Archive for the ‘transgenderism’ tag
A Pregnant (trans)Man #
Biologically, this isn’t that hard to believe. Socially, it would be difficult at best.
How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible. Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am. In a technical sense I see myself as my own surrogate, though my gender identity as male is constant. To Nancy, I am her husband carrying our child—I am so lucky to have such a loving, supportive wife. I will be my daughter’s father, and Nancy will be her mother. We will be a family.
(via Boing Boing, who followed this with Bad Questions to Ask a Transsexual)
The Boys at Girls’ Schools #
Alissa Quart does an admirable job tackling the difficult issue of transmen (and others who don’t identify as female) fit in at traditional women’s colleges.
Many trans students feel themselves to be excluded or isolated at women’s schools and at coed colleges. Some talk of being razzed or insulted by fellow students. And even within a college’s gender-nonconforming population, students are often divided among those who define themselves as men but don’t transition medically, those who do and those who prefer not to define themselves as either male or female.
These difficulties are a natural part of being a minority that is still fighting for acceptance. But trans students’ problems can also be institutional. The presence of trans students at women’s colleges can’t help raising the question of whether — or to what degree — these colleges can serve students who no longer see themselves as women.