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First Person TV Feature

“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.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 23, 2019 25 Comments
TV Reviews

“Transparent” Without Jeffrey Tambor: More Trans Women, More Potential Revolution

As cis white men are forced out of Hollywood to face repercussions for their actions, this could become an important moment for traditionally marginalized voices to tell stories in ways we’ve never been allowed to before.

Mey November 21, 2017 11 Comments
TV Reviews

Transparent Season Four Finds Its Heart by Keeping It in the Family

Transparent isn’t a show about any single person. It’s a show about family. That’s what it’s always been and when it focuses on that, it’s at its absolute best.

Mey September 28, 2017 5 Comments
TV Reviews

Transparent’s Third Season Is Beautiful, Heartbreaking And Occasionally Infuriating

This is a highlight reel of the highs and lows of the trans storylines in Transparent’s third season.

Sadie Edwards October 3, 2016 9 Comments
TV Lists

Top Nine Trans Characters Played by Trans Actors on Transparent

If you’re looking for trans actors playing trans characters, the absolute best place on TV to look is Jill Soloway’s show for Amazon Prime, Transparent.

Mey September 26, 2016 24 Comments
Gender

“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.”

Mey January 19, 2016 62 Comments
TV Feature

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.”

Heather Hogan December 31, 2015 16 Comments
TV Feature

My Day On The Set Of “Transparent,” Where Trans Voices Actually Get Heard

“Being one of the cool kids is a privilege I never had growing up, especially in school. I was one of the outcasts because I was different. So on Transparent, it’s like the tables have turned.”

Mey December 13, 2015 42 Comments
TV Reviews

“Law & Order: SVU” Adds Its Voice to the “Trans Debate” with the Confusing, Horribly Depressing “Transgender Bridge”

At one point in my notes I wrote “I’m really happy that they didn’t murder this trans girl,” only to watch her die in the hospital two scenes later. That’s how the whole episode went — any time I would get hopeful, they would let me down again.

Mey October 2, 2015 45 Comments
Gender

Emmy-Nominated Trans Docuseries “This Is Me” is Actually Good

Where “Transparent” succeeds in telling a trans story that’s largely focused on how cis people relate to and see trans people, “This is Me” goes one step further and shows trans people talking to other trans people about their lives and experiences.

Mey September 29, 2015 9 Comments
TV Reviews

ABC Family Brings the Real-Life “Transparent” with “Becoming Us” (And That’s Not a Great Thing)

I found myself crying halfway through the first episode — not because the show was touching my heart, but because I couldn’t believe how Carly was being talked about by her family.

Mey May 18, 2015 44 Comments
TV Lists

7 TV Shows About Trans Women Coming Soon to Your TV

Which of these shows featuring trans women are you most excited for?

Mey April 7, 2015 24 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Our Lady J Hired as Transparent’s First Ever Trans Staff Writer

The hit Amazon series is making steps to include more trans women and make it’s stories and characters more authentic.

Mey November 30, 2014 8 Comments
Movie Features

Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors

Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable with trans people on screen.

Mari Brighe November 7, 2014 20 Comments
TV Reviews

In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About “Transparent”

Have you seen the preview for Amazon Prime’s new trans woman-centered dramedy Transparent? We have, and we have very conflicted feelings about it.

Mey September 2, 2014 40 Comments
TV News & Trailers

“Transparent” TV Pilot Features Trans Mom, Queer Women, Additional Delightful Things

“An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out.”

Laura Mandanas February 12, 2014 10 Comments

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