Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life
One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age of 78.
I’m a Cis Butch Woman, and Boy Do I Want Top Surgery!
Can you feel dysphoric about your boobs even if you’re not trans? Also, tips on how to learn to love your body as you come into your queerness.
Lorde Doesn’t Need To Know If She’s Trans To Make a Trans Anthem
Lorde’s new single, “Man of the Year”, is full of early trans feelings. That includes not knowing if she’s even trans.
Butch Feels Like Home
Masc lesbians in India are challenging gender norms and finding comfort in masculinity and stone butch identity.
‘Can Trans Men Be Butches?’
And what makes a butch, butch?
‘I Want To Change My Name Again’
Wanting to change your name now after people have adjusted will not make you a burden.
‘I’m Lost in the Gender Expression Sauce’
“I always thought, if I weren’t a trans man, I’d be a butch lesbian.”
Updating Documents as a Trans Person Is Hell Right Now. Here Are My Tips for Navigating the Process
Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.
I’m Legally Changing My Name and Sex Designation, and I Feel Complicated About It
As much as my transition is a deeply personal journey, the external pressures and political environment complicate this process in ways I never anticipated.
‘I Identified As Non-Binary for Years but I Think I’m Cis’
Gender exploration is for everyone, regardless of starting point or expectations.
With T4T Care and More Effective Results, Bluebird Is Revolutionizing Hair Removal for Trans Women
“We have the feel, we have all these trans women working in this beautiful space, but it’s also technical. We’re not just smoke and mirrors, we’re not just branding. There’s something behind this.”
Always the Daddy, Never the Dad
It might seem ridiculous to you, reader, to hear a man compare queer kink to biological fatherhood, but I’m trepidatiously taking the stand in defense of duality.
Elliot Page Movies Ranked By Transness
Hollywood’s transphobia is no match for the shot of adrenaline that is finally being out to yourself and the world.
Is My Butchness Ruining Our Relationship?
Your style is leaning more masculine these days, and compliments from your girlfriend have dried up. Also we share reading recs on the topic of gender and desire!
What Drag Has Taught Me
Every time I have gotten the opportunity to do mediocre drag as a beginner, I have had some of the most fun a person can have.
4 Moments During My Transition When Womanhood ‘Clicked’ for Me
1. When targeted ads began spooning wedding crap onto my feed.
Why I’m Compiling Queer and Trans Goodbye Letters to Places We’ve Left Behind
I stand with the grief of maps and the ways I bittersweetly still carry the places I left.
You Need Help: Everyone Thinks I’m Lying To Myself About My Gender
“If you were to ask me my gender, I’d say ‘lesbian.’ The problem is people in my life will not stop asking me if I’m nonbinary or trans. Everyone keeps asking if I have new pronouns.”
I’m Masculine, I Strap, I Love Being Called “Sir”… Am I Trans or a Masc Lesbian?
In this week’s AF+ Advice box: trying to figure out if you’re trans or a masculine lesbian, finding good lesbian love poems for a wedding, complicated feelings about an ex and group chat drama.
Here’s to Another Year of Legally Being a Man
This year marks my fourth year of being a feminine catastrophe. Except my paperwork still claims that I’m some f*cking guy.