Results for: representation
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How Do You Plan for Transition in a Pandemic-Related Economic Depression? Financial Advisors Have Some Thoughts
The COVID-19 quarantine, which now, perhaps, connotes to be known as a period of extended doldrums for gender transitioning adults across America, has produced its share of coping mechanisms.Autostraddle caught up with two financial advisers who serve transgender clients, Timothy LaPean and Hans Heath.
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Upon Going Home: Review of “The Messiah Complex”
“The Messiah Complex is radical because it takes on concepts of beauty, class differences, gender roles, and navigates love and life in a trans or gender-nonconforming body, all within a Black context. Never before have I seen so many nuanced themes in an all Black cast.”
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Please Stop Saying That Trans Women Were “Born Boys”
The “born a boy” narrative is hurtful to trans women. It’s time for it to go away.
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Pity Is Not The Same As Respect: A Critique Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
“Despite its pro-gay attitude, the film fails to break the pattern of transphobic narratives in cinema, perhaps because it doesn’t understand that trans people are not the same as cis gay people.”
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She’s A Boy I Knew: Transgressing Gender, Transforming Film
As both the subject and filmmaker of the documentary ‘She’s A Boy l Knew,’ Gwen Haworth takes gender expression to a whole new level.
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On Display: Navigating the Male Gaze As A Lesbian Trans Woman
“Welcome to being a girl. Get used to it.”