It's Double Feature Day on #StainedGlassWoman with @tillybridges 's Trans Tuesdays! This week: getting gendered correctly is a long, hard struggle for most of us, sometimes with very high stakes!

This week, we're going to look at the science of Getting (Mis)Gendered to understand the science of what's happening and why when someone pulls out the Sir or Miss card on you--and whatyou can do to help get the one you want!

#Trans #Transgender #MtF #FtM #Nonbinary #Gender

https://open.substack.com/pub/stainedglasswoman/p/getting-misgendered?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This week on #StainedGlassWoman, I'm launching Facets, the beginning of an intermittent series where I cede the floor to one of the many *brilliant* trans writers out there.

Join us today, as the brilliant and very accomplished @Terra has a few things to say in response to men who tell her "I think your breasts are big enough." It's an exploration of sexism and bodily autonomy, and I'm thrilled to share it with you!

#MtF #Trans #Feminism #transjoy

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/i-think-your-breasts-are-big-enough

Why the hell is it that new dysphorias seem to appear out of absolutely *nowhere* when you're in transition? After all, the whole point of transition is to resolve them! It feels unfair, painful, to do all of this emotional, social, and physical work, only for more to be heaped on our plate.

Well, there's a reason. A good one. Join us this week on #StainedGlassWoman as we start Peeling the Onion to understand why this happens.

#Trans #pain #trauma #Mtf #FtM #Nonbinary

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/peeling-the-onion

Generally, on #StainedGlassWoman, we dive into science and its implications on transition, but the truth is that transition is, ultimately, a leap of faith. An act of love and hope, & that means that the emotional is just as important as the empirical. So, from time to time, I find I need to tell a bit of a story. This week is one of those weeks.

Drop on in this week for Future Present Tense, a story that both is and isn't true.

#MtF #FtM #Nonbinary #Trans #transition

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/future-present-tense

Two of the three things that do the most to gender a person most consistently are skills. A person's voice can be trained. Their body language habits can be adjusted. But their hair? So much rests on those little scalp hair follicles, and so much--seemingly--outside our control.

Or is it?

Join us this week on #StainedGlassWoman as we look at some Hairy Situations--and how to get the most out of them!

#FtM #MtF #Nonbinary #Trans #Transgender #Science

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/hairy-situations

A few years ago, Amanda Roman challenged the question, "It's just a fetish, right?" and changed the world for a lot of trans people.

But what if it's not just a fetish? What if it's *never* just a fetish?

What if fetish doesn't even work that way?

Come join me this week on #StainedGlassWoman as we look Beneath the Surface at how trans people in denial use fetish to meet needs we're not ready to acknowledge yet.

#Trans #MtF #FtM #Nonbinary #Transgender #Psychology

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/beneath-the-surface

Tonight is a surprise #StainedGlassWoman post! The hiatus remains, but I'm a writer and I pick at things from time to time when they're on my mind.

So, this week, I've got A Love Letter to my Trans Sisters--an article on Finding Family.

As ever, I hope you enjoy it.

#foundfamily #trans #transgender #transjoy #mtf #ftm #nonbinary

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/finding-family

What's up with the #StainedGlassWoman hiatus, if you want to know why I've been undone to this degree by a cat.

It's not really about the cat.

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/the-wages-of-love

Just a heads up, for those who care: #StainedGlassWoman is on hiatus for a while. My older kitty just got a very bad diagnosis, and I have other things to do than write articles now.

So, you think you might, maybe, possibly be trans, huh?

Yeah, that’s scary as hell, isn’t it?

Questioning your #gender is hard, scary, and is often really, really confusing. This week on #StainedGlassWoman, we're presenting a scientific, systematic process to help you find a real answer to that question--and I'll explain the science at every step.

So come on by and maybe find the answer you've been looking for.

#trans #transgender #mtf #ftm #nonbinary #science

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/how-to-figure-out-if-youre-trans

Come on over to #StainedGlassWoman this week and have a look at what the future of #HRT might very well look like with me! We're going to dive deep into our genetic code and our deep evolutionary ancestry to have a look at DMRT-1, an incredible piece of genetic code that will someday allow our bodies to transform in ways that boggle the mind.

Imagine if hormonal transition was just one or two injections. In an entire lifetime.

#trans #MTF #FTM #Nonbinary #Genetics

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/what-if-we-didnt-need-hrt-anymore

Come join me on #StainedGlassWoman this week as we dive deep into trans fear and self-actualization in You Are Your Own Jailer: Trans Fear and the Prison of the Mind. In it, we're going to look at the societal and self-imposed barriers that keep us, on a fundamental level, from realizing our deepest selves in transition--and, how to overcome them.

I hope you enjoy it!

#mtf #ftm #enby #nonbinary #trans #transgender #TransJoy #psychology #transition

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/you-are-your-own-jailer

I'm doing well in my recovery, but I'm gonna take another week off from #StainedGlassWoman. I'm doing okay, but there's a lot of little things that just plain take longer when you're following recovery orders.

No #StainedGlassWoman today, y'all! Surgical recovery zonks you out pretty good.

This week on #StainedGlassWoman is a piece on self acceptance, self love, and self-hatred in the #trans experience.

And #boobs. Big boobs. Even if all this isn't *really* about boobs. 😅

So come join me, and see why I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way.

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/im-not-bad-im-just-drawn-that-way

This week on #StainedGlassWoman is Bricks, And Their Many Uses, an essay on #WomensHistoryMonth, #Stonewall, and the history of the #queer and #trans fight for equality.

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/bricks

This week on #StainedGlassWoman is a bit of a departure--it's an article that isn't for #trans people!

One thing I see a lot of in our circles is people getting tired of doing Trans 101 over and over again for well-meaning but clueless friends, family members, and coworkers.

"What Does All This Trans Stuff Mean?" is written as a hand-off guide to explain the basics of being trans to someone with zero experience.

So drop in, and grab something to save you some work!

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/what-does-all-this-trans-stuff-mean

On #StainedGlassWoman this week:

There are 385.5 MILLION trans people alive today.

I did the math.

And that's probably an undercount.

You are not alone. We are everywhere.

So come on by and find a little #solidarity with your #trans, #nonbinary, and #gender nonconforming siblings. And remember, most of all: we're here for each other, things will get better, and the arc of history bends toward justice.

https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/there-are-3855-million-trans-people