Trans Express (previously known as XD Express) is my tumblr blog for quick and targeted posts about gender variance, queer and transgender issues.
Here are some post that should be of interest to transgender, nonbinary and queer people and their friends.
MOST POPULAR POSTS EVER
- Man is asked if he knows that his girlfriend is transgender. His passionate answer goes viral. (April 2021)
- Scientific American article points out there is no real reason to exclude transgender athletes (March 2021)
- Ian McKellen says that all gay people should be trans allies (March 2021)
- Transgender lesbian woman tears gender stereotypes apart in viral video (February 2021)
- Feminist Icon Judith Butler Defends Transgender People in New Interview (January 2021)
- “My spouse of ten years is trans! I feel like I’m meeting her for the first time, bc her personality was so restricted as a man” (January 2021)
- Black & Queer in Rio (January 2021)
- Intersex and transgender children are told they do not exist (December 2020)
- Harry Styles is not the first celebrity challenging gender fashion norms (December 2020)
- Neil Gaiman, NK Jemisin, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and other authors give full support to transgender people in open letter (October 2020)
- A biologist, “Brofessor Megan”, tells the truth about sex and gender over at tiktok. (October 2020)
- Renowned Feminist Philosopher Judith Butler Tears Transphobic Feminism Apart (October 2020)
- William Dorsey Swann, the Original Queen of Drag (September 2020)
- In Praise of Medieval Lesbians Accidentally Having a Baby (September 2020)
- Star Trek Introduces Transgender and Nonbinary Characters (September 2020)
- The Matrix is a Transgender Story, Director Lilly Wachowski Says (August 2020)
- Is it easier to be a man? Transgender men have the answer. (August 2020)
- Very few trans people detransition. Here’s the real data on “the regretters”. (May 2020)
- ‘Walking Dead’ Star Khary Payton Introduces His Transgender Son, Karter (May 2020)
- Transgender couple celebrate their love and their pregnancy (April 2020)
- Vietnam’s first trans dad gives birth to a girl with his transgender wife by his side (April 2020)
- Finding love as a transgender person (March 2020)
- 13 year old transgender girl fights for trans rights in Christian communities (March 2020)
- Gender Dysphoria Isn’t What You Think (March 2020)
- “My name is C.J. and I’m 13 years old. My gender identity is male and my gender expression is female.” (February 2020)
- FTM trans: Navigating COVID-19 and chest binding (March 2020)
- A transmasculine person who gave birth will be recognized as father on daughter’s birth certificate after Illinois change of policy (January 2020)
- Just Say Their Pronouns (January 2020)
- Scientists know there is a gender spectrum (January 2020)
- The American Psychological Association now requires researchers to use ‘they’ for non-binary people (October 2019)
- This transgender man created resources for trans men of color (October 2019)
- Amazing TED talk on the way the strict gender binary harms us, by XY intersex woman Emily Quinn (March 2019)
- The World’s First Lingerie Brand For Transgender Women Is Here (October 2019)
- A transgender couple celebrated their love in Bengal’s first ever trans wedding (August 2019)
- This Intersectional Feminist Vampire Movie has a Transgender Lead (August 2019)
- You cannot be a transphobe or a homophobe and a true Christian (June 2019)
- Julia Kaye: The Artist Behind The Up and Out Transgender Comic (September 2019)
- A viral fake news story linked trans health care to ‘thousands’ of deaths (September 2019)
- This transgender man created resources for trans men of color (October 2019)
- ‘Finally feeling happy in my skin’: American Boys captures the trans experience (March 2019)
- Ellen Page speaks out against ‘dehumanising’ of transgender people (February 2019)
- Biological sex is a spectrum, by the ScienceVet (August 2018)
- Close-knit -- beautiful Japanese movie about the life of a transgender woman (2018)
- Please sign this petition to stop a supporter of a transphobic theory from getting a leading role in the international transgender health organization! (August 2018)
- National Geographic Magazine Puts Young Transgender Girl On Cover (December 2016)
- China's most popular TV hostess just happens to be trans (October 2016)
- Less than half of America’s youth are straight, new survey finds (March 2016)
- Trans man, being forced to use women's bath rooms prints cards to give to women he meets there (April 2016)
- Variations in gender dysphoria (based on Cassandra's infographic) (January 2015)
- Netflix seeking Asian FTM 14-15 year old transgender actor for TV series (August 2015)
- Laverne Cox on her third grade teacher (October 2015)
- The New 'Batgirl' Features Mainstream Comics' First Transgender Wedding (October 2015)
- Human brains display gender diversity, not gender stereotypes (December 2015)
- Hijras, Bangladesh’s ‘Third Gender’, Celebrate First Ever Pride Parade (November 2014)
- "I just want to be the real me" (Sally's post on Leah Walton, 19, a transgender teenager from Mississippi) (November 2014)
- #NoGenderDecember, an Australian campaign against gendered marketing of toys
- On chromosomes, genitalia, sex and gender identity (November 2014)
- Sally's post on Brooke Guinan, trans woman and firefighter (November 2014)
- Biological sex is a spectrum (August 2018)
- The #TransgenderPrivilege hashtag reveals the suffering of trans people (August 2018)
THE TRANSGENDER DEBATE
- Most young Brits will support a friend who comes out to them as transgender (April 2021)
- Half of Generation Z and Millennials think the gender binary is outdated, study reveals (March 2021)
- The percentage of Norwegians identifying as some shade of queer has increased from 1.5% to 7% in 12 years (March 2021)
- What science really says about transgender athletes (March 2021)
- US survey shows the number of LGBT+ people is increasing dramatically (and trans people are clearly not erasing lesbians…) (March 2021)
- Shozenji, A Japanese LGBTQ Safe Temple Run By A Transgender Nun (February 2021)
- Transgender people in sports: The data doesn’t match the claims that they shouldn’t compete (March 2020)
- Mississippi lawmakers propose ‘license to harass’ for transphobic teachers (February 2019)
- Why do some men kill transgender women? (January 2019)
- Violence against the transgender community in 2018 (Desember 2018)
- Crossdressing is an act, not a condition (May 2018)
- Zoe Whitehall points out how the same tactics that are now used to invalidate bisexual youth, are now used to marginalize the transgender teens. (August 2018)
- On straight vs. lesbian trans women (August 2016)
- Trans Woman Asks: 'You Really Want Me In The Same Bathroom As Your Husband?' (November 2015)
- It is time to put an end to transphobic science (October 2015)
- US Report Calls for a Ban on Conversion “Therapies” for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender. (October 2015)
- What transgender really means (November 2014)
- Why put cross dressing and transgender issues on the same level? (Question December 2014)
- On how the fetish concept is used to invalidate women, people of color, gay and lesbians, transsexuals, girlfags and crossdreamers (August 2014)
- Janet Mock on transgender unity (June 2014)
- Laverne Cox on the transgender umbrella (June 2014)
- Crossdressers as transgender (June 2014)
- Lou Sullivan, cofounder of the FTM movement, from crossdresser to trans man (May 2014)
- Why we need a broad interpretation of the word transgender (April 2014) See also part 2.
- Is Gender Really Nothing More Than a Performance? (Feb 2014)
- Yes, there may be such a thing as an inborn sex identity! (Feb 2014)
A follow up can be found here.
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CAPTIONS AND MEMES
Below find a few captions and memes made for Trans Express. Feel free to republish them as long as you give the source (crossdreamers.tumblr.com). (Click on the images for a larger version).
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