trans issues

Of Course Cis People Are Being Weird About Elliot Page’s Body

Elliot Page, a white, thin transgender man smiles big as they pose outside near their pool
by s.e. smith
June 4, 2021 at 10:46am
Many cis people have a long way to go when it comes to thinking critically about talking about trans people and their bodies.
Mj Rodriguez as Blanca, a Black trans woman with long black hair speaks into a microphone on Pose

Love Is the Message: The Final Season of “Pose” Hands Out Happily Ever Afters

by Vanessa Clark
May 3, 2021 at 10:03am
We’ve cried with them and mourned for them, but the third and final season of Pose gives us reasons to smile for them. Read more »
a white gender-nonconforming child wearing a blue shirt and colorful makeup around their eyes looks confidently up at the sky

Trans Girls Are the Real Target of Anti-Trans Bills

by s.e. smith
May 3, 2021 at 9:00am
Trans women and girls, along with femme trans people who were mistakenly assigned male at birth, are subject to a uniquely intensified hatred thanks to their hypervisibility. Read more »
portrait of author and chef, Stacy Jane Grover, a white trans woman with braided hair, wearing a black blouse and a long beaded necklace standing in front of a stone archway

Let It Burn: Transgender Cooks Are Changing Kitchen Culture

by Stacy Jane Grover
March 31, 2021 at 11:47am
Transgender women are making a home in the professional kitchen by refusing in place. Read more »
Ana Valens reflected in a mirror being held by hands wearing red opera gloves

Not Your Fetish: Trans Erotica Writers Redefine Desirability

by Ana Valens
March 31, 2021 at 11:13am
Trans people have produced erotica long before 2017 and will continue to do so long after. Read more »
Gabbi Tuft, a white woman with long blond hair, wears a black tank top reading “she bad.”

Cis Gatekeepers Have No Place in Trans Stories

by Britni de la Cretaz
March 19, 2021 at 9:19am
Allow trans people to tell trans stories on their own terms and through their own lens. Read more »
A plus size Black person with cropped pink hair speaks to a friend, who is white and has short dark hair.

The X Factor: One Letter, Multiple Identities, and a Complex Future

by Oliver Haug
March 11, 2021 at 3:18pm
How the gender-neutral “x” became a contemporary paradox. Read more »
a light-skinned transgender woman with black hair pulled back in a bun and wearing a blue gown sits on a hospital bed as she talks to a transgender male doctor wearing a white robe

Tender Judging Care : #TransCrowdFund and the Politics of Desire

by Oliver Haug
February 24, 2021 at 10:28am
Even before the GoFundMe boom, there was an element of desirability politics in healthcare. Read more »
White hands with pink nails typing on a laptop. Next to the laptop is a stethoscope.

Bravado and Branding: Instagrammable Startups Can’t Save Trans Healthcare

by Niko Stratis
February 23, 2021 at 9:54am
We can’t rely on the economy of influencers to solve a healthcare disparity. Read more »
A person covered in a glowing liquid crawls toward the camera. They hold a bright green eye over their eye.

Hiding in Dreams: Jane Schoenbrun Is Redefining Trans Cinema

by Juan Barquin
February 12, 2021 at 9:56am
Bitch spoke with Jane Schoenbrun about the film, dysphoria, and how the internet shapes our identities. Read more »
Elliot Page, who is white with medium length brown hair, sits at a table in a dark room and looks serious.

Give Elliot Page—and All of Us—the Rightful “They”

by Sarah Cavar
December 11, 2020 at 1:36pm
 Page’s coming out promises to further increase trans visibility in the public conversation. Read more »

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