transman

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by transman 9y ago
(I have an undergrad degree in Psychology.) Psychology has the means to be a proper science, but historically a significant amount of hasn't been. The examples you present tend to come from neuroscience, which in turn tends to be a mu
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by transman 10y ago
When I joined the military you could be asked, and had to answer truthfully if you were gay. Then there was the Clinton, "Don't ask, don't tell" period, and now gay and lesbian service members can serve openly. I don&#x
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by transman 10y ago
> I hope that you didn't feel attacked by my comment While I'm human and may have a visceral reaction to some things, I've also learned to regularly take a step back to check myself and my reactions. Written communication
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by transman 10y ago
I battled with a lot of the same challenges, but ultimately, I am much more like the men in my life and much less like the women in my life. At a certain point, every gendered action, from saying my name (very female) to walking into the wo
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by transman 10y ago
>I know we're a long way from that now, but it's Sunday so I can do some dreaming. I have that same dream regularly! I'm old enough to have seen some progress, and I look forward to seeing even more before I'm done.
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by transman 10y ago
I'm old enough that when I learned what "whore" meant it was only in reference to a female prostitute. "Gigolo" was the term for a male who had sex for money, but it's never had the same negative connotation a
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by transman 11y ago
As a transgender person, I won't fill it out unless I have the option to opt out of gender identification or select "other" for gender. I'm not alone. http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender
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by transman 11y ago
> It's unfortunate that changes in the brain is all they studied. If you have 18 people who are undergoing this transition, it would be useful to document any other changes and note them as candidates for further study. As a transma
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by transman 11y ago
In November each year there is an International Transgender Day of Remembrance. In memorials around the world the names of those murdered for being, or appearing to be, transgender individuals during the previous year are read [1]. These
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by transman 11y ago
As a transman, I have experienced discrimination (a) as a woman (before I transitioned), (b) as a known transgender individual, and (c) as a man [1]. So I have a lot of empathy for women, both cisgender and transgender, within the tech wor
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Trans Deaths, White Privilege(nytimes.com)
5 points by transman 11y ago|3 comments
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by transman 11y ago
I'm not comfortable giving my old and new names, or my year of birth, BUT I can share that my first and last names before transition were very female (I've never met a guy with either of them) and my post transition first and last
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by transman 12y ago
Interesting product for deafblind persons. I'd really be interested in reports from deafblind users.
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by transman 12y ago
Transman here... I don't know if the tech is here yet or not, but I'd love to see a double-sided toy that responded on one side to sensations from the other side. For example, my girlfriend could give me a handjob, or what not, t
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by transman 13y ago
The single biggest are intentional inclusion in more technical conversations and intentional non-inclusion in more self-appearance conversations. Along the same lines are expected background knowledge. For reference, I'm in my mid-40&
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by transman 13y ago
> When the world started behaving appropriately toward me… I was gobsmacked. (throwaway account to say) As a transgender guy, I have experienced a similar contrast in how I was treated as a female and how I am treated as a man. There