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“The Switch” Is More Than Just A “Transgender Comedy”

“The Switch” Is More Than Just A “Transgender Comedy”

Trans representation has always been a tricky subject. With growing trans visibility, it’s sad so many portrayals rely on tropes that are patronizing, condescending, and downright eww, eww, and eww. But while outside portrayals of the trans community remain outdated and stale, trans artists, musicians, and actors have been stepping forward with fresh takes on trans people and lives.

Enter the…

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It Wouldn’t Be Sunday Funday Without Laverne Cox, Samira Wiley, and a Bunch of Baby Animals

It Wouldn’t Be Sunday Funday Without Laverne Cox, Samira Wiley, and a Bunch of Baby Animals

It’s about time for some good news, amirite. Well, look no further! It’s Sunday Funday, and I’ve got enough amazing LGBT updates for all of y’all.

Samira Wiley Dresses Up for 

Bello

Samira totally woke up like this. (Click through to see the whole spread! Get a glass of water first.)

Philly Pride Gets Romantic

Congratulations to Elicia Gonzales and Megan Hannah, two Philly Pride goers who are now…

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Laverne Cox Returns to “Katie”, Shows How to Do a “Teachable Moment” Right

Laverne Cox Returns to “Katie”, Shows How to Do a “Teachable Moment” Right

Today Orange is the New Black star and transgender activist Laverne Cox returned to Katie, the daytime talk show hosted by Katie Couric, for the first time since her infamous January appearance where she and transgender model and activist Carmen Carrerahad to put up with a barrage of questions about what surgeries they had had and what their genitals were like. Cox and Carrera were able to turn…

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It’s Time For People to Stop Using the Social Construct of “Biological Sex” to Defend Their Transmisogyny

It’s Time For People to Stop Using the Social Construct of “Biological Sex” to Defend Their Transmisogyny

Time and time again, transmisogynists and transphobes go back to that old excuse that they are jut standing up for the reality of “biological sex” when they spew their ignorance and hate. They say that no matter what a trans woman does, no matter what she believes, she’s still actually a man. Others cede the fact that trans women are women, but stop there and say “gender is what’s between your…

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Webcomic “Becoming Me” Shows What it’s Like to be a Young Trans Woman Around Town

Webcomic “Becoming Me” Shows What it’s Like to be a Young Trans Woman Around Town

by rory midhani

Seeing as I’m a trans woman who loves comics and who loves diverse queer representation in the comics that I read, I’m constantly on the look for good webcomics with trans protagonists. I recently found the lovely comic Becoming Me and it is wonderfully filling that role. Written by Mia Rose Elbo, a 23-year-old Chilean trans woman, Becoming Me only started as a comic back in…

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Laverne Cox is Amazing on the Cover of Time, Time’s Story Inside Not So Much

Laverne Cox is Amazing on the Cover of Time, Time’s Story Inside Not So Much

A month after being one of the top vote-getters in Time Magazine’s online poll for their annual “Person of the Year” issue and then being subsequently left completely out of that issue, actress and transgender rights activist Laverne Coxhas leapt completely past the idea of being one person in a giant list of the year’s most important people and has secured the entire cover for herself.  This…

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Carmen Carrera, Tyra Banks Team Up With VH1 to Make Docuseries About Trans Women

Carmen Carrera, Tyra Banks Team Up With VH1 to Make Docuseries About Trans Women

Carmen Carrera, a transgender model and activist, is set to star in a brand new docuseries about a group of young trans women living in Chicago. The series, produced by Tyra Banks, will debut its eight hour-long episode run in late 2014 or early 2015. The show, called TransAmerica, will air on VH1. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “the series is described as an earnest look at a group of millennial women — who happen to be transgender — living, loving and building their careers. The series will explore how their sexuality impacts their lives.” Now, I’m pretty sure they mean “how their gender impacts their lives,” but hopefully the show will also have a diverse range of sexualities among the women.

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Protesters Take Stage at Health Conference Because NYC’s Trans Healthcare Failure is Inexcusable

#TransHealthcareNOW Protesters Take Stage at NYC Health Conference

This morning, members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, including SRLP membership director Reina Gossett, took over the stage at the HxRefractored Conference in New York City to demand that the New York State Department of Health repeal the 1998 regulation barring transgender people from accessing healthcare through state Medicaid coverage.

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Get Excited About “So Much More,” Laura Jane Grace’s New Reality Show for AOL

Get Excited About “So Much More,” Laura Jane Grace’s New Reality Show for AOL

AOL is partnering with a group of about 15 celebrities including Zoe Saldana, Steve Buscemi and Ellen Degeneres to create online reality shows that will debut later this year. While very little is being said about most of the shows (including Ellen’s), one is catching a lot of attention so far. That one is the show starring Against Me!’s transgender frontwoman Laura Jane Grace.

Grace came out…

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Janet Mock Turns the Tables, Asks Interviewer Alicia Menendez What it’s Like to Be Cis

Janet Mock Turns the Tables, Asks Interviewer Alicia Menendez What it’s Like to Be Cis

Janet Mock Recently sat down with Fusion’s Alicia Menendez and totally flipped the script on how an interview with a trans woman normally goes. Instead of answering a barrage of uncomfortable and unnecessary questions, this time Mock gets to ask the questions. And it is beautiful.

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The Complex Paradox of Transgender Rights in India

The Complex Paradox of Transgender Rights in India

After its regressive ruling last December, when it recriminalized homosexuality, the Indian Supreme Court recognized the rights of transgender persons on 15 April 2014. The ruling, which recognizes the legal rights of the Indian transgender community, is currently making its larger queer community hopeful. The recognition of the “third gender” on one hand, and the recriminalization of homosexuality on the other, makes queer rights in India a complex paradox, where alternative gender is recognized but alternative sexualities are not.

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Kale’s Coming Out As Gay While Queers Rally The World for Equality This Sunday Funday

Kale’s Coming Out As Gay While Queers Rally The World for Equality This Sunday Funday

Hello, magic love muffins! It’s been a week since last Sunday, which means it’s time for another dose of good queer news. Luckily for you, I came prepared.

Kale: “I’m Gay, I Like Myself, and I’m Tired of Living a Lie”

Kale’s coming out. ‘Bout time, TBH.

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Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.

Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.

The second annual Trans 100 list was announced at a live event on the night of Sunday, March 30th. This list highlights trans people who are helping to make a positive impact in the trans community and the world. Jen Richards, who cofounded the Trans 100 with Antonia D’Orsay, says that the Trans 100′s goal is “to create a counter narrative that offers a growing compendium of people, organizations and projects that simultaneously reveals the diversity of trans people and celebrates the work being done in the community.”

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So, You’re A Trans Woman Looking For A Bra

So, You’re A Trans Woman Looking For A Bra

For trans women, buying bras is often a new experience, even if we’re adults. If you transition later in life, you probably won’t have much experience picking out bras and the sizing might be confusing. Since most of us didn’t have the typical girl childhood, we’re kind of jumping in feet first and blind. When you add in other factors that are unique to trans women, picking out the right bra can be an arduous task.

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It’s Sunday Funday and Laverne Cox and Honey Maid Have No Time for Haters

It’s Sunday Funday and Laverne Cox and Honey Maid Have No Time for Haters

It’s Sunday Funday, bear cubs! That means it’s time for another roundup of good gay news. LET’S GET INTO IT.

Sweeter Than Honey (Maid)

Honey Maid thinks you’re wholesome, damn it — no matter what.

Laverne Cox Loves You

Laverne Cox is speaking up for trans high school student Andraya Williams.

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