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.
In Which Mari and Mey Have Conflicted Feelings About Trans Terminology and “New York Magazine”
“Does her personal language preference trump what is considered to be the non-offensive way to talk about trans women?”
Black Advocates Address Stigma, Discrimination Around Breastfeeding and Black Motherhood
“Black motherhood and bodily autonomy has been historically undermined and often robbed from Black women in numerous ways. From this country’s first visions of us as wild oversexed Jezebels able to easily produce the next generation of slaves and doting mammies, caretakers and nannies for our slave-master’s children, we haven’t been seen as individual and capable loving nurturers to children.”
Please Step Over Here: The Perils Of Traveling As A Trans Woman
Transgender people face enormous difficulties whenever they travel, from dealing with the TSA to finding a safe bathroom.
Supermodel Andreja Pejic Comes Out as a Trans Woman!
Supermodel Andreja Pejic comes out as a trans woman! Yay!
Laverne Cox on Her Emmy Nomination, Music Video and Fighting for TWOC: The Autostraddle Interview
I talked with the flat-out amazing Laverne Cox about everything from Emmy reactions to deconstructing transgender tropes in a John Legend video to dealing with intersections of racism and transmisogyny. It was awesome.
Science Will Not Save Us: Medicine, Research Ethics, and My Transgender Body
“The growing “body of evidence” emerging from biological and medical research, according to some commentators, speaks loudly and clearly: transgender people exist, science says. Of course, we already knew that… Any responsible approach to folding science into advocacy efforts should not only understand what scientific research says, but how and why it came to say what it does.”
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.
SF Weekly Laces Its 2014 Pride Cover Story With Transmisogyny
In an otherwise amazing moment for recognition of trans women this Pride season — especially for trans women of color — San Francisco alternative SF Weekly managed to throw a startling element of transmisogyny into the mix.
Laverne Cox Returns to “Katie”, Shows How to Do a “Teachable Moment” Right
“A part of me thought about making this article just be a list of Laverne Cox quotes from this interview because she says that many brilliant things. Where Cox was able to turn the conversation around and get in some great talking points last time, this time she was given free reign to talk about important issues for a full half hour.”
It’s Time For People to Stop Using the Social Construct of “Biological Sex” to Defend Their Transmisogyny
The Chicago Sun-Times recently republished a hateful and ignorant article claiming that Laverne Cox is a man due the “biological reality” of sex. Unfortunately, this essentialist, simplistic and just plain incorrect understanding of sex is often used against trans people.
Laverne Cox is Amazing on the Cover of Time, Time’s Story Inside Not So Much
Transgender activist and Orange is the New Black star Laverne Cox became the first ever openly transgender person to grace the cover of Time Magazine. However, the cover story wasn’t as perfect as the cover itself.
Asking the Question: When Public Interrogation of Trans Women’s Bodies Turns into Open Sexualized Violence
“Beyond being merely invasive, there are situations in which trans women can detect a seed of violence in these kinds of questions, which in numerous cases has manifested in actual violence. Last week in Atlanta just such a situation led to an extreme and violent incident in which two trans women were attacked, and one was beaten and forcibly stripped naked in public, evidently as a form of punishment for resisting such interrogation.”
Trans Teen Girl Remains in Adult Prison Despite Not Being Charged With A Crime
Despite being only 16 years old and charged with no crime, a young transgender girl is being shuffled around in a Connecticut adult prison.
Girls’ Happiness Plummets Circa Age 11, Says New Study and also a Billion Older Studies
But let’s not blame technology.
VIDEO: Janet Mock Turns the Tables On Interviewer, Asks What It’s Like To Be Cis
Instead of answering a barrage of uncomfortable and unnecessary questions, this time Mock gets to ask the questions. And it is beautiful.
What is Agender? Five Things You Should Know
This will be familiar territory for many of you (and that’s great!), but for anyone who isn’t as well-versed, let the learning begin!
Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.
I spoke with Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie, Fallon Fox, Bailey Jay, Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross, Sarah McBride and more women from the Trans 100 to find out how to best support the women on this list and trans women in general.
It’s Trans Day of Visibility! Here’s 15 Ways To Let Trans People Know You See Them and Care
Trans Day of Visibility is a time when we take notice of all the amazing trans people around us. Here are 15 ways you can let them know that you care about them and support them.
Join Janet Mock, Me and Other Trans Women Writers in a Women’s History Month Google+ Hangout!
Join me, Janet Mock, Ryka Aoki and Toni Newman in a conversation between trans women writers for Women’s History Month.