Reflecting on Against Me!: The Tension Between Trans* and Punk
by: ellie june navidson i was planning on going out tonight, but things happened and i’m sitting at home thinking about Laura Jane Grace, of Against Me! coming out. i’m […]
Category Archives: Trans
it’s not your body, but it’s not really mine either
by: ellie june navidson “If you put on a wig you’d look like a tall, skinny girl,” he said. “If you put on a wig you’d look like a tall, […]
Tougher Than Mike’s Hard Lemonade: The Strength of Brotherhood
by: Mar Curran My brothers and I have a weird relationship to outsiders; there is a fragile balance of order which must be held at all times for us to […]
Paige Clay Murder Spurs Community Forum on Violence Against Transgender Women and Racism
by: Jamie Anne Royce Community members and chosen family members gathered May 1 at Taskforce Community and Prevention Services in Chicago to remember murdered transgender woman Paige Clay and to […]
CeCe McDonald Pleads Guilty: Ways You Can Support Her During Incarceration
by: Jamie Anne Royce CeCe McDonald plead guilty May 2 to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month prison sentence. McDonald, a black transgender woman, was walking […]
Stigmatization, Low Income Contribute to Unequal Access to Health Care for LGBT People
by: Jamie Anne Royce Presenters highlighted identity stigmatization and low income as barriers to health care for LGBT people at the 2012 LGBT Student Health Symposium, organized byHoward Brown Health Center, […]
I’m Sorry The Internet Outed Me: An Open Letter to My Mother
by: Khai Devon Dear Mom, I’m sorry that you had to find out like this. I know I told you that you probably wouldn’t like what I had to say, […]
Controlling the Chaos: My Battle with Anorexia
by: Jonah M. Lefholtz Note: Contains possible eating disorder triggers. A fourteen year old girl, having no way of controlling the chaos in her life, doesn’t eat. What little eating […]
H-Day Approaching: Another Step in My Transition
by: Allison Mitchell Her name was Hormones. She sat by her phone, not exactly knowing the moment, but she knew the number. Her usual pickup point had produced a small envelope, inside […]
Entering a Whole New Reality: The Process of My Transition
by: K.J. Williams From a very young age, I knew I was different. Never mind the fact that I was fitted with hearing aids at age two and a half. […]
