Author: Natalie

Natalie Reed now writes at http://www.freethoughtblogs.com/nataliereed

By Natalie

Debunking the COGIATI

By Natalie

On January 11, 2012

My first forays into the trans internet were back in the Fall of 2001, while I was having a particularly bad “episode” of dysphoria that led, for the first time in my life, to actually conducting extensive research into what transition entailed. The e-landscape back then was a bit different than it is now. Those […]

Health / Medicine , Links Elsewhere , Transgender

The Comparison of BIID and GID

By Natalie

On January 11, 2012

A few days ago, Christina Stephens, a friend and partner of JT Eberhard posted a fantastic and fascinating piece on Body Identity Integrity Disorder over at Eberhard’s blog, WWJTD. BIID, while one o

Coming Out , Gay , Transgender

Coming Out Stories: When Coming Out Is Shutting Yourself In

By Natalie

On January 9, 2012

For me, being a skeptic, and the personal importance skepticism has for me, almost entirely boils down to one thing: knowing that I’m an irrational, crazy idiot capable of incredible cognitive disto

Working Out My Feelings On “Work It”

By Natalie

In Cissexism , Media Portrayals of LGBT

On January 6, 2012

This post was written in front of a live studio audience. This service is provided so you know exactly what to laugh at, exactly what to think, and exactly what to feel. And when. So I did it, dear readers. I did it. I watched the pilot of Work It. All the way through. From […]

Meta-Stuff

Help Us Build Our Resources Page!

By Natalie

On January 3, 2012

So, we were hanging around at twilight in Queereka Valley by the waterfall the other day, drinking mimosas served to us on silver trays fastened to the backs of tamed ladybugs the size of golden retri

Cissexism , Feminism , Transgender

13 Myths and Misconceptions About Trans Women: Part Two

By Natalie

On January 2, 2012

This post is a continuation of an article posted on Skepchick yesterday. 8. You’re appropriating the female body. Appropriation is about co-opting someone else’s identity. We’re not doing th

Welcome to Queereka!

By Natalie

In Meta-Stuff

On January 2, 2012

Hello everyone, and welcome to Queereka! Queereka is a specifically LGBTQ skepticism blog (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer). In much the same manner that Skepchick approaches science and skepticism from a women’s, feminist perspective, and approaches feminism and women’s issues from a scientific, skeptical perspective, we shall try to be the same for the intersection […]