Results for: be the change
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This Is an Essay About Penises
“I spent years not thinking about my penis — or, at least, thinking about it as little as possible. After I transitioned, my penis became the most important part of my body — at least, to other people.”
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Scenes from a Gender 02: Illustrated Moments of Trans Womanhood
“I have a question!” she exclaims. Stepmom knows where this is going so she tries to head her off, but the child will not be dissuaded. “My question is,” — here it comes — “… are you transgender?” No one knows what to say, me included.
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Angry Transgender Woman Writes Story About Texas Bathroom Bill, Changes the World
“I refuse to place myself in danger because it makes some fools at the Texas capital uncomfortable that girls like me exist publicly. I will not be limited to a sexual fantasy or some kind of untouchable position in society because I am a transgender woman.”
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JoJo Striker is Third Trans Woman of Color Murdered in the U.S. This Year
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to report on this murder earlier because Striker was disrespected and misgendered by police and media in death.
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This Is a Nightmare and a Genocide: Jaquarrius Holland is the Seventh Black Trans Woman Murdered This Year
Holland, who is the 7th trans person reported murdered this year, was just 18 years old. A teenager. A child.
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Why the ACLU’s #IPeeWithLGBT Campaign Erases the T
While any and all support for the trans community is necessary and welcome, the ACLU is missing the mark with this hashtag. The big swing and miss for me is the fact that SB6 is an anti-trans bill that specifically aims to single out trans feminine individuals, regardless of sexual orientation.
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Black Trans Woman T.T. Murdered In Chicago, Is At Least the 20th Trans Person Murdered In 2016
While we don’t know the exact number and almost certainly never will, we know that she is at least the 20th trans person murdered this year, most of them being Black and Brown trans women.
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Trans Latina Monica Loera Murdered in Texas, Misgendered by Police and Media for a Week
To add to the tragedy, when Loera was murdered, she was misgendered by the Austin Police and local media, something that happens far too often.
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New Law Makes it Easier for Trans Californians to Change Their IDs; Trans West Virginians Not So Lucky
Wile a new California law is making getting correct IDs easier for trans people, trans women in West Virginia are being harassed for trying to do just that.
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A Day of Visibility: Jen Richards Gets Deep and Personal About North Carolina
“I fire off a series of tweets to Governor Pat McCrory, as well as the North Carolina Values Coalition and some public supporters of the bill. The few replies I get make it clear that my arguments have zero impact. This issue will consume my consciousness for the following few days.”
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On Noise, Richard O’Brien and Transphobia
I’m tired of being told, over and over, that I will never be what I am.
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“Her Story” Delivers on the Authentic, Quality Trans Representation it Promised
“It’s precisely because Her Story is written and directed by trans women, starring trans women and featuring trans women on the crew that it’s able to be so authentic and so acutely focused on its trans characters.”
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Making the Dive and Loving Myself Dangerously
“But, like embracing the woman I am, I couldn’t stay back from the allure of the waves. The pull of my trans-ness and queerness, of course, would always be stronger, the strongest impulses I have ever known. The sea, like them, was a place that represented a kind of forbidden love. I needed to overcome my fears or I would feel that I was holding myself back from living authentically.”
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How to Write About Trans Women
“The photo on your cover or hanging above your article comes next. Go for broke here. Images of hairy legs in high heels or emerging from tutus are classics you can’t go wrong with, like Strauss’ Blue Danube waltz or light summery pastas with basil and garlic. The goal is to suggest that trans women must look like comical parodies of womanhood, like clueless men.”
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Keisha Jenkins, 22-Year-Old Black Trans Woman, Murdered in Philadelphia
Keisha Jenkins is at least the 20th trans woman murdered in the US this year, and nearly all of them have been Black and/or Latinx.
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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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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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Kicking Off Trans Awareness Week, the Trans Stories of the Past Year, Recapped
If you’re looking for a quick recap of some of Autostraddle’s trans coverage from the past year, look no further.
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This Needs to End Now: Penny Proud, Another Black Trans Woman, Murdered
Proud was only 21 when she was murdered.
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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.