transgender

bathroom bills

trans

politics + activism

Federal Judge Sides With Gavin Grimm in History-Making Ruling for Transgender Rights

“I didn’t want any other student to have to suffer the same experience that I had to go through.”

KaeLyn —

May 23, 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

link roundup

sunday funday

society + culture

Sunday Funday Is Thinking About Mommi

This week: girls, girls, girls! Including Teddy Geiger looking like a snack, Nancy Drew’s gay best friend, some thoughts on motherhood, and lesbian Jesus delivering an iOS memo.

Ari —

May 13, 2018

101s

sex advice

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

nonfiction

Queer History

lgbt book reviews

“Black on Both Sides” Disrupts Black and Trans History as You Know It

Blackness and transness interconnect in this radical history of not just black and trans people, but also where beliefs about black and trans people come from.

Ari —

Apr 25, 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

high school

LGBT youth

gender

You Need Help: Coming Out as Non-Binary in High School

“It’s common to want to tell everyone about your newfound realization about your identity, so that you can feel like you’re living authentically and with integrity. But you get to…

Abbie Jones —

Apr 3, 2018

trans day of visibility

trans women of color

gender

Trans Day of Visibility Roundtable: Letters to the Trans People Who Shaped Us

“You make me proud to be Mexican, proud to be fat, proud to be queer and proud to be trans. You make me proud to be myself. I love you…

the team —

Mar 31, 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

Drawn to Comics

regular

geekery

Drawn to Comics: “Dating a Trans Person Changed My Partner’s Life” Starts a Good Discussion About Trans Life and Love

“The joy these people are feeling for having found happy, loving and affirming relationships is radiating off of the page. These are clearly trans people who have found happiness with…

Mey —

Mar 6, 2018