transgender

Daily Fix

high school

gender

Maine, Virginia and Minnesota Grant New Trans Student Rights, With Room For Improvement

While it’s great that these states are granting trans students rights, Virginia and Minnesota are still putting up a lot of hurdles for potential trans athletes.

Mey —

Dec 5, 2014

Daily Fix

trans media representation

tv news & trailers

Our Lady J Hired as Transparent’s First Ever Trans Staff Writer

The hit Amazon series is making steps to include more trans women and make it’s stories and characters more authentic.

Mey —

Nov 30, 2014

personal essay

tdor

sex

So You Can Fuck Us; What’s Next? Going Beyond Sex With Trans Women

The recent cultural trend of supporting trans women has made us highly prized assets; somehow you can prove your radicalness by being the example of someone who has worked through…

Luna —

Nov 19, 2014

Daily Fix

international transgender day of remembrance

politics + activism

Remembering Us When We’re Gone, Ignoring Us While We’re Here: Trans Women Deserve More

As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.

Morgan Collado —

Nov 18, 2014

butch

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Lesbian, Activist, Author, and Revolutionary Dies at 65

Leslie Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, NY, with hir partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at hir side. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a…

KaeLyn —

Nov 17, 2014

international transgender day of remembrance

tdor

gender

A Thank You Letter From One Trans Woman To The Others in My Life

Dear trans sisters and mothers and abuelas and aunties and daughters and nieces and cousins, Thank you for everything.

Mey —

Nov 14, 2014

anti-discrimination laws

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Michigan Same-Sex Couples Get a Court Win, But State Legislature Wants to Leave Trans People Behind

Republicans are trying to exclude trans protections in a civil rights amendment, while a federal judge has struck down a state law banning domestic partner benefits.

Mari Brighe —

Nov 13, 2014

Roundtables

transgender

coming out

Coming Out to Your Friends: The Autostraddle Roundtable

Come out, come out, wherever you are! The Autostraddle team gives you tips on how to come out to your friends.

the team —

Nov 12, 2014

Andreja Pejic

Daily Fix

movie features

Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors

Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable…

Mari Brighe —

Nov 7, 2014

Daily Fix

hate crime

gender

Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims

Often, trans people are treated as little more than curiosities. Even when they lose their lives to hate crimes and other violence, they are rarely treated as more than clickbait.

Mari Brighe —

Nov 5, 2014

Daily Fix

LGBT youth

politics + activism

GetYrRights: New Site for LGBTQ Youth Organizing Against Policing and Criminalization

“The site will be a source for news from all Network members on the front lines of the struggle to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth!”

Maddie —

Oct 31, 2014

laverne cox

LGBT youth

gender

Check Out Two Trans Youth Who Are Changing the Way America Looks at Gender

Jazz, who recently published a book about her life called I Am Jazz and Zoey, who recently appeared in “Laverne Cox Presents: The T-Word” are two of the trans youth…

Mey —

Oct 28, 2014