Our society polices which bodies are supposed to reproduce—everything that falls outside of these expectations becomes a spectacle or public property.
The invisibility of trans communities is real. So are unthinking insults. By treating the latter as intentional, we do nothing to inform and educate about the first.
The use of a government issued ID to suppress the rights of “undesirable” communities is not just limited to voting rights, but is also a barrier for access to over-the-counter emergency contraception.
Twenty states now have laws prohibiting gender discrimination against LGBT people. However, that still means that 30 states do not.
January is cervical health awareness month, and NCTE wants to remind everyone that cervical health is a critical issue for trans men and genderqueer/gender nonconforming folks.
