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By Jos Truitt • 8 years ago

John Oliver gives a great introduction to trans issues lite

Yesterday’s episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featured a segment on trans issues.

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Sexy vlogger Aydian Dowling could become first trans guy on the cover of Men’s Health

Trans fitness vlogger and activist Aydian Dowling is currently leading in a landslide in Men’s Health’s “Ultimate Guy Search.” If he wins the contest — to find a guy who is “fit and fearless, a doer who gives back and leads by example” — he’d become the magazine’s first trans cover model.

By Chloe Angyal • 9 years ago

Modcloth spotlights transgender comedian Rye Silverman

Since I outgrew my stars and stripes two-piece that I wore pretty much every day of the summer when I was 8 and 9, I’ve never found a bathing suit that made me feel comfortable and fabulous and willing to be photographed.

Since I outgrew my stars and stripes two-piece that I wore pretty much every day of the summer when I was 8 and 9, I’ve never found a bathing suit that made me feel comfortable and ...

By Jos Truitt • 9 years ago

Take action against anti-trans violence by supporting vital services and organizing

The recent, tragic uptick in murders of trans women of color seems to be finally drawing the attention outside trans circles. Simply caring is sadly not enough, though.

By Davey Shlasko • 9 years ago

How using ‘they’ as a singular pronoun can change the world

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

Hopefully, by now you know that calling people the pronouns they want to be called is a basic and necessary way to demonstrate respect for their identities. This includes learning to use non-binary pronouns, such as singular “they.”

Ed. note: This post was originally published on the Community site.

Hopefully, by now you know that calling people the pronouns they want to be called is a basic and necessary way to demonstrate respect for their ...

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Parents place “retraction” to birth announcement to show support for trans son

In a sweet and hilarious show of support for their son’s transition, parents in Queensland, Australia made a correction to the birth announcement they placed in the newspaper 19 years ago.

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, how do we shorten the list of the dead?

Today is the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance when we memorialize those who were killed by anti-trans violence in the past year. Here is this year’s list of those we’ve lost and here is where you can find an event happening in your area.

By Maya Dusenbery • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

According to a new investigative report by Fusion, some 75 transgender immigrants are locked up in immigration detention on any given day. Trans women are usually housed with men and face conditions that “are often humiliating, dangerous, and even deadly.” Trans detainees account for 20 percent of confirmed cases of sexual abuse in detention facilities.