Results for: representation
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“Daytime Divas” Inspires Happy Tears With Its 8-Year-Old Trans Character and Also Janet Mock
“Just wait, as soon as the cameras start rolling, she’s gonna go all right-wing on her ass.”
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Laverne Cox’s Latest Role Is a Turning Point for Black Trans Women in Fashion
By choosing Laverne Cox as a brand ambassador, Beyoncé is turning the spotlight onto her black, queer supporters, and allowing us to be seen.
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No World For Us: Broken Girls and Embodied Trauma in Porpentine’s “Psycho Nymph Exile”
Psycho Nymph Exile is a cartography of brokenness, an answer to the question that no one wants to ask: What happens after exile? What happens to the girls who become trash?
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Add Queer & Trans Developers to One 52-Hour Train Ride, Get Rad Inclusive Games
Whether through choices in game design or getting to know other queer attendees, many of us found Train Jam to be an amazing opportunity to express our identities, learn new skills, and build valuable community.
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58 Trans Women Actresses You Should Know and Also Love
Your move, Hollywood.
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“Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol. 2” Is Required Resistance Reading
“Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Volume Two,” with interviews by King and edited by Elena Rose, is a collection of 16 interviews with queer and trans artists of color that inspire, empower and give an intimate glance into the creative process of some of the most interesting artists in the world.
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Drawn To Comics: “Detective Comics” Gets Even Queerer With Dr. Victoria October, Trans Woman and Bioweapon Specialist
Harper Row, also known as Bluebird, came out as bisexual in December, and now in Detective Comics #948, a new trans woman supporting character, Dr. Victoria October was introduced and is joining the cast.
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Winter 2017 TV Preview: All The Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Women To Get Excited About
It’s a dark world, but there’s hope in stories, including lesbians on shows like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Good Fight,” and “Imposters,” an epic miniseries about the LGBT rights movement and a non-binary character on “Billions.”
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Time to Be Floored by Shea Diamond’s Stunning New Video for Trans and Self-Empowerment Anthem “I Am Her”
I’m beyond honored and blessed to premiere the new live version of “I Am Her,” Diamond’s powerful anthem stripped down into an a capella performance.
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Miss Major Stars in “The Personal Things,” a Powerful and Inspiring Animated Short for Trans Day of Remembrance
Miss Major has always been a badass, and in this three minute long animated video, she’s no different. With all the spirit in the world in her voice, she explains how we can each use our own personal acts to make political change.
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The 10 Best Trans Women In Comics
The world of comics has changed dramatically for trans women over the past three years.
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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.
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“Steven Universe” and the Importance of All-Ages Queer Representation
Up until now, the assumption had been that Garnet was a single Gem like Pearl and Amethyst. However, the truth is much more romantic.
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Gigi Gorgeous Is a Lesbian: Transgender Youtube Star Comes Out, Loves Her Girlfriend Nats Getty
“I fell in love with somebody, and that person happens to be a female.”
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“Small Beauty” is a Big Deal for Queer Lit and Trans Girls: An Interview With Author Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Wilson-Yang deftly weaves and unweaves the threads of narrative tropes that have come to dominate the telling of the stories of trans women, lesbians, migrants, and Chinese North Americans.
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A Tale of Two Trans Characters: Glee’s Trans Representation Problem
“Glee” gets no brownie points from me for introducing a new trans storyline when they already had a trans character — a trans woman of color — and treated her horribly. That’s not how you do positive trans representation.
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Drawn to Comics: Is Anyone Doing Trans Women’s Representation Better Than Image Comics?
Image titles like The Wicked + The Divine, Rat Queens, Trees, and Shutter are showing that trans characters just make great comics even greater.
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Tegan and Sara’s “Faint of Heart” Shows the Bright Queer and Trans Present We Always Dreamed Of
Are you looking to listen to an absolutely great pop song while crying because you’re so happy and hopeful today?
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Which TV Shows Win The LGBTQIA Alphabet Soup Contest?
“Faking It” seems to really be going for the cold when it comes to representing every letter in the LGBTQIA umbrella at least a little bit — here are 17 other shows who’ve presented a spectrum of identities.
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Drawn to Comics Interviews “Kim & Kim” Writer Magdelene Visaggio About Punk Rock Sci Fi and Trans Characters
“Your shit is worth working out. You get to have a future.”