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Rori Porter

Should I scream into the anti-trans hurricane?

No :)

6 min readJun 13, 2023

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Should I scream into the anti-trans hurricane?

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Rori Porter

If you think anybody in the context of this essay about a months-old and forgotten twitter hashtag…

If you didn’t realize that I never endorsed the hashtag, I merely referenced its existence in regard to Rowling’s ongoing controversies…

1 min readApr 21, 2023

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Rori Porter

“Getting older feels odd because I expected to be dead by now”

Later this year I will become 35 years old.

10 min readFeb 24, 2023

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“Getting older feels odd because I expected to be dead by now”

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Rori Porter

Why didn’t more of us see Rowling’s bigotry coming?

I recently had a commenter on one of my JK Rowling-related essays ask me:

11 min readFeb 13, 2023

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Why didn’t more of us see Rowling’s bigotry coming?

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Rori Porter

When I first encountered these terms, Assigned sex" applied more to intersex people, while…

I think that the conflation of these terms is down to the fact that male and female can refer to both sex characteristics AND gender…

3 min readSep 29, 2022

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Rori Porter

Drag was, in fact, created by trans women of color and continues to be an art form that features…

What you describe, however, does remind me of the depiction of characters like Noxeema, Vida, and Chi-Chi in To Wong Foo. These characters…

2 min readJul 27, 2022

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Rori Porter
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An Injustice!

The Conservative Sexualization of Drag

Last weekend, Proud Boys charged into a San Francisco library to criticize, harass, and intimidate participants in a drag queen story hour…

7 min readJun 15, 2022

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The Conservative Sexualization of Drag

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Rori Porter

JK Rowling and the Death of Competence

How the Dunning Kruger Effect applies to TERF ideology

11 min readJun 13, 2022

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JK Rowling and the Death of Competence

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Rori Porter

Trans people don’t owe you discourse

Something I likely don’t have to tell you is that being trans on the internet is wild. We are constantly attacked at random, with debates…

4 min readMay 27, 2022

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An Injustice!

When “Genuine Concern” Endangers Trans Lives

Strongly held concerns over trans-affirming healthcare cannot eclipse the necessity of care

8 min readMay 18, 2022

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Rori Porter

Rori Porter

Queer Transfemme writer & designer based out of Los Angeles. She/Her/They/Their. Editor of TransFoc.us Anthology. RoriPorter.com

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