[ **up: [[LGBTQ+]]** ] --- # Trans* > We use the word “trans” to include people who might call themselves any of these words: transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, nonbinary, female (MTF), male (FTM), cross-dresser, agender, two-spirit and many more.[^1] --- ## Terminology > TRANS: Anyone and everyone who feels they are part of the transgender community, including folks who identify outside of the gender binary. Being trans does not necessarily mean that you have had surgery, want to transition or use specific pronouns. It’s all about how you understand yourself.[^2] - [[Transfeminine]] - [[Transmasculine]] --- - [[Gender]] - [[Gender dysphoria]] - [[Gender vs. sex]] - [[Passing]] ---- ## Lived experiences - [The great dichotomy of the trans experience, sometimes it’s fun to joke about it, but other times… it just hurts (lesbian, trans comic re. the ability to fall pregnant)](https://www.tumblr.com/prettiestplatypus/778314854630113280/the-great-dichotomy-of-the-trans-experience) --- ### Anecdotes > “Call it my dick, and don’t hesitate when you say it, because that’s how I know what you think and how you feel about what you’re saying. Don’t say cunnilingus, say head. Use the words you would use for any other guy….My body is different. Chances are good that I have more experience with it than you, or anyone. I probably know what feels good. Whether that’s what I like to be called… or how I want to be touched.” – COLE, 29, MALE (FTM).[^3] > “Emotionally safer sex is achieved through communication and gentleness. This is the kind of sex that can be incredibly healing to sexual assault or domestic abuse survivors. It can remove the association between sex and emotional or physical violence over time. It’s proven incredibly valuable to me.” – ASH, 25, GENDERQUEER WOMAN.[^4] --- ### Dating while trans - buddy system - have a friend get drinks at the same bar (discreetly) - check in with a friend at a set time, or else they implement a safety system.[^5] --- ## Trans* history [[2024-0815. Human sexual anatomy has a long history of surgical intervention (e.g. circumcisions, vasectomies, tubal ligation, and sex reassignment surgery).|'... sexual anatomy has a long history of surgical intervention such a circumcision, vasectomy, tubal ligation and more recently, sex reassignment surgery.']][^6] --- ## External resources - [Digital Transgender Archive](https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/) - [The Gender Dysphoria Bible](https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en) [^1]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 2. [^2]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 3. [^3]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 6. [^4]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 19. [^5]: Bianca Palmisano, *[[Palmisano. 'Safer Sex for Trans Bodies', 2021.|Safer Sex for Trans Bodies]]* (Whitman-Walker Health and Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021), p. 10. [^6]: Lindsay M. Biga, et al., ‘27.0 Introduction’, in *Anatomy & Physiology* (Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, 2019), https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/27-0-introduction/.