Transgender Articles, Resources, and Essays
Welcome to the Transgender Area at d332.com While I am a non-op trans*-identified girl, I feel it is important to work together as a transgender community to promote understanding, acceptance, and equal treatment within and for the group. I have written essays about the nature of transvestism within the transgender umbrella, and I have also spoken at gatherings and coming-out weeks at universities. I don't make any distinction between one group of trans* folk from the other. No group has more of an access or a right to own the transgender label because they have access to a procedure or a treatment. Not only does this form of validation separate, it also delays unity from happening. Labeling may help one to form a more coherent self-image, but it should, by no means, be used to exclude. Let's learn from all the former fringe groups who have successfully gained a place in society and look out for each other. Best of luck and keep your hopes high!
March 12th, 2010
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I have often heard people refer to being online as “mental masturbation.” If there’s one area that validates this view, it has got to be the “Comments” section in any entry, posting, rant, or news article. Whenever the topic of transgender surfaces (fark.com or cnn.com are good peanut galleries: witness CNN’s Steve [...]
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February 2nd, 2010
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Cultural Imperialism at its most effective: Asian Eyelid Surgery. Parents give it to their kids as birthday presents as early as 15. Proponents say it’s merely “corrective.” I bring your attention to the dyed hair, blue contact lenses, and lightened skin in the AFTER picture.
1. ) Asian Eyelid Surgery. To this day, [...]
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February 1st, 2010
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I’m probably the last person anyone should come to for fashion advice. However, just as great musicians may not necessarily make great teachers, it follows that capable observers don’t need to be passing experts. I’m not trying to tell anyone what to wear: it’s only observations and opinions, so take it with a [...]
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January 12th, 2010
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Whenever I see a trans girl out in public, I secretly smile. It’s encouraging, and it gives me hope. If I am with someone at the moment, then I may nudge them an go, “don’t look now, but there’s one of ours.” I would never announce it to strangers.
So when a trans [...]
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January 10th, 2010
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Whenever I spend more than ten minutes talking with any of my relatives- including my mother – the subject of modern China’s utter mediocrity and fakeness in almost every aspect of living (except eating Chinese food and loftily declaring China as No.1) comes up. The conversation unfolds in a tone of dismay, dotted with [...]
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January 7th, 2010
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above: my deskside telecommunications center: rotary phone
I have the simplest New Year resolution for 2010: the classic that never goes out of style: lose weight.
For readers of d332.com, I make a more expansive list of ten promises.
1. Less sourpuss, more positive attitude
It’s very difficult for my deadpan humor to translate online. My favorite anecdote [...]
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January 4th, 2010
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First there were dogs.
Then came the Irish.
The Chinese followed.
Mexicans, Spanish, all along a jolly path outlined by black dotted lines.
Now it’s the tranny’s turn.
Browse any girl-watching photo groups on Flickr.com and you will see that many have an urgent, hysterical plea “NO CROSSDRESSERS PLEASE!” in the description.
The wailing cries are summarily ignored. Tranny after [...]
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December 16th, 2009
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click on the picture above to see my Post-Op Desktop
Approximately after two years of considering the purchase of a Mac, I have decided that I’m way out of my league in hip when it comes to spokesperson Justin Long, and their legion of Starbucks laptop screenplayrights, considering my style of obsolescence. So, I decided [...]
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December 11th, 2009
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I have been listening to the entire catalog of Scottish pop sweethearts Belle & Sebastian. Their album Storytelling was originally written as a score for Todd Solondz’s movie of the same name. After listening to it, I decided to revisit some of Solondz’s films. I loved Welcome to the Dollhouse (I think [...]
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December 3rd, 2009
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I’m not a violent person. True, I am intrigued by rough sex and I do watch some MMA if I stumble upon it. But in the youtube clip above, you will see a fantastic graphic and physical realization of what many trans girls experience when they go out in public. I know [...]
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