Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs
August 5, 2025
122 of 163
August 5, 2025
Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs
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Trans Touch 2: Platonic Touch and Hugs
Summary
We continue our series on trans people and our complicated relationship with physical touch, diving into your survey responses and comments about platonic touch and hugs. Did transition make a difference in how we perceive and feel about them? Painter and color designer Erin Rodriguez returns discuss horror and the queer psyche! Also cats! I'm weird! Apparently.
ERIN RODRIGUEZ
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TEXT VERSION
https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/08/05/trans-touch-2-platonic-touch-and-hugs/
FURTHER READING
(topics discussed with essays available at http://TillysTransTuesdays.com)
Trans Touch 1: Personal Experiences, Anecdotal Trans Healthcare, Transmedicalism (and WPATH version 1), Gender Dysphoria, Compliments, Bodily Autonomy (and my tattoo), Names and Pronouns
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