trans women

nicole maines

supergirl

tv reviews

Supergirl’s Nia Nal Is the Trans Superhero I Need

“Our identities shouldn’t require any external validation. But they do.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 23, 2018

military

personal essay

first person

Uncharted Waters: A Trans Woman’s Journey Transitioning in the Navy

“Presenting as male every day hurts. When the ship is in port, it’s not as bad; I grow to hate coming in to work, but once the day ends I…

Vivian Valentine —

Jul 9, 2018

family

personal essay

first person

Every Trans Girl I Meet Is From the Future: Finding a Bereft Sisterhood

I find myself preemptively mourning the transgenerational communities and cliques and cults and clubs and covens of girls like me that could be and may not be.

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard —

Jun 15, 2018

Drawn to Comics

trans women

geekery

Drawn to Comics: “Super Late Bloomer” Is the Transition Diary Comic We’ve Been Waiting For

Super Late Bloomer, which chronicles the first year of Julia’s life after she decided to transition, could turn any pessimist into the most ardent optimist.

Mey —

May 22, 2018

101s

sex advice

lesbian sex

How to Have Lesbian Sex With a Trans Woman

Sex between someone with a penis and someone with a vagina gets a lot of representation, but not when the penis-haver is a woman. Here’s everything you need to know…

Mey —

May 8, 2018

Drawn to Comics

sex work

geekery

Drawn to Comics: “The Pervert” Is a Brutally Moving Look at Trans Life

The Pervert is definitely going to turn off some readers, it’s full of swearing and violent homophobia and transphobia and explicit sex scenes, but for the people who read it,…

Mey —

May 8, 2018

murder

trans women

politics + activism

Sasha Wall Is the 8th Trans Woman Murdered in the US in 2018

The 29-year-old Black trans woman was shot and killed in South Carolina.

the team —

Apr 3, 2018

trans day of visibility

trans women

gender

Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility

“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and…

Abbie Jones —

Mar 31, 2018

trans day of visibility

trans women

geekery

TDOV Spotlight: Annie Mok’s “They Say That I’m A Witch”

“Traveling back in time to school days, and getting to confront one’s bully, hit me viscerally. I found myself going through the game over and over.”

Abbie Jones —

Mar 31, 2018

murder

trans women

politics + activism

Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017

Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.

Mey —

Dec 14, 2017

sex advice

trans lesbian sex

lesbian sex

How I Started To Learn Trans Sex Ed (And How You Can, Too)

It took be months to bring myself to ask the question I’d wanted to ask since coming out: How am I supposed to have sex if I hate my genitals?

Calliope Marcy Jennings —

Dec 12, 2017

amazon prime video

trans women

tv reviews

“Transparent” Without Jeffrey Tambor: More Trans Women, More Potential Revolution

As cis white men are forced out of Hollywood to face repercussions for their actions, this could become an important moment for traditionally marginalized voices to tell stories in ways…

Mey —

Nov 21, 2017