trans issues
Religious Exemption: Catholic Hospitals Are Barring Transgender Patients from Surgery
These policies and resulting statements, coupled with the reach and growth of Catholic healthcare systems, could make access to gender-confirmation surgery even more difficult.
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Aria Sa’id Is Fighting for Trans Women of Color in San Francisco
People don’t realize that words and narratives affect transgender women in many ways.
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Fighting to Thrive: Reflecting on “Boys Don’t Cry” 20 Years Later
Representation matters, but so do the stories that the media—film and television—chooses to tell about trans lives.
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A Dogma in the Fight: Why Hillary Clinton’s Half-Assed Take on Trans Identity Matters
A clumsy answer on trans identity was the perfect opportunity for right-wing media to hit two prized targets at once.
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The Fight for Trans Employment Protections Comes to the Supreme Court
The Trump administration is rapidly codifying, by executive orders and rulemaking, the right to discriminate against trans people.
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Missing the Mark: Where Are the Trans Women on “The L Word” Reboot?
We need the most mainstream lesbian show in the world to actively normalize trans lesbians.
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Beyond Martyrdom: “Tales of the City” Introduces Two Generations of Complex Trans Characters
The flawed history of our queer ancestors serves as a portal to the past.
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Model Sawyer Devuyst Kicks Sand on Myths About Beach Season
There’s nothing wrong with my body being a trans body.
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Across Time: 7 Lessons “Pose” Teaches Us about Survival
Pose exists in a New York that is long gone, but it sometimes feels like our queer and transcestors are using the show to send us messages across time.
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Prodigal Daughter: Samantha Allen Shines a New Light on Queer Communities in Red States
Queer people are here—or there, as the case may be—and aren’t going away.
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