Month: November 2018

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Posted on by Jana Hart

Today is the day the trans community remembers our fallen: those who have died because others were unable to accept that a trans person had a right to exist.   It is not easy living in a world that is openly hostile to you. Sure, there are pockets that are accepting, and those pockets are…

Privilege

Posted on by Jana Hart

The phrase ‘toxic masculinity’ is used frequently these days. I don’t think that it is masculinity, per se, that is toxic. I think it is privilege. I think the phrase ought to be ‘toxic privilege’. Privilege is what gives people the feeling of entitlement that allows them to take advantage of others. Worse, the privileged…