Transistion perception ~ Us v Them

We wrote a version of this on the fediverse a long whil ago, and kind of lost it, so here for posterity Funny, when we first introduce the fact that we are trans to people, we often have to correct their idea of what our transition will lead to. They bizarrely seem to think that we are looking to give up our strength and resilience. Which is really odd to us, as we have never seen that through the male/female binary....

February 24, 2023 · 1 min · COTH

Transition and Teaching

While we have not yet finished it in it’s entirety, we have been reading Shon Faye’s book The Transgender Issue1. We can say it’s worth a read in our opinion, However, it was the first few pages that really hit home. They articulated so well, why we have said from some time, that since we left teaching we would not return to working with young people again in the future. Teaching or any other role....

September 7, 2021 · 9 min · COTH