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Ashton O’Hara, Black, Trans and Genderfluid, Has Been Murdered; I’m Running Out of Hope
O’Hara, a Black trans and genderfluid 25-year-old, is the 14th trans person murdered this year and the fifth murdered in the last month.
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Spread This Far and Wide: It’s Almost Time for the U.S. Trans Survey
If you’re trans and would like to help inform the next decade of trans advocacy, sign up and pledge to fill out this survey!
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What We’re Going to Say About Caitlyn Jenner
In just the few days since Jenner made her debut, I’ve received the same amount submissions that I received in the nearly two months before. All of these submissions are about Jenner.
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Transgender Teen Jazz Jennings is Starring in Commercials, Getting a Reality Show, on Top of the World
Not content with co-writing a book, being in Time Magazine and meeting people like Bill Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence, all by age 14, Jazz Jennings is now set to take over TV.
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17 Year Old Trans Girl Leelah Alcorn Commits Suicide After Parents and Community Refuse to Accept Her
She thought she would never be able to live the life she deserved. We need to change society so that young trans girls no longer feel that way.
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In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About Trans Terminology and “New York Magazine”
“Does her personal language preference trump what is considered to be the non-offensive way to talk about trans women?”
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Laverne Cox Returns to “Katie”, Shows How to Do a “Teachable Moment” Right
“A part of me thought about making this article just be a list of Laverne Cox quotes from this interview because she says that many brilliant things. Where Cox was able to turn the conversation around and get in some great talking points last time, this time she was given free reign to talk about important issues for a full half hour.”
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REFUGE Restrooms: New Website Helps You Find Gender-Safe Public Restrooms
We talked with Teagan Widmer about her new site for transgender, intersex, and gender noncomforming folks, and how YOU can help develop the app even further.
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Trans Woman Denied Admission to Smith College: Why “Just Checking Female” is More Complicated Than it Sounds
Smith College’s inhospitality toward trans women ultimately threatens, rather than upholds, their institutional image as a women’s college.
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“Trapped in the Wrong Body:” Katie Couric Talks to and About Trans* People with Limited Success
A trans* take on Katie Couric’s “Growing Up Transgender” show.
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The RadRight And The Restroom
As Arizona reminded us this week, The RadRight has enjoyed a long and successful history of standing in the way of equality through deploying what I call the Bathroom Meme.
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Survey About Trans* Voices Needs Your Trans* Voice
If you’re trans*, over 18, and use your voice to communicate, please consider taking this survey to help medical professionals improve research, treatment, and evaluate their preconceived notions.
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This Transphobic UK Ad Will Enrage, Hopefully Inspire You to Combat Cissexism
Ending cissexism starts with you and me.
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Nepal Will Count its Transpeople, Court Gay Travelers (Especially Buddhists)
Nepal is open for gay tourists and just announced it will add a transgender category to its Census. Nepal is deeply conservative. Other countries should feel embarrassed.
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Chaz Bono Talks About His Gender Transition on AM TV and We Like It.
Chaz Bono enlightens America about gender reassignment surgery, says he feels better than ever, and gives us an opportunity to discuss the popular and problematic term “sex change”! Also; Caster keeps her title, hate crimes are on the rise in LA and six scary quotes from Sarah Palin’s book tour.