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Call for Submissions: Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination

Here’s what I’m looking for: Short stories, 5,000 words or less. You, the author, must identify as trans. If you think you are trans, you are trans.

The Roots of Anti-Trans Violence: Puerto Rico.

For Trans Puerto Ricans, Passing Laws Is Only Part of the Battle for Liberation

Trans activists in Puerto Rico insist they are not a distraction, but central to the struggle for independence.

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The State of Trans Lives in the Birthplace of the American LGBTQ Movement

Despite New York’s progressive reputation, it ranks among the top states for anti-trans violence. What are the factors that contribute to the plight of trans New Yorkers?

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The Barriers that Keep Trans People From Thriving in Texas

The Lone Star state has repeatedly attempted to take life-saving resources away from trans people.

The Roots of Anti-Trans Violence

Trans people have been reported as experiencing an epidemic of violence. But why does the violence happen in the first place?

How Louisiana’s Antiquated Laws Set Trans People Up for Violence

Louisiana is in the top three states for the highest amount of anti-trans violence. Remnants of laws from the 1800s continue to trap trans people in a cycle of abuse.

From left, Xoai Pham, a Vietnamese trans woman, Chella Man, a Chinese-Jewish trans man, and Tony Zosherafatain, a Greek-Iranian trans man.

Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man Discuss “Trans in Trumpland,” Collective Liberation, and Cool Moms

Even with a new administration in office, we continue living in Trumpland. Tony Zosherafatain and Chella Man excavate what Trump has revealed about anti-trans violence in this country — and the future trans people deserve.

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“Trans in Trumpland” Depicts the Past, Present and Future of Trans Lives

Four trans individuals are featured in the new docu-series exploring the impact of Trump’s ideologies.

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Scenes from a Gender 04: Stories of Trans Love

Four submissions about trans people loving all up on another, in not just romantic ways! Illustrated by Bishakh Som.

A Year of Intersex Victories

2020 wasn’t quite a victory for many people. But the intersex community has much to celebrate.

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Scenes from a Gender 03: Trans Resilience Throughout 2020

In a year of incredible trials, the trans community has continued to build the connection and interdependence necessary to thrive and usher in a better world.

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10 Times Trans and Gender Nonconforming People Destroyed 2020

In a year of grief and turmoil, trans communities gave us a glimpse of a future we all deserve.

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A Letter to My Ex on the Occasion of The Danish Girl’s 5th Anniversary

“People were always so impressed that you didn’t leave me, but your gift wasn’t staying — it was seeing. Most people don’t get to transition under the pansexual gaze of someone who loves them the way you loved me.”

What Mattee Jim, Navajo Trans Elder, Teaches Us About Remembering

This #TransDayOfRemembrance, trans lives are more than a list of names. We are vessels of ancestral memory.

“Alice Júnior” Review: The Trans Girl Coming-of-Age Romcom of My Dreams

Stop what you’re doing right now and watch Alice Júnior on Netflix.

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Everything Is Subject to Change…

I idolized Shane, and the only trans man in the series, Max. I wanted to mirror their everyday existence. I wanted to emulate their cool. I wanted the attraction they seemed to be dripped in. I wanted the clothes they wore, I wanted my jeans to have a hole in the crotch like theirs did.

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The Labyrinth Closet

We’re always coming out. As an: anime fanatic, manga-collecting Pokémon plushie hoarder; as a giddy, youthful ray of sunshine and not just the dense, American Dream-deprived immigrant, prompted over-thinker — I realize I am more than any of these individual rooms at all times.