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Xander Ready

I’m a Concerned Ally™, what can I do to help trans people?

Actionable suggestions for allies who want to turn their good vibes toward trans people into good praxis toward our liberation.

Dec 14

Greaphic with the trans flag background that says “What can I, a concerned ally, do to help trans people? A list of acitonable allyship to turn your good vibes into good praxis.” Watermarked @ShardsOfBlue.

Dec 14

So someone told you supporting Harry Potter is anti-trans

So, someone told you that supporting Harry Potter is anti-trans, and you either asked for more information or decided to argue about it…

Dec 12

Captain America leaning on the back of a chair in a school hallway, about to give a PSA.

Dec 12

All fights for bodily autonomy are one fight

The struggle for reproductive freedom and the struggle for trans rights are not just interlinked; they’re the same fight.

Jul 1, 2022

Illustration of 2 nude people in front of a pink, blue, and white gradient background. A ribbon winds around them, covering sensitive areas, gold in front with trans and nonbinary flag colors in back. White text on it says, “My body, my choice.” White wild roses also decorate it. At each end is a purple circle for the intersex flag. On the left is a Black woman or femme nonbinary person and on the right a muscular, racially ambiguous, light-skinned transmasc person with top surgery scars.

Jul 1, 2022

The Dysphoria Avalanche of Early Transition

Right after I realized I was trans and started to do something about it, the dysphoria got much worse before it got better.

Apr 15, 2022

A digital ink drawing of a sharp-featured, short-haired, young European man seen from his right, lifting his head and shoulders out of water. His head is tilted far back, parallel with the surface of the water, his eyes are closed, and his mouth is open slightly as though inhaling. The angle emphasizes his Adam’s apple and muscular upper arms, just visible over the water’s surface.

Apr 15, 2022

On transandrophobia and structural oppression

A proposed definition of transandrophobia and an explanation that it is not structural in the way transmisogyny is.

Dec 25, 2021

Dec 25, 2021

Black lives should #matter to reporters

I am ashamed to be a part of an industry afraid to speak up against injustice while lauding itself for its brave moral impartiality.

Jun 5, 2020

A black and white photo of Black Lives Matter protestors, overlaid by yellow block text that says, “Black Lives Matter.”

Jun 5, 2020

Xander Ready

Xander Ready

Artist, writer, nerd, trans guy. Former data journo.

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