simply “transgender” does.

(God I hope that made sense. XD)

CHECK OUT FUCK YEAH QUEERS WITH DISABILITIES

fuckyeahqueerpeopleofcolor:

FUCK YEAH QUEERS WITH DISABILITIES

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The Black Female Body: A Photographic History

mambubadu:

CALL FOR WORK:

I am working on a follow-up to The Black Female Body: A Photographic History, which I co-authored with Deborah Willis and which was published almost 11 years ago (and is long out of print). The follow-up volume will focus solely on the representation of black women by black women artists.

I am seeking work by contemporary African diaspora women photographic artists that addresses the black female body. This can include representational work, the absence of the body (eg., landscapes), etc.—however you’re conceptualizing black women’s bodies.

Please send your information/links to bodies of work/queries, etc., tocarla@carlagirl.net by March 30, 2013.

I hope it’s okay if I reblog this for my POC followers?

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damn-neurotypicals:

Ah, beauty makeover shows. Consistently perpetuating that women are juuust not pretty enough to be considered proper women.

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doesthismakemelookhuman asked: (This has little to do with cissexism, but...) Write 2 things that you like about yourself and then send this to the first ten people on your dash. #TeamSelfEsteem. <3

Ooh.

I like my butt. :D
I feel like I’m doing some good with this blog, and I like that.

(I am gonna send this to the first ten people who show up in notifications on this blog.) 

mamamantis:

withlovethelavendermenace:

it makes me really uncomfortable when queer people call straight people “breeders” because

1. it’s almost always gay men whom I see using it and the way they reduce women to their reproductive capabilities is a little skin-crawling

2. it totally erases the fact that some queer people do have heterosexual relationships oh wait I forgot bisexuals don’t count as queer or whatever that bullshit story is

3. it also erases the fact that “breeding” is completely possible in some same-gender relationships; trans* people exist, you’ll recall

4. black women were assessed on their breeding capabilities and called “breeders” as a measure of their worth as slaves so how about we just don’t

FUCKING THANK YOU

“Breeder” is NOT a slur against straight people but it is problematic and can we please not use it.

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Please help a Trans PoC keep his leg