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58 Trans Women Actresses You Should Know and Also Love

Your move, Hollywood.

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105 Trans Women On American TV: A History and Analysis

Autostraddle walks you through the entire history of trans female characters on American television from 1965-2015.

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Violence and Visibility: Transgender Women on TV in 2015

“We wrote more obituaries for murdered trans women in 2015 than TV recaps for any single show we cover.”

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28 Docs Later You’ll Be A Better Person, Just Watch

Autostraddle has a serious soft spot for documentaries, and we want to give you the same. Here’s the official Autostraddle list of the documentary films everyone should see before they die.

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Looking for a good book on feminism? How about 70 of them? We’ve compiled a list of some of the most influential, controversial and must-read feminist titles from the past 200+ years. That’s a lot of books! You should probably get started.

the team May 7, 2010 82 Comments

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