Don't Call Me Trans: Why It's Time We Define Ourselves on Our Own Terms

We are fighting our fight all wrong. We have accepted the terms of battle, of our very existence, from those who seek to demean us, reduce us to insignificance, to erase us from society. It’s time to stop and it starts with the way we define ourselves. To begin: Why do we continue to call ourselves “transgender"? By definition, the prefix “trans” connotes a change from one form to another. That is…