trans women

fullscreen

trans women

gender

How to Write About Trans Women

“The photo on your cover or hanging above your article comes next. Go for broke here. Images of hairy legs in high heels or emerging from tutus are classics you…

Gabrielle Bellot —

Sep 22, 2015

crime

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Undocumented Woman Arrested at Doctor’s Office and More News Stories

Kim Davis goes back to work, San Francisco jails take steps to house trans women in correct facilities, April Gross is the second woman to score in a college football…

Yvonne —

Sep 15, 2015

interview

lesbian webseries

gender

“Her Story” Stars Wanna Tell Real Trans Love Stories

Talking with three of the stars of trans-created webseries Her Story about love, representation, staffing a set with trans women and so much more.

Mey —

Sep 8, 2015

Daily Fix

homophobia

politics + activism

Daily Fix: New South Wales Education Minister Nixes High School Showing of “Gayby Baby” and More News

Kids in New South Wales won’t see Gayby Baby at school for Wear It Purple Day, Donald Trump kicks Jorge Ramos out of his press conference, women vote in Saudi…

Rachel —

Aug 27, 2015

personal essay

sex work

movie reviews

A Trans Woman of Color Responds to the Trauma of “Tangerine”

“Why is it that trans women of color have to experience so much violence to remember that they have each other’s back?”

Morgan Collado —

Aug 26, 2015

LGBT youth

Lumberjanes

geekery

In Lumberjanes Issue #17, Jo Comes Out As Trans and It’s So Awesome

“Jo’s trans identity was just another integral part of her character, and it developed very naturally — she was a leader, she was VERY passionate about being a Lumberjane, she…

Mey —

Aug 26, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

bisexuality

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Mansur Ball-Bey Killed by St. Louis PD on Anniversary of Kajieme Powell’s Death and More News

Another death of a young black man at the hands of police in St Louis, the first ever openly trans White House staffer, why marriage licenses still aren’t being issued…

Rachel —

Aug 20, 2015

crime

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Tamara Dominguez, Trans Woman of Color, Killed in Violent Car Attack and More News Stories

Jovana Luna, a trans Latina activist, suddenly passed away, a new startup wants to help trans people find trusted doctors, a historic Baptist church agrees to not discriminate based on…

Yvonne —

Aug 18, 2015

Ellen Degeneres

gay marriage

society + culture

Sunday Funday Believes in Queer Love, Even Underwater

Canada’s gonna have a trans woman on a federal ballot, Markie Beth learned to scuba dive just to propose and there’s proof, H&M’s sister company launched a trans-centered campaign, Madonna…

Carmen —

Aug 16, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

crime

politics + activism

We Mourn Kandis Capri, Elisha Walker & 15 Other DMAB Trans People Lost To Transmisogynistic Violence

We have learned of the murders of black trans women Kandis Capri, who was killed August 11, and Elisha Walker, whose remains were found Thursday, 10 months after she went…

Adrian —

Aug 15, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Daily Fix

gender

Ashton O’Hara, Black, Trans and Genderfluid, Has Been Murdered; I’m Running Out of Hope

O’Hara, a Black trans and genderfluid 25-year-old, is the 14th trans person murdered this year and the fifth murdered in the last month.

Mey —

Aug 13, 2015

Daily Fix

feminism

politics + activism

Amnesty International’s Policy Calling for Decriminalization of Sex Work is a Move in the Right Direction

Amnesty International’s Board has put together a draft policy on sex work that could lift up and protect some of the most vulnerable and marginalized folks around the world -…

Carmen —

Aug 13, 2015