Guest Blogs

    Guest Blogs are written by non-Mu members, and might include critical or controversial perspectives we have deemed to be worth discussing on our forum. These essays do not represent the collective policies or positions of Mu, which are best summarized by our principles here, and elsewhere on our site. The perspectives of our committee members form part of a separate content feed.

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    Guest Blog: Something's Gotta Change

    / LGBT, politics, society, peer support, Paraphile Alliance, gender, trans identity
    Now, a near majority of the online MAP community organizes via Fediverse servers such as MAPSupport.de and Cottoncandy.cafe. Federation has come with content-moderation challenges, and not all of the so-called "pediverse" has survived

    Here, we reproduce (with consent) a blog post from Ally Kotetsu, a MAP live-streamer from Seattle who helps manage BeyondThePlus, a radical queer organization. This includes in-person events such as tabling, and promoting the organization's mission.

    What is the fediverse? Most people would say that it's just social media, a place where people can run microblogging instances that all federate with each other, and where people can post c...

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    Guest blog: TERFism, or why trans women should matter to youth-lovers

    / LGBT, guest-blog, identity politics, gender, Liana Lial, feminism

    This guest blog is written by Liana Lial, a vocal young trans MAP, and published by Mu. Opinions expressed belong to the author, and do not necessarily represent those of the Mu Committee.

    Lial discusses the importance of transfeminism from the perspective of a young transfem MAP

    Upon his inauguration, Donald Trump passed an executive order which purportedly aimed to safeguard women from "gender ideology." The rhetoric speaks to the influence of a longstanding tradition of bigotry - Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERFism.) Despite its blatant presence, many communities have not taken the time to analyze its place in the web of interconnected oppression.

    As a trans...

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