Articles by Oliver Leon
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Something You’re Not
Performing Femininity in the Workplace
I am no longer read as a woman. I have a deep enough voice and enough body hair that it is never in question any longer. I look dudely, and nobody questions my gender. I absolutely cannot go into women’s bathrooms or locker rooms anymore. As a female-to-male transexual, this is quite the relief.
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That Transexual Guy
Big Transsexual Agenda— A Decision on Sterilization
I was at the supermarket a few years ago and I saw this tabloid headline: “World’s First Pregnant Man.”
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A Trans Man’s Rant
What Not to Ask
Oliver Leon is The Link’s trans columnist, and he’s really tired of getting the same questions asked over and over again
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Fear of Flying
Flight-Ban Discriminates Against Trans Fliers
A regulatory change quietly made to the Aeronautics Act by Transport Canada last July could disallow transsexual and transgender people from boarding flights leaving Canada.
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That Transexual Guy
A Very Transexual Christmas
I want to share my transition. I want to write to you about public bathrooms, navigating my name change and taking hormones.
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Transphobic Reality
Day of Remembrance Acknowledges Transgender Deaths
Roughly 40 well-layered people congregated in Berri Square on a rather chilly Nov. 20 to recognize the fifth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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That Transexual Guy
Seeking Stability Within the Spectrum of Blue and Pink
“I want to share my transition. I want to write to you about public bathrooms, navigating my name change and taking hormones. I want to tell you about the scary parts, the fun times and share with you the celebrations that come along with transitioning. I want to tell you all of this because I think that it is important that you know about it.”
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That Transexual Guy
Trans 101
Goods news, Concordia! I start hormones on Oct. 26. Are you excited for me? If you are, congratulate me! Really, do. It’s a good thing. It means that you are acknowledging my struggle and patting me on the back.
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That Transexual Guy
An Introduction to The Link’s First Trans Column
To the alarm of my parents, I am a transsexual.
I am on the female-to-male spectrum of this gender brouhaha but I have never once identified as female. I just went along with the label until I could no longer handle the mess that was my unconscious.