Hijras, the legally recognized 3rd gender of India, consist solely of those who are assigned male at birth or intersex (they are not all trans). They've formed a pseudo caste system society with experienced Hijras on top & they must be ritually inducted into their society to be a Hijra. They are currently reclaiming their once lost sacred position in Hindu religion. Hijras are pressured to be castrated; it supposedly grants a Hijra the ability to grant fertility. Sometimes other trans people discriminate against Hijras because of their lower socioeconomic status.

This article examines the erasure of trans men in Indian Society through the stories of Vivek Azad and Kabeer Sharma. Unlike Vivek, Kabeer didn't suffer physical violence, largely due to their class difference. Among privileged classes, trans men are accepted as tomboys in their youth. Very few trans men have the money for sex reassignment surgery because there are none of the social safety nets that are there for Hijras and very few companies will hire trans men that do not conform to appear female.

This is clearly fair use though. It's a parody, which is one of the usually protected fair uses.

Dawkins may have coined the term, but it's current iteration, as described by Godwin, has completely eclipsed and overtaken it's old definition in public consciousness, very fitting for a meme.

This is reminiscent of rumors spinning out of control. How people make statements which can be misleading and someone else takes it a step further, but this is on a national level. Narrative and framing matters far more than we expect.

This is not just an example of people "replicating the coercive power of the state" but also acting as agents of it. Their fame came from "below" and "above".

"Transtrenders" by Contrapoints

ContraPoints refutes J. K. Rowlin's beliefs

Abigail coming out as trans and examining identity with the biomythography of Audre Lorde as the throughline as different academic theories are explored.biomythography: a combination of history, biography, and myth

This statement really highlights the utter nonsense of this country's government. Domestic Terrorism is defined by the law and the law recognizes it's existence, but there's no law for punishing the domestic terrorists. It's like they knew that domestic terrorists would be mainly white supremacists.

In other words find out what the site's biases are, especially if they're blatant. Or it's other characteristics

I'm so rarely on Twitter, but I've wondered about that blue checkmark before. I had no idea what it did.

Transgender people in sports: I think maybe a reordering of sports categories should be in consideration, much like in Library Catalogues.

Transgender Studies and Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Gendered Realities