D.C. Debuts Rad Transgender Respect Campaign
It’s a sad statement on society when we have to issue advertising campaigns to remind people to treat their fellow human beings “with courtesy and respect.” But whatever, I’m not going to complain!...
View ArticleToday Is The Trans Day Of Remembrance
In remembrance of the Trans Day Of Remembrance, here’s a piece by a trans woman on how connecting with her Korean birth mother, who put her up for adoption as a baby, helped her come out. [Fire Dog...
View ArticleGuy Talk: Why A Straight Man Like Me Cares About Transgender Rights
Over the weekend, the UK’s Observer published an editorial about transgender people that crossed a bunch of lines. It’s not really worth repeating the things that the author wrote, but they included...
View ArticleEmerson Frat Raises Money For Trans Brother’s Sexual Reassignment Surgery
You hear a lot of crappy things about fraternities–often deservedly so–so it’s nice to have a positive story come out of frat-land. Members of the Phi Alpha Tau chapter at Emerson College have raised...
View ArticleMixed Martial Arts Fighter Fallon Fox Comes Out As Trans
After six years of competitive MMA (mixed martial arts) fighting as a woman, Fallon Fox has come out of the closet — against her wishes — as trans. In an interview with OutSports on Tuesday, Fox...
View ArticleSome Transgender Kids Have It More Figured Out Than The Rest Of Us
This week’s issue of The New Yorker includes a feature by Margaret Talbot, on the rise of young kids and teenagers identifying as transgender. While the concept of transgender isn’t new, there’s a...
View ArticleUFC Host Slams Trans Fighter Fallon Fox, Says She’s Not Really A Woman
Joe Rogan, the voice of the UFC fighting league, says that Fallon Fox, the MMA fighter who recently came out as a trans woman, should not be allowed to fight with cisgendered women (i.e. people who...
View ArticleGawker Thinks It’s Cool To Smirk At Gender Queer People
Guys, I love sarcasm. It’s a heady, delicious treat I eat up on the hour. But even I have my sarcasm limits. Case in point: Gawker writer Hamiliton Nolan’s response to a piece by xoJane writer s.e....
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The “You Are You” Camp Gives Boys The Chance To Be The Girls They Want To Be
For the past three years, photographer Lindsay Morris has been following a group of special kids who attend an annual four-day camp for “gender-nonconforming boys and their parents.” In order to...
View ArticleBradley Manning: “I Am Chelsea Manning, I Am Female”
Bradley Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, announced in a statement read by his lawyer on “The Today Show” this morning that he intends to...
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Texas Teacher Laura Jane Klug Was Suspended For Being Transgender — But...
Laura Jane Klug, a fifth grade substitute teacher for Lumberton Independent School District in Texas who also happens to be transgender, was suspended on Tuesday after parents complained to the school....
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Promises It Will No Longer Use The Transgender Slur...
The reality show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” announced it will no longer use the word “she-male,” a slur against transgender folks. They also promised to quit doing a segment called “Female or She-male?” in...
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Laverne Cox Teams Up With MTV And Logo To Air Transgender Teen Documentary
“Orange Is The New Black” star and activist Laverne Cox has teamed with Logo and MTV to produce a documentary called “Trans Teen: A Documentary” about transgender teens from diverse backgrounds. The...
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5 Things To Know About Chelsea Manning, Gender Dysphoria & Transgender...
With Pvt. Chelsea Manning back in the news for requesting to be treated for gender dysphoria at a civilian prison, many people have questions about what this means. What is “gender dysphoria,” exactly?...
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Tyra Banks To Produce Docuseries About Trans Women
Tyra Banks will produce a VH1 series called “TransAmerica” about transgender women in Chicago. The eight episode docuseries will feature the trans model Carmen Carrera. [Hollywood Reporter] This woman...
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Hell Yeah: Laverne Cox Covers TIME Magazine
The amazing Laverne Cox, transgender advocate and “Orange Is The New Black” actress, is on the cover of the new issue of TIME representing their cover story on transgender rights. Flawless. The...
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Conservative National Review Asshat Declares “Laverne Cox Is Not A Woman,” Is...
Last week, “Orange Is The New Black” actress Laverne Cox appeared on the cover of TIME, illustrating a piece about how trans rights issues are “America’s next civil rights frontier.” Cox was the...
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Frisky Rant: IDGAF If You Say I Look “Like A Tranny”
I’ve wondered for a long time if maybe I have higher levels of testosterone than other women, because there’s always been a lot about me that is just distinctly un-feminine (in the sort of standard way...
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The US Prison System Exposes Trans* Inmates To Rape
The US prison system neglects the needs of trans* inmates and exposes them to rape. [VICE] Emily Gould writes about why ignoring online trolls isn’t enough. [Buzzfeed] Listen to Lena Dunham talk about...
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Facebook Apologizes To LGBT Community After Realizing One Troll Has Been...
Is anyone else surprised that now that the two-week deadline for “real names” on Facebook is up, Facebook has apologized to the LGBT activists who have been fighting it and said that they’re “taking...
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