Trans men and pregnancy
At the mention of ‘pregnant trans men’ many people over thirty will think of Thomas Beatie, the American who obtained publicity in 2007 […]
Transphobia in Europe
The Netherlands’ pioneer status, which it attained by opening the first transgender clinic in the world in 1975, is now in decline. However, our country is still considered to be trans friendly. In other parts of Europe, transgender people are subjected to restrictions that are inhumane and encourage transphobia.
Life stories of older transgender people
The older generation grew up at a time when little or nothing was known about the subject of ‘being transgender’, so you couldn’t talk about it. Author Eveline van de Putte wrote down the stories of many of them in the book Nieuwe Namen.
Latin American trans women seeking safe haven in The Netherlands: we now dare to live
As a trans person in Latin America, your average lifespan is thirty-five years. If I hadn’t fled my country three years ago, I probably would have been part of the statistics.
A night out
I feel more and more at home in my changing body, but still fall over a number of social stumbling blocks, such as going out. ‘Will I pass as a man?’, ‘Am I flat enough in this binder?’ and ‘What if I meet people from my previous life?’.
Study published on Dutch transgender history
Historian and transman Alex Bakker describes Dutch trans history Transgender history — text: Mees Roelofs and Alex Kain, photography: Alex Bakker Historian and […]
What a genderful world
The further I progress through the exhibition, the more I discover about the meaning of gender and it’s different cultural expressions: Samoan fa’afafines, Albanian burneshas, Zapotec muxes, Native American two-spirit people and Southeast Asian hijras are all covered.
‘OMG, you’re Jewish, and now you’re queer too?!’
‘When you think of your gender, your culture, and your religion, where do you draw the line between ’knowing’ your identity and constructing it?
I often struggle with the thought that my Jewishness and gender non-conformity cannot exist all at once.’
Role models
Ingrid van Engelshoven, Minister of Education, Culture and Science (D66) writes a column for TRANS magazine 2020 “Unknown makes unloved”, according to an […]
Dating and sexuality
When do you tell a date about your sex surgery? Do you or do you not mention on your Tinder or Grindr profile that you are a transgender? Six experts by experience on transitioning and dating.