Posts tagged "transphobia"
Partition

Partition

The customer pulls away the thin changing room curtain and emerges with her bright blue, almost neon, bra exposed. She asks me why the faded denim jacket won’t close across her chest, but I am no longer there. I am in the red scrape of razor burn on my neck and chin, the too-deep almost-butch...
Driving Home from the Kink Club

Driving Home from the Kink Club

I am 20 years old, driving home from getting my ass kicked, blasting my music and sobbing in a way where the tears don’t blur my vision but do drip down my face, and I can feel the soreness waking up in my knees, my thighs, my abs, and my shirt sticks to my skin...

Why Trans Flash?

I want trans people to take up space. I want to take up space. When I was ten years old my parents sat me down to tell me my professional basketball dreams were not practical due to my size, and that was before transition. I am 5’5 and scrawny no matter what I eat or...
Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Found Essay

Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Found Essay

Compiled and arranged from the “Remarks” section of Transphobia vs. Transrespect research project (2014) “Trans Murder Monitoring results: TMM TDOR 2014 Update.” Brunete was beaten to death with a stick. The victim was shot by two men on a motorcycle in front of a motel. The victim was shot in the head. The suspected murderer...