Transgender Issues
Parents of LGBT Children Speak Out about their Journeys
On Dec 16th 2012, we had an incredible panel of parents — a father of a gay man, mother of a lesbian daughter, father of a trans child and mother of a gender non-conforming child speak to us about their journeys with their children. Here is audio of that panel discussion.
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Telling Trans Stories Beyond ‘Born in the Wrong Body’
Not all trans and gender-nonconforming people feel “trapped” in the bodies they were born into. So why is that still the dominant way to think about trans experience and identity? Maybe it doesn’t have to be.
By Meredith Talusan (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Jacob Tobia (BuzzFeed Contributor) Tiq More >
Audio of our Trans Panel of Aug 21st 2011
Trans Panel
On Aug 21st 2011, we had an incredible panel of trans individuals who shared their stories and experiences. Here’s audio of that panel :-
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Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends
Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends. Welcoming Our Trans Family and Friends is a resource for parents and friends of transgender and gender non-conforming adults and youth. This guide will help answer some of your questions and concerns. This publication provides information, resources and More >
Be Yourself: Questions and Answers for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
Be Yourself: Questions and Answers for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth. Today’s youth face more social pressures than ever, especially since young people are coming out at increasingly younger ages. This publication offers a supportive approach to common questions asked by teens who More >
Five Myths About Transgender Students Educators Need to Unlearn
Transgender and gender-nonconforming youths have become the focus of conversations across the country. Despite the media attention, most schools have no formal rules around gender inclusion and do not address gender identity in curricula. Because of this, many K-12 educators have difficulty knowing More >
Embracing Transgender Equality, Inside and Outside Religious Communities
While I was marching in DC’s Capital Pride this year, a trans ally watching the parade tried handing me a sticker that said “God Made Me Trans.” As an atheist transgender woman, the gracious gesture simultaneously warmed my heart and stirred up a sense of outrage at the assumption that I needed a More >
Transgender ID Cards: Are The ‘M’ And ‘F’ Outdated?
Lauren Grey didn’t think much about the gender recorded on her Illinois driver’s license until she went to test-drive a new car. Although she had been living as a woman for months and easily obtained a license with her new name and a picture reflecting her feminine appearance, Grey’s ID still More >
Delaware Senate Approves Transgender Rights Bill
The Delaware Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would add gender identity and expression to the state’s anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws.
The 11-7 vote came after lawmakers debated the measure that Senate Majority Whip Margaret Rose Henry (D-Wilmington) introduced late last month. More >
Why Tumblr Is Perfect For The Trans Community
“If you don’t see yourself anywhere else online, come here.”
“It’s always the very expected trans narrative in the newspapers; it’s always some horror story,” says L. Garnons Williams, photographer for the savvy trans-style Tumblr blog The Test Shot, which pairs photos of a transmasculine subject More >
Being Transgender Today
Throughout history, Transgender individuals have been present, at times even revered, but today, in the United States, they struggle for visibility, protection, and acceptance even among other minorities.
With the list of states legalizing gay marriage growing and broad acceptance into pop More >
Gender-Bending Crime Fighter Hits Television, Stirs Up Controversy
There’s a new TV character in town, a 12-year-old-boy-turned-girl-crime-fighter on Hub‘s new children’s cartoon program, SheZow. Hub, a cable network owned by parent companies Discovery Communications and Hasbro Inc., is hoping their new superhero(ine) will bring in viewers and interest.
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Cross Dressing In Children
Cross dressing is when children want to wear the clothes that are usually worn by the other sex. What people of each sex wear is different in different parts of the world - for example in Scotland it has been quite usual for boys to wear kilts (skirts). It also changes over time.
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Understanding Transgender People
Usually, kids don’t think too much about their gender. It feels normal and natural for many girls to be female and for many boys to be male. But that’s not true for everyone. Transgender people who are born as boys feel they should be female, and those who are born as girls feel they should be More >
Never Say Never : A Transgender Child’s First Homecoming Dance
How many times must I learn this lesson? Never say never. As a parent of a 15 year-old transgender child you would think by now I would know better than to make concrete assumptions about how anything will play out in Sam’s life. But that is exactly what I did when it came to the subject of Sam More >
Generation LGBTQIA : NY Times
STEPHEN IRA, a junior at Sarah Lawrence College, uploaded a video last March on We Happy Trans, a site that shares “positive perspectives” on being transgender.
In the breakneck six-and-a-half-minute monologue — hair tousled, sitting in a wood-paneled dorm room — Stephen exuberantly declared More >
Guys and Dolls No More?
IMAGINE walking into the toy department and noticing several distinct aisles. In one, you find toys packaged in dark brown and black, which include the “Inner-City Street Corner” building set and a “Little Rapper” More >
