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Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors

Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors

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Over the next year or so, two major films focusing on transgender characters will be making their way into theaters. One, The Danish Girl, will focus on Lili Elbe, often thought to be the first person to undergo genital surgery to alter their physical sex. The other, Three Generations, will focus on a young trans man’s journey through transition while his family…

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Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims

Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims

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I think if you ask just about any trans person what they fear the most, they’ll probably tell you that it’s violence. While the everyday worries of harassment alnd discrimination are probably more constant worries, the cold hard fact that I’m at much higher risk for violence simple by virtue of my gender identity is something that has weighed on me since I first…

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

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

Jazz has been in national spotlight for a while. She’s an incredibly bright, bubbly and brave fourteen-year-old girl who came out as trans and started transitioning before she was even in kindergarten. Since then, she’s been just about everywhere, including the GLAAD Awards, her own documentary that aired on OWN, 20/20 being interviewed by Barbara Walters,  the Advocate’s “Top 40 Under 40″ list…

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There May Be Justice For Jennifer Laude, Trans Filipina Murdered by US Marine

There May Be Justice For Jennifer Laude, Trans Filipina Murdered by US Marine

The story of a trans woman of color being murdered is, disturbingly, an all too common one. In fact, since the beginning of October, at least three trans women of color have been murdered and two more have been the victims of high profile violent crimes. One victim is Jennifer Laude, a trans Filipina who was apparently murdered by an American Marine, who was in the Philippines as a part of a…

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Don’t Miss Laverne Cox’s Important New Documentary Featuring Trans Youth

Don’t Miss Laverne Cox’s Important New Documentary Featuring Trans Youth

Tomorrow, on both MTV and Logo, people of all genders, ethnicities, sexualities and beliefs will be able to watch a new hour-long documentary produced and hosted by Laverne Cox focusing on the lives of seven young trans people and on the experiences of trans people across America. Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, hopes to not only educate viewers on issues that affect trans people’s lives, but…

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You Need Help: Dressing Like a Grown Ass Trans Woman

You Need Help: Dressing Like a Grown Ass Trans Woman

Welcome to You Need Help! Where you’ve got a problem and yo, we solve it. Or we at least try.

Q:  So, the deal is, I’m a just-beginning-transition, lesbian-identified trans woman. And it took me a while to get there — I’m early-50s. So, what am I supposed to wear? I’ve got a pretty good person doing my hair for me, and I’m confident that they’ll get me where I belong hair-wise. But I’m kind of…

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Rebecca Kling and Chicago’s Early to Bed Say “Trans Women + Sex = Awesome”

Rebecca Kling and Chicago’s Early to Bed Say “Trans Women + Sex = Awesome”

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As we all know, the Internet is made up of primarily two things: cat pictures and sex. Whether you’re looking for photos, videos, stories, discussions, toys, or partners, the good folks of the Web are more happy to provide a dizzying (and occasionally, nightmare-inducing) variety. Oh yeah, and ADVICE. There’s a veritable army of folks who want to give you advice…

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In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About Trans Terminology and “New York Magazine”

In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About Trans Terminology and “New York Magazine”

Being a trans woman is complicated. It can seem like every day you have to deal with things that are anything but black and white. There’s the media’s portrayal of trans people, terminology, the entire concept of “passing” — and that’s just scratching the surface. Luckily, you have Mari and Mey to talk out their conflicted feelings on these things.

This time, we took a look at the recent front…

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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Meet Maki Yamazaki, Your New Favourite Nerdy Queer Non-Monogamousaurus

Happy Thursday! Did you wake up today thinking g-d, I really wish I knew more about Britain’s trans folks? Of course you did. Were you specifically looking for a human with great hair and the ability to play more musical instruments than you have piercings in your right ear? Of course you were.

Photograph by Brian Hutchinson

Meet Maki Yamazaki, a games developer, musician and comic artist living…

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Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier

Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier

Gay Star News asks “Is Denmark’s new trans law the best of its kind in the world?” and the short answer is well, no. Not because the new law, which came into effect this week and allows people to change their legal gender without having to fulfill any surgical, psychiatric or medical requirements, isn’t a great step forward for trans rights and self-determination — but because Argentina beat them…

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Stonewall Begins Work On Trans Inclusion, Asks for Your Feedback

Stonewall Begins Work On Trans Inclusion, Asks for Your Feedback

On Saturday, Stonewall, the UK’s largest LGB charity, made its first steps towards redressing its long-standing exclusion of the trans community by hosting a conference attended by around 50 transgender activists and community members. Participants discussed what trans inclusion could or should look like as the start of a three-month consultation period around trans issues, which will culminate…

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In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About “Transparent”

In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About “Transparent”

Being a trans woman is complicated. It can seem like every day you have to deal with things that are anything but black and white. There’s the media’s portrayal of trans people, terminology, the entire concept of “passing” — and that’s just scratching the surface. Luckily, you have Mari and Mey to talk out their conflicted feelings on these things. Today, we’re going to talk about our conflicted…

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Five Rad LGBT Artifacts You Can Find at the Smithsonian

Five Rad LGBT Artifacts You Can Find at the Smithsonian

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Earlier this month, the National Museum of American History accepted into its collection a group of items related to LGBT history. The additions, which included scripts and other papers from “Will & Grace,” diplomatic passports belonging to an openly gay U.S. ambassador and his husband, and the original trans pride flag from 1999, broadened the museum’s existing…

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Having Your Wedding Cupcake & Eating It Too: Radical Queer & Progressive LGBT Politics Working Together

Having Your Wedding Cupcake & Eating It Too: Radical Queer & Progressive LGBT Politics Working Together

A decade ago, I was the feminist cult leader director of my small Upstate NY college’s Women’s Center. I was a righteous babe of the very early millennial generation, coming into queerness right off the hot hot heat of Queer Nation, before The L Word. I was a few weeks into college when 9/11 happened and the anti-Iraq war outrage was palpable. One of my earliest memories of my now-spouse is…

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Abortion Access for All: Two Nonprofits Embrace Gender Inclusive Language

Abortion Access for All: Two Nonprofits Embrace Gender Inclusive Language

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You may remember our coverage of the #ProTransProChoice campaign back in January. The campaign, organized by Beck Martens, Alice Wilder, and Calliope Wong, called on Planned Parenthood and NARAL to use more trans-inclusive language in their advocacy work.

Reproductive justice activists and trans feminist activists have questioned the framing of…

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