Gender Theory and the Life of a Trans Girl
Recently there has been a lot of efforts from Republicans and conservative groups to ban transgender girls from sports. The Republicans and conservative groups have put out a lot of bad information that plays off of people’s fears and tried to make their arguments sound reasonable. So I have tried to refute them as well …
My name is Sophia Lee, and I am a Software Developer at Microsoft. I am the board chair of a non-profit organization Gender Justice League and I am a Commissioner with the Seattle Women’s Commission. But when I was younger, I lived with a secret. I wanted to be pretty. I wanted to dance. I …
I do have a lot of privilege. I was born with 2 parents. I am able bodied. I got to grow up (at least partially) in the US. My parents sacrificed a lot for me when I was younger. I do also have a lot of social economic privilege but that is a privilege that I …
Transgender women are women, Transgender men are men, Non binary people are valid. These are the things that the Women’s Liberation Front is arguing against. We don’t argue the humanity of black people, we don’t argue women’s right to vote, we don’t argue gay people’s right to marriage. So then why are we allowing this …
I would like to talk about the event on February the First where the Women’s Liberation Front is coming to argue against the rights of transgender people to live as their authentic selves. This event is extremely problematic as it takes transgender people, a protected class within Washington State Law and debates the humanity of …
I have written and spoke about this topic several times, and I will say it again. To say that you won’t date a transgender person, it is not a preference, it is transphobia. And no, this does not mean I am requiring you to be attracted to me. A preference is when you look at …
I wanted to share a few stories of my childhood so that people would be able to know a little bit about the struggles that transgender children go through. I want people to see how damaging it is was to me having to live my childhood without hope of growing up happy. I hope that …
I was visiting my sister in Chicago while my mother was in town from Korea. She always went to see my sister as she had a small baby. My sister left and took the baby with her to give us a little bit of privacy. I came out to her a few months back and …
A while ago the TSA put out a video on guidelines for transgender travelers in the US. Let’s do some analysis of the message that is being said to our community, and how useful it is… “Ensure that the information on your boarding pass matches your government issued ID.” This may sound like a simple …
This is an unfortunate interaction I have had with the father of a friend of mine from high school. It particularly hurt because I have had interactions with this person before and the friend and I were really close. Also the accusation that I was trying to swindle people out of their money on a …