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I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Kristen Arnett discuss the sliding scale of gender expression and how a femme wife is like…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Jul 8, 2025

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This Is A Coming Out Post

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LCD Soundsystem Synth Player Gavin Russom is Trans and We’re So Happy For Her!

“Over the last year and a half, I went from my trans identity being something I was in touch with and worked through in one way or another, to suddenly…

Mey —

Jul 6, 2017

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Sherrell Faulkner of NC 11th Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year

Nearly all those murdered, including Faulkner, have been Black trans women.

Mey —

May 25, 2017

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Kenneth Bostick, 59, is the Tenth Trans Person of Color Murdered in the US This Year [UPDATED]

Nine out of the ten trans people reported murdered this year have been Black; the tenth was a Native American woman.

Mey —

May 8, 2017

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You Need Help: My Mom Supports My Bisexuality, but Not My Butchness

Kristin of Everyone Is Gay and My Kid Is Gay gives advice for a 16-year-old and her mom trying to deal with coming out as bisexual and gender nonconforming!

Kristin —

Apr 20, 2017

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Here are Some Ways to Give Black Trans People Money

Across the country, Black TGNC people are performing serious emotional labor as organizers, healers, artists, sexual liberationists, and advocates. It’s time to give back.

Venus Selenite —

Mar 31, 2017

murder

trans women

gender

38-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Alphonza Watson Is 8th TWoC Murdered This Year

Police don’t have a lot of information, other than that there was an argument and then two men sped away in a car. They are offering a reward for more…

Mey —

Mar 22, 2017

murder

trans women

gender

This Is a Nightmare and a Genocide: Jaquarrius Holland is the Seventh Black Trans Woman Murdered This Year

Holland, who is the 7th trans person reported murdered this year, was just 18 years old. A teenager. A child.

Mey —

Feb 28, 2017

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Ciara McElveen is the 6th Trans Woman of Color Murdered This Year, Third Black Trans Woman in the Last Week

She was 21 years old.

Mey —

Feb 27, 2017

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I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Kristen Arnett discuss the sliding scale of gender expression and how a femme wife is like having an IRL Barbie.

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Kayla and Kristen on the beach for their engagement photoshoot

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With T4T Care and More Effective Results, Bluebird Is Revolutionizing Hair Removal for Trans Women

“We have the feel, we have all these trans women working in this beautiful space, but it’s also technical. We’re not just smoke and mirrors, we’re not just branding. There’s…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 4, 2024

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Transition Is Allowed To Feel Bad Sometimes

Realistically, I understand that if you do something for 11 months, the chance that you’ll feel good for every second of those 11 months is zero.

Max Gross —

Feb 1, 2024

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Top 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to After Top Surgery

8. Being slutty in tank tops and vests

Motti —

Jan 15, 2024

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You Need Help: As a Transmasc, Am I Welcome in Lesbian Spaces?

You see, for me and you, dating women wasn’t the only thing that made us lesbians or gay. It’s an entire culture with a rich history of tradition, identity, protest,…

Motti —

Jan 9, 2024

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