Results for: be the change
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When One of Us Transitioned, Our Relationship Changed for the Better
By the time the lockdown lifted, she (Lucy) had kicked a life-long nail biting habit, and I (Summer) had come out as transgender.
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Change Is Magic: On Cooking and Bodies
Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch.
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“Transparent” Changed Me (And TV) Forever
“Do you have something to tell us?” my mom joked. It was a joke, because of course I didn’t. “No,” I said with a laugh. And I thought I was telling the truth.
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“The L Word: Generation Q” Should Change Its Mind About Trans Actresses Playing Cis Characters
Gen Q has come the closest to featuring the kind of trans women representation I crave. All that needs to change is for the show to make the characters trans.
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Outfest 2019: Michelle Hendley is a F*cking Star in “The More Things Change”
Instead of counting down the days to see if we get three lines on The L Word reboot, we should be counting down the days until Simone gets to turn this short into a full-season show.
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Immigration Reform is a Queer & Trans* Human Rights Issue
“The only way that we as queer and trans* activists can fight against homophobia and transphobia as it impacts the most vulnerable members of our community is through working in coalition with other social justice groups to fundamentally change and dismantle these unjust systems.”
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Finding and Losing My Worth as a Trans Woman
Something had to change, because I’d never be free, be myself, if I kept it up. I decided to take the biggest risk yet, and started transitioning again.
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100 Things to Try When I Have a Vagina
Of all the unexpected changes I encountered during my transition, the most surreal had to be transforming a part of my body.
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Testosterone Can Grow Prostate Tissue and Other Things They Don’t Tell You About T
Trans people and medical professionals have a lot to learn from each other.
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Trans Texans Are Being Surveilled, This Is Everyone’s Issue
On anti-transness, surveillance, and why we should all be paying attention.
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New Polls Reveal Alarming Number of Americans Are Wrong About Trans People, I Wonder Why
Most Americans support bans on gender-affirming medical care for trans youth and participation in sports for trans women — an agenda heartily endorsed by the media they consume.
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The Evolution of Unclockable Transgender Tuck Kits
Looking back, I wish a company like Unclockable existed when I was starting my transfeminine journey through gender.
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Trans Love in Pandemic Times
Love without a blueprint leaves room for unknown possibilities. I spoke to seven trans people about how the pandemic has changed their relationships and how trans love has changed their lives.
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I Wish I’d Medically Transitioned Before Giving Birth
Less than a year after giving birth, I decided to medically transition. I wish I’d done it sooner.
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What Trans Visibility Could Mean for Trans People, and Everyone Else
Visibility can be a trap in many ways because we never got to set the terms by which we are viewed.
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Making it Work: A Queer Author Screams into the Wind
I was a couple of months into transition, and re-examining my relationship with seemingly everything I’d taken for granted until then.
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How to Have Sex With a Transmasculine Partner
Transmasc people have our own unique desires and boundaries in bed, just like everyone else.
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How a Trans-Inclusive Manual for School Teachers Turned Controversial in India
The backlash that ensued after a trans-inclusive education manual was released demonstrated that post-independence India still reckons with the legacy of British colonialism.
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Myths About Testosterone and Fertility, Told Through Three Perspectives
Many who have taken testosterone have become pregnant and birthed babies, and there is no evidence that testosterone impacts fertility long-term. But the myths about testosterone continue swirling.
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Healing After Top Surgery: Expectation vs. Reality
What’s it like to walk down the stairs with nothing bouncing? What’s it like to feel a seatbelt flat against me? What’s it like when my girlfriend lays her head on my chest, REALLY on my chest, closer to my heart than ever?