http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:55:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, this is what it feels like to be thrown under the bus. And then have another bus drive over you, because the first one wasn't enough. Democrats: i'm not feeling the love, okay? Because i can tell that you're fumbling around to find the barest minimum you can ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=39 A couple of months ago, before the New York Times made it fashionable, i wrote about J. Michael Bailey and his claims about autogynephilia. Now, as Marti points out, Bailey has written on ScientificBlogging about the criticism he's undergone since his book about transsexualism came out four years ago. In ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=38 I hear on a semi-regular basis -- again, just the other day in fact -- about what foils for the patriarchy transpeople are. How our undertaking of gender transition helps to support rather than to undermine the gender caste system. And so now i'm frustrated with this to the point ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=37 Why do disagreements between leftists become so adversarial so quickly? First example: the protest which led to Bitch being disinvited from the Boston Dyke March. Even more recently: in the town where i live, which has a large Armenian-American population, there was an argument over the Anti-Defamation League's rejection of ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=36 Being transgender is an enigma cloaked in mystery and dipped in murkiness. How and why does gender dysphoria develop at all? Why is it so powerful that many transpeople find it easier to undergo expensive and painful changes to their body than to "just live with it"? Of course, ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=35 "There's Something About Miriam" is old news, but as Marti pointed out, it will be broadcast in the US this fall on Fox, making it new news once again. But here, i will spoil the whole surprise for you and post the transgender money shot which is the climax of the ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=34 I don't normally read anything by Heart unless someone i read links to something over there. Let's just say i have disagreements with some of her points of view. But what is happening to her now is not acceptable. Misogynists have shut down her website by pinging it to death, using ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=31 A little over one year into transition, and i have days where i'm not sure what it means anymore. It's ike this looming thing in my life which was once solid and tangible has become ethereal. I used to be able to point to a specific set of ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=30 Last week i wrote a long post in response to the online posting of an essay by Dr. Paul McHugh of Johns Hopkins. Then yesterday i encountered again the idea of 'autogynephilia' among transsexual women, this time in the context of J. Michael Bailey's work. Yes, THAT J. Michael Bailey. ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=28 I've written a bit in the last few months about affinity politics and how it differs from identity politics.  This morning i was thinking about the language we use and how it affects the way we think about identity, affinity, and "who" or "what" people are. Take the term "LGBTIQQ:" Lesbian, ... http://transadvocate.com/sabrinastar/?p=27