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Remembering

Featured · Monica Roberts · Opinion

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Three More April African-American Transwomen Deaths

  • May 3, 2013

I’m beyond sick and tired of being sick and tired of the near genocidal levels of anti-trans violence that are taking away far too many under 30 transwomen of color[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured · Opinion

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Dos and Don’ts of Trashy Trans Reporting

  • March 5, 2013

This is a review of the way a single story is handled by two diffident tabloid newspapers. The sensationalistic reporting style is so starkly different that I thought it would make an exceptional case[...]

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Featured · Kelli Busey

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Nadine Williams South Wales Transgender Woman Cleared of Rape Charge

  • February 9, 2013

Nadine Williams, a transgender woman has beencleared of rape and two counts of sexual assault which she was accused of doing before transitioning while presenting as Dean, a male. Ms. Williams who spend[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured · Opinion

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Fox News vs Trans Health Care Needs

  • February 8, 2013

The real story: Long-standing medical and psychiatric literature demonstrates clear benefits of medical and surgical interventions to assist gender variant individuals seeking transition. However, transgender and gender variant people are[...]

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Cristan Williams · Featured

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Trans Rapper Murdered: The Official Story vs. The Friend’s Story

  • January 29, 2013

Multiple news outlets have reported on the recent torture, murder and mutilation of a mid-western trans rapper. The rapper, Evon Young went missing January 2. The official story is that 5 men were[...]

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Monica Roberts

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WWLT-TV, I Find Your Lack Of AP Stylebook Trans Understanding Disturbing

  • January 27, 2013

Why in Hades is it so hard for professional journalists to get this breathtakingly simple concept? Per the AP Stylebook: transgender-Use the pronoun preferred by the individuals who have acquired[...]

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Featured · Julia Serano

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Laura Jane Grace and Coming Out as Trans in the Public Eye

  • June 4, 2012

So about once every year or two, somebody comes out as trans in a rather high profile way. Two years ago it was Chaz Bono. Before that there was Christine[...]

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Cristan Williams · Opinion

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My Response to Love’s Transsexual Rally

  • April 23, 2012

Ashley “I’m Colonized” Love So, Ashley Love supposedly held a rally outside of a GLAAD meeting. She writes: Though GLAAD does some good work, primarily for gays and those who support transgender[...]

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Guest Transadvocate

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Transmisogynistic Media Report on Murdered Trans Woman From Detroit Local Fox Affiliate

  • April 4, 2012

Update April 4, 4:00 AM: I propose we start a twitter campaign criticizing the Fox affiliate station for putting together this disrespectful and transphobic report on Coko’s murder. Please tweet[...]

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Featured · Jennifer Carr

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Dear Dr. Zucker, We Are Not an Experiment

  • March 8, 2012

After finally hearing Dr. Zucker’s comments on the CBC Radio show I participated in that aired this past Monday, I had to sit and reflect. Dr. Zucker referred to us[...]

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