In an effort to be more inclusive, Tinder is implementing an update (available November 22) that will allow users space to describe their genders and offer protection for trans users against harassment and unjust banishment from the service. At June’s Code Conference, Tinder CEO Sean Rad promised the company would improve the experience for transgender daters. The app...
Category: Gender
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Gender Questioning: A Coming Out Story — Maybe
The date loomed nearer and nearer and I’d almost forgotten. National Coming Out Day. Right in the thick of National LGBTQ History Month (we do have a month, people; look it up!). Nothing new really. In fact, it was a date I didn’t really have to worry about much seeing as I’ve spent most of...
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Michelle Rodriguez’s Response to Transphobia Accusations are the Peak of Cis Privilege
Actress Michelle Rodriguez has come under fire recently after making transphobic comments in the media and on her instagram. She was cast as the leading role in the movie (Re)Assignment as a hit man who is forced to undergo gender reassignment surgery as punishment. After seeing the video of Rodriguez’s comments, I was furious. There’s so many...
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A Quick Note On “Trying On” Queerness
I can remember my first San Francisco Pride Parade vividly. I was 18, I was wrapping up my first year of college and I was out and ready. In my young mind, this was the way to celebrate my identity. I was excited, but grew pretty quickly disappointed and socially anxious with all of the...
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For Chris Mosier, the Olympics’ First Out Trans Athlete, Competing Means Something More
Becoming an Olympic athlete takes years of hard work and sacrifice. Many athletes focus solely on a single sport to be able to compete among, and become, the world’s elite. For the most part, that is also true for Chris Mosier. He trained for years as a duathlete — an event where athletes run, then cycle, and...
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Was I Born In the Wrong Body? Musings From the Land of Gender Confusion
I spent a lot of my childhood wondering when I was going to turn into a boy. Because I felt at odds (to say the least) with traditional notions of what a girl was supposed to act like, I just assumed I wasn’t meant to be a girl. When puberty came, it’s not that I...
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Renné Toney: Largest Biceps in the World
Renné Toney Shows Us There Is No One Way To Be A Woman Renné Toney is not your average gym rat. Weighing in at 214 pounds (mostly of muscle!), the 5’8″ body builder has been measured, and she has the largest female biceps in the world — 21 inches. Toney flips “traditional” cis-gender roles upside down with her mythic Olympian...
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Misogynoir in Sports: ESPN’s Attack on Ayesha Curry– ‘Stay In Your Lane’
Stephen A. Smith — Stop Mansplaining To Ayesha Curry How To Support Her Man In Game 6 of the NBA Finals, league MVP Stephen Curry fouled out of the game late in the 4th quarter. He disagreed with the call — to say the least — throwing his mouth guard and getting into the face of...
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Dear Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists: I Don’t Actually Hate My Femininity
It was one of those nights that I couldn’t sleep. Even though I knew it was a bad idea, I kept scrolling through my phone at 3 a.m. after coming across a terrible website, and of course I kept reading and reading. It was a horribly trans- and queerphobic website that publicly bashes trans and...
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This Image of Warriors Fan Roni Rose Is Going Viral — For All The Wrong Reasons
The Warriors won last night (Go Dubs!), but that’s not what’s making headlines from yesterday’s game. Instead, social media is preoccupied with this image: Now, before you leap to wild conclusions, take a step back and consider the setting. What was this woman, Roni Rose doing? Well, she’s at a basketball game. She’s there to...