trans women

Lists/Top 10s

trans media representation

television

Top Nine Trans Characters Played by Trans Actors on Transparent

If you’re looking for trans actors playing trans characters, the absolute best place on TV to look is Jill Soloway’s show for Amazon Prime, Transparent.

Mey —

Sep 26, 2016

anti-discrimination laws

bathroom bills

news

6 LGBT Lawsuits To Follow On Discrimination, Restroom Access, Prisoner Rights and More

From students suing for their rights and restroom access under Title IX to the rights of trans prisoners to be protected from sexual assault, these are cases worth following.

Rachel —

Sep 22, 2016

gay marriage

Miniseries

love + sex

Poly Pocket: Building Intentional Community and Relationship Anarchy

Here’s how a 33-year-old queer, polyamorous, white, trans woman living in Chicago who’s married and has a long-term girlfriend does poly.

Ryan Yates —

Sep 22, 2016

crime

murder

gender

Crystal Edmonds is the Second Black Trans Woman Murdered This Week, At Least 21st This Year

Edmonds is at least the 21st trans person murdered in the US this year. We knew of at least 23 last year.

Mey —

Sep 16, 2016

queer youtube stars

This Is A Coming Out Post

pop culture fix

Gigi Gorgeous Is a Lesbian: Transgender Youtube Star Comes Out, Loves Her Girlfriend Nats Getty

“I fell in love with somebody, and that person happens to be a female.”

Mey —

Sep 15, 2016

murder

trans women

gender

Black Trans Woman T.T. Murdered In Chicago, Is At Least the 20th Trans Person Murdered In 2016

While we don’t know the exact number and almost certainly never will, we know that she is at least the 20th trans person murdered this year, most of them being…

Mey —

Sep 12, 2016

af+ personal essay

trans women

af+

Things Men Tell You When They Think You’re One of Them

“It was a predatory smile that he flashed at us, the rest of his pack, expecting us to become predators with him and start howling along.”

Mey —

Sep 8, 2016

her story

jen richards

film

Hollywood Is Out of Excuses for Dangerous Trans Representation

Jen Richards speaks out against Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer’s new film, Anything, in which (another) cis man plays a trans woman.

Heather Hogan —

Sep 2, 2016

murder

trans women

news

Black Trans Woman Rae’Lynn Thomas is At Least the 19th Trans Person Murdered This Year

She was the light in her family’s life. She was 28 years old. She is the fourth trans woman of color to be murdered in the last six weeks.

Mey —

Aug 12, 2016

murder

trans women

gender

Erykah Tijerina, Trans Latina, Becomes the Latest Killed in the Plague of Anti-Trans Murders This Year

After we learned about three trans women, all of them Black, being murdered in July, the number of trans people reported murdered in the US this year became 17, now…

Mey —

Aug 10, 2016

murder

trans women

gender

Skye Mockabee Is At Least the Third Black Trans Woman Murdered In July, 17th Trans Person This Year

“Not even a week after I reported that Dee Whigham became at least the 16th trans person murdered in the United States this year alone, I’m devastated to have to…

Mey —

Aug 1, 2016

af+ personal essay

trans women

af+

The Absolute Worst Thing A Boy Could Ever Be

Grieving a friend lost to suicide in childhood, the effects of harmful compulsory masculinity, and looking around at a life that could just barely have been imagined then.

Mey —

Aug 1, 2016