L’Histoire de Lou (13)

C'est mon genre, 21 avril

Le corps de Lou (2/2) Sculpture « Femme joyeuse » d’Alain Guillotin Il y a quelques années Lou avait réalisé comme finalement son corps et elle faisaient deux. « Tu sais je n’arrivais même pas à dire ces termes : » mon corps » … non .. l’expression…

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Cahiers de la transidentité

Observatoire des transidentités, 17 avril

Pour sa troisième année d’existence, l’Observatoire Des Transidentités sort du format numérique et lance les «cahiers de la transidentité » (Harmattan). Ces deux premiers volumes mettent l’accent sur les débats et enjeux de la dépathologisation des transidentités (vol.1) et sur la question intersexe (vol.2). Cahiers des Transidentités Vol.1 TRANSIDENTITES …

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“NO HETERO!” Smashing Borders and SIRviving in Chicago

Original Plumbing, 16 avril

H. Melt (photo by Janie Stamm) Tonight I went to Young Chicago Authors to attend a book launch party for H. Melt’s SIRvival in the Second City: Transgender Chicago Poems. I’ll get to the book itself in a moment, but first I want to convey a little bit…

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Short French Film About Gay Trans Boy Getting Laid (NSFW)

Original Plumbing, 11 avril

Check out this new French short film (with English subtitles) about safer sex for gay trans guys, directed by Bruce for Tu sais quoi? by Yagg and Prends moi. I went into this viewing experience assuming the story line was going to be a bit darker, so the naked dancing…

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PSA: Safer gay sex for trans men

Genderkid, 11 avril

I’m really impressed with this PSA. It’s about a trans man who hooks up with a cis (non-trans) man and is pressured into having unprotected sex: the cis dude hints that he wouldn’t be able to “keep it up” with a condom because he’s not used to trans bodies…

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OP #11: The HERO Issue

Original Plumbing, 10 avril

OP #11: The Hero Issue You are the beauty that you create. – Lou Sullivan It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally able to announce Original Plumbing’s 11th issue, The Hero Issue, to be released April 30th. Honoring a number of trailblazers who set a precedent for…

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Hey Guys, Guess What? You Can Sing Post-T.

Original Plumbing, 9 avril

Sing. It’s time to end the debate about whether trans guys can sing after transition. The answer is yes. And, if fear of losing your voice is – really, truly – the only thing keeping you from transition, cross it off the list. If you read OP regularly, you may…

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I WAS A TEENAGE UNICORN: What’s Right?

Original Plumbing, 8 avril

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes The selfie you see pictured here was the first time I realized that the testosterone was changing me. When I saw this photo I finally felt, four weeks into slathering on the ‘mones, that my body was changing. It was hard to allow myself to see these changes because…

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Désaliéner

TrAnsmutineriE, 4 avril

jeudi 04 avril MARSEILLE - samedi 20 avril 2013 au dimanche 21 avril 2013Dans les locaux du planning familial, 106 boulevard national, 13003 - Métro 1/2 Saint-Charles // Bus 33-34 National GuibalWeek-end autour de la folie, de la psychiatrie, de l(a)normalité Pour les gens qui se sont pris…

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I Know Very Well How I Got My Name

Original Plumbing, 4 avril

I am going to interview myself. So I wrote another book. Yesterday was the official announcement. If you happen to follow me online, you are probably thinking, “Well that was sudden.” If you’re like most people though, you are probably thinking, “Who are you?” More on that later. I’ve been…

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My Legal H(omo)etersexual Marriage or Why Gay Marriage Matters To Me

Original Plumbing, 3 avril

"When there is a chance to have that injustice rectified, it’s a fight worth fighting for.." The other day I did something I never do. I wrote a status update that was incredibly personal and also kind of political. When it comes to Facebook statuses, I generally try to stick…

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ANATOMY OF A FALL #6: I’m Qualified

Original Plumbing, 2 avril

I'm Qualified We slipped in like snow, pleurisy, an effusion between doors. Her eyes welled. “Are you homeless?” she asked, white freckled face flushing, framed in red hair. Of course we were. We blinked at each other; the time had come. We signed forms. “Come back by five,” she said…

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par Jay Sennett, 03:18

Tactics versus Strategy

Everybody who does creative work has figured out how to deal with their own demons to get their work done. There is no evidence that setting up your easel like Van Gogh makes you paint better. Tactics are idiosyncratic. But strategies are universal, and there are a lot of talented…