Stacey is researching Trans dreams to write an article to present to the larger Jungian Analyst community. In Stacey’s view, Jungian psychology is an ideal depth psychology to engage a broad range of gender identities and sexual orientations. We consider that the psyche is a fluid structure that changes to suit the wholeness and health of the individual. And every person can have figures of different genders and sexual orientations within themselves. We are each of us a multiplicity.
We live in a time when so-called “Christians” channel the darkness of the Anti-Christ and where so-called “radical feminists” attack and humiliate women. Please keep in mind that these transphobes do not represent the majority. Good will prevail, if we show good people what kind of evil these activists represents.
Here is an example of what kind of actions they are willing to take.
Mississippi Republicans are now proposing a law that is to protect teachers who bully children and teenagers:
HB 1176 would update state law determining how school employees may be disciplined, adding specific language prohibiting their dismissal or suspension “for referring to any individual student’s immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth.”
School employees would be barred from being disciplined “despite the student’s preference to identify as the opposite gender after undergoing stages of transition as a pansexual, transsexual or transgender, whether through sex reassignment, gender identity transitioning, hormonal therapy treatment or other philosophical processes.”
We need to make this clear: This is not only about allowing teachers to harass transgender students. This is about a policy that allows teachers to harass children and youth in support of a specific political goal. These law makers are establishing a precedence for using the harassment of kids as a legitimate political tool.
That is pure evil, plain and simple.
The law is sponsored by Tom Weathersby, a Republican law maker. Send a polite email to tweathersby@house.ms.gov or a letter to this address and ask him to stop defending violence against young people. If you live in Mississippi send a copy to your own representative.
This is the face of a man who want to protect teachers who torment kids.
By the way: Tom Weathersby is also known for proposing a law that would lead to fines and even counseling for people who wear “sagging” pants, or a style in which pants hang so low that underwear is exposed. It seems to me that it is Mr. Weathersby who needs counseling.
This is an amazing text. Weathersby & Co seems to think of transitioning as some kind of “philosophical process”. They also seem to think that “pansexual” – which is a sexual orientation – means more or less the same as transsexual. They could at least bother to read up on the topic first.
(Image description: four images with white backgrounds and centered text in varying shades of brown; altogether the text reads: “Queer people of color are valid. Queer people of color deserve to be heard. Queer people of color are beautiful. Queer people of color deserve respect.”)
it’s a very nice video about the difference between gender expression and identity and include ftm, mtf and nonbinary penguins??? I may have cried a bit when I watched it.
MyTransBody is a campaign that centers around celebrating trans bodies. MyGeneration has invited people to take part via social media under the hashtag #MyTransBody.
Dr. Jason Rafferty og HealthyChildren.org has a good take on the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ newly published policy on how to treat gender variant children.
Here’s what parents can do:
When your child discloses his or her identity to you, respond in an affirming, supportive way. Understand that although gender identity is not able to be changed, it often is revealed over time as people discover more about themselves.
Accept and love your child as they are. Try to understand what they are feeling and experiencing. Even if there are disagreements, they will need your support and validation to develop into healthy teens and adults.
Make it clear that slurs or jokes based on gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation are not tolerated. Express your disapproval of these types of jokes or slurs when you encounter them in the community or media.
Be on the look out for danger signs that may indicate a need for mental health support such as anxiety, insecurity, depression, low self-esteem, and any emotional problems in your child and others who may not have a source of support otherwise
Connect your child with LGBTQ organizations, resources, and events. It is important for them to know they are not alone.
Celebrate diversity in all forms. Provide access to a variety of books, movies, and materials—including those that positively represent gender diverse individuals. Point out LGBTQ celebrities and role models who stand up for the LGBTQ community, and people in general who demonstrate bravery in the face of social stigma.
Support your child’s self-expression. Engage in conversations with them around their choices of clothing, jewelry, hairstyle, friends, and room decorations.
Under Cover is an exhibition of 200 or so images of cross-dressers, that were on show at the Photographers’
Gallery in London earlier this year. These are amateur images, taken between the 1880s and the
1980s.
These brave foremothers and -fathers under the transgender umbrella impress me and lift my heart.
I see that some people in the trans community as well as outside it try to put up a fixed boundary between crossdressers and “real” transgender people. That is unfortunate.
Crossdressing is not a “condition” or a “syndrome”. It is an act that reflects something else, something deeper. Some people do crossdress because it gives them a kick, some people crossdress because they want to explore gender boundaries, but others crossdress because this is a way of exploring and expressing their gender identity. Many – if not most – trans women and trans men have “cross-dressed” before transitioning.
(And please do not give me that “they did not crossdress, because they were women/men all the time” argument. Crossdressing is always seen in reference to the assigned gender).
For some transgender people crossdressing is traumatic. It intensifies their gender dysphoria, as shown in this comic. That does not make them “worse” transgender people or “better” trans people. It just reflects that all trans people are unique, with different personalities, backgrounds and life journeys.
This comic was shared by Lost over at CDL. It was made by Gella from Spain. She has since transitioned. You can follow her on Tumblr here, and on deviantart here.
