Being trans is not at all determined by our bodies. Our genders are not determined by our bodies or body parts. Even as knowledge on trans identities and trans folks becomes more widespread and accessible, a perilous hyperfixation on trans people’s bodies remains. We are vilified and harassed everyday in our homes, our schools, or...
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Prince Was A Care-Free Black Man. And For That, We Love Him
Before yesterday, I never gave much thought to the motive behind Prince changing his stage name from “Prince” to a “The Love Symbol,” and that this symbol, according to reports, is a conjoining of arbitrary sex-signs that embody masculine and feminine energy. Pretty much consistent with the inner, androgynous, genderless, barrier-breaking spirit that we’ve come...