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The Films About ‘Gender Affirmation’ That You’re Not Supposed to See
Part One: 'Dead Name'
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Dispatches of a Gender Heretic
Thoughts on the prominence of gender heresy among gay men, cultural appropriation, and some updates on my latest work
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It's Time to Speak Up
There's no time like the present to come out as a heretic.
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Dispatches of a Gender Heretic
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Schmanifesto
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Happy Pride?
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On Biden's "LGBTQI+" Executive Order
And tweeting
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Happy Pride?
Reflections on my first Pride, and where I am now.
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Interviews, op-eds, and Rowling
Here's what's been happening
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Getting Ratio'd on Twitter
Apparently, I'm a "sociopath."
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‘Mrs. Fletcher’: Revenge Porn for Woke People
I’ve taken at least a dozen showers since I binge-watched HBO’s limited series, Mrs. Fletcher, and I still haven’t managed to scrub away the ickiness.
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Schmanifesto
My grad school writing professor told me to prepare a manifesto to read aloud to the class. Here's what I wrote.
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Example 7 Billion of Why Clickbait is Dangerous
Earlier today, when I noticed that the actress Rose Byrne was trending on Twitter, I figured it was for either one of two reasons: Byrne…
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