In a nutshell: soon-to-be Oberlin grad, archaeology wonk, sexual health educator, and aspiring nurse. Generally found volunteering at an abortion clinic, meditating, ranting about gender, or trying to finish my thesis. Feel free to ask me anything.

I've used this Tumblr for a few things in the past, but right now it's a trove of interesting things, with varying degrees of quality and original content. I'm also responsible for Transcending Anatomy.

29th April 2011

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Submissions for Transcending Anatomy: A Zine for Trans People and Partners

I’m a college student who identifies as trans and queer. This semester I’m taking a course in peer sexual health education. While the course has been great, I’ve been frustrated with the way trans people are presented, as basically a series of surgery photos — our bodies and sexualities are more complex than that, and we are way more than the shape of our genitals.

For my final project, I wanted to give a different perspective. I’m putting together a short resource aimed at partners of trans folks, with a focus on finding ways to talk to partners about how they conceptualize their body, what language they prefer, what feels good to them, and what their boundaries are — without being triggering or objectifying, or making unwarranted assumptions. My ultimate goal is to keep revising this and distribute it as a zine.

While I’ve tried to keep the text pretty general, I would love anecdotes, blurbs and snippets from trans people and their partners, to provide a more personal voice and give a small sample of the range of identities, terms, and experiences that fall under the trans umbrella. If you’re interested in contributing, I’ve set up a quick survey with some broad questions to get you thinking. You can also respond to this post below, submit comments to my Tumblr, or e-mail me at egoldber@oberlin.edu. Anything that I use in my project will be completely anonymous.

Thoughts?

edit: oh, yeah — if you know of awesome people who should be reading this, please feel free to signal-boost!

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    still getting reblogs, so I wanted to post a quick update on the status of the zine. I’m doing fieldwork
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    when is this due by?
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    I may take the survey later, but since many of the questions involve having a partner it’s not very relevant to me as an...
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  20. abhorticulture answered: I have a followers who might have answers for this. Do you want me to signalboost it?
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