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Riki Wilchins

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Thanks to Loretta Lynch, We're About to Be Normal

History was made this week, and LGBT rights turned a major corner.

OBSESSION WITH TOILETS AND SHOWERS
Voices

On the Public's Obsession With Showers and Toilets

The public may only care about trans issues when it involves running water, but at least people are starting to pay attention to our lives.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Antitrans RadFems Are on the Wrong Side of History

Modern radical feminists see their rights as aligned with transgender women's rights.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: It Takes a Real Man to Wear a Cute Dress

When gender isn't only about pants and dresses.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Maxwell Klinger, Where Are You?

The journey to a trans-inclusive ENDA earns a peculiar champion.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Angry Intersex People With Signs!

Is surgery on intersex infants just another form of genital mutilation?

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Where 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Alive and Well

MichFest can do better.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: The Capitol of Attacks

Some LGBT people spend big bucks and plenty of time on issues like marriage, while ignoring the violence that often plays out in front of them.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: 'Freaking' Cis People

Riki Wilchins ponders why she would even want to be a cisgender person if they can be so cruel.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Transgender Dinosaurs and Judith Butler's Revenge

We're in a changing-of-the-guard moment where being transgender is more celebrated than feared.

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Riki Wilchins

'It's The Women's Room!' and Other Bathroom Trouble

Navigating the social mores of the public restroom when you're not cisgender can be a tricky dance, practiced multiple times a day.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Where Have All the Butches Gone?

In defense of resilient butches or effeminate fairies.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: 'But You Can't Really Be Her Mom'

Transgender activism in the age of parenting.

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Riki Wilchins

Op-ed: Transgender Dinosaurs and the Rise of the Genderqueers

Why the traditional concept of transgender is slowly fading away.