trans women Archives

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hair and beauty

Natural Hair Was My Final Frontier to Self-Love as a Black Trans Woman

After removing my damaged locks, I realized that that was the easy part. Removing the Eurocentric straight- haired image of femininity embedded in my brain was much harder.

Drew —

Oct 27, 2015

gender identity

genderqueer

politics + activism

Talking with Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham About Everyday Activism and Why Empathy is Everything

I had heard about Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham’s close relationship, and how it was informing some incredible work together, so I sought them out to find out more —…

Hannah Hodson —

Oct 24, 2015

Ellen Degeneres

elliot page

pop culture fix

Ellen Talks Love With Ellen, Everybody Talks About Cara Delevingne, New Fox Project Seeks TWOC Lead and Other Stories

Also in today’s fix: a breakdown on gender and racial diversity in TV writing, Ellen Page and Ellen Degeneres talk coming out, lots of people talking about Cara Delevingne, Rosie…

Riese —

Oct 21, 2015

canada

immigrant

politics + activism

Justin Trudeau’s Win Ceases Reign of Stephen Harper and His Flying Monkeys

Corey Jones, a 31-year-old black man, was killed by a police officer after his car broke down after 3 a.m., five black churches have been set on fire in the…

Yvonne —

Oct 20, 2015

Lists/Top 10s

trans women

gender

Here’s What Happened When I Tried to Write a “10 Best Cities for Trans Women” List

I had statistics, maps and infographics from a dozen different sources, but without input from other trans women I wasn’t comfortable touting these cities the top ten anything.

Mey —

Oct 19, 2015

2016 presidential race

bernie sanders

politics + activism

Trans Activist Diana Sacayán Found Dead In Her Buenos Aires Home

Kroger will cover gender affirming surgeries for trans employees, mainstream media and informal polls don’t agree on who won the Democratic debate, the New York Attorney General launched an investigation…

Yvonne —

Oct 15, 2015

2016 presidential race

bernie sanders

politics + activism

Robber With a Record Charged With Murdering Trans Woman Keisha Jenkins

An arrest in the murder of Kiesha Jenkins, Planned Parenthood announces they’ll no longer accept payments for their fetal tissue donation program, investigators say killing of Tamir Rice was “reasonable,”…

Rachel —

Oct 13, 2015

trans women

transgender

gender

Keisha Jenkins, 22-Year-Old Black Trans Woman, Murdered in Philadelphia

Keisha Jenkins is at least the 20th trans woman murdered in the US this year, and nearly all of them have been Black and/or Latinx.

Mey —

Oct 6, 2015

law and order

trans

tv reviews

“Law & Order: SVU” Adds Its Voice to the “Trans Debate” with the Confusing, Horribly Depressing “Transgender Bridge”

At one point in my notes I wrote “I’m really happy that they didn’t murder this trans girl,” only to watch her die in the hospital two scenes later. That’s…

Mey —

Oct 2, 2015

documentaries

genderqueer

gender

Emmy-Nominated Trans Docuseries “This Is Me” is Actually Good

Where “Transparent” succeeds in telling a trans story that’s largely focused on how cis people relate to and see trans people, “This is Me” goes one step further and shows…

Mey —

Sep 29, 2015

Follow Your Arrow

Miniseries