University of Cincinnati LGBTQ Center

The only thing that has changed about me in the last five years is the vessel that houses my soul. I’m not ashamed of how I use to look, and I’m not ashamed of how I look today.

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Reblogged from autostraddle

Tags: lgbtq lgbtq rights gay homophobia heterosexism

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autostraddle:

On Being Gay at One of America’s Most Anti-Gay Schools

LGBT people at anti-gay Christian universities are a perennial hot topic, from 2011′s banned “queer…

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18:10 8th Apr 2013

Notes: 6973

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Tags: trans*transgender transphobia cissexism gender identity lgbtq lgbtq rights

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Gender

Be a trans* ally & help fight transphobia & cissexism

1. Use the term ‘cisgender’ when referring to non-trans* individuals, rather than transphobic words like “normal,” which imply that trans* individuals are abnormal, weird, ill, or broken.

2. Do not use transphobic slurs, such as “tra-ny” or “shemale.” These words are intended to insult and harm trans* individuals.

3. Always use the name any individual gives you. Do not ask someone what their “real” name is. (Their desired name is their real name.)

4. Always use the desired pronouns of an individual. If you are unsure which pronoun to use, politely and privately ask the individual what their preferred pronouns are.

5. Do not claim someone’s gender identity as false, nonexistent, immoral, or a result of an illness or trauma.

6. Do not ask questions regarding someone’s anatomy, or question if they have transitioned or will be transitioning in the future.

7. Do not ask to see the photographs of a person before they transitioned. Likewise, do not ask invasive, personal questions of a person regarding their life before they transitioned.

8. Never out a trans* individual to others. Likewise, do not ask others if “so-and-so is transgender.”

9. Do not assume an individual’s sexual orientation due to their trans* identity.

From asexual-not-a-sexual.tumblr.com

16:20 4th Apr 2013

Notes: 2904

Reblogged from jane-potter

Tags: sylvia rivera trans*transphobia transgender lgbtq lgbtq rights STAR house

jane-potter:

“Sylvia Rivera kicking ass on stage after some radfems & transphobes tried to refuse her the right to speak at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day rally. Said radfems then had their own march in part protesting trans participation in Pride. A precursor to today’s Dyke March.”

Source: thespiritwas

It is women like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson who started the Stonewall riots and queer liberation. 43 years later, trans women of color, the people who started the movement, are the people maligned and left behind by it.

In Sylvia’s words, “What the FUCK is wrong with you all?”