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No more Bruce: Meet Caitlyn Jenner
Vanity Fair tweeted its latest cover Monday, starring the former Bruce Jenner, now called Caitlyn.
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How Do You Know You’re a Woman?
Trans or not, it's a hard question to answer.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Transgender Rights (HBO)
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Girl Scouts Looking for $100K After Donor Says They Can't Use Gift for Transgender Girls
So the organization gave the money back. And now they want your help.
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We Must Put an End to Gender Conversion Therapy for Kids
Getty Images Leelah Alcorn, a trans youth who endured conversion therapy, wrote in her suicide note, “The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren’t treated the way I was, they’re treated like humans, with valid feelings and human rights.”
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Awful Real Name Policy Ensnares Trans Woman Who Worked to Make Facebook Inclusive
When we were young and the Internet was too, many of my friends treated it as a laboratory, experimenting with identity. In chat rooms and on message boards they would offer new names, claim different genders, and pretend to be older than they were. This was the early Web’s utopian...
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The internet is for queers: an interview with “Gender Is Over”t-shirt creators
We interviewed Gender Is Over’s Marie McGwier and Nina Mashurova about fashion, the future of genderqueer youth, and what it’s like to be all over Miley Cyrus’s Instagram.
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A (Cisgender) Lesbian is Targeted by the Bathroom Police
An interesting article on the practical problems of "bathroom laws" and how they can affect cisgender people as well as transgender people.
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“Tangerine”: A gorgeous and timely human comedy — and one of the most important American films of the year
This moving, hilarious Christmas tale about two trans sex workers breaks new ground, and was shot all on an iPhone
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Pentagon moves toward lifting ban on transgender troops
The Pentagon took a significant step Monday toward lifting its ban on allowing transgender men and women to serve in the military, announcing a six-month study designed to clear the way.
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Lawsuit: TSA needs formal regulations for full-body scanners
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration would have to develop formal regulations for full-body scanners, under a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Three groups representing limited government and civil liberties asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to order TSA to propose a regulation governing the use of the machines within 90 days. Three groups representing limited government and civil liberties asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Ireland passes law allowing trans people to choose their legal gender
Gender recognition bill will eliminate need for medical or state intervention and comes months after the country voted for same-sex marriage
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Growing up trans: Six teens open up about discovering who they really are
What all the teens agree on is this message to adults: If you think coming out as transgender is a passing ‘phase,’ just look at the myriad hurdles, logistics, and conflicts involved.
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10 A-list actresses speak out about sexism: Has Hollywood reached a feminist tipping point?
The past few months have been an unusually vocal period for Hollywood actresses. In the wake of the Sony hacks, which revealed that some of the industry’s A-list actresses were often being paid much less than their male costars, and Patricia Arquette’s rousing Oscar speech decrying the wage gap, high-profile performers have continued to be outspoken about sexist practices endemic to the industry, using interview opportunities to share their own horror stories from their time in the field.
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Australians' transgender journeys continue as Caitlyn Jenner media storm subsides
As US reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner's latest show on her transition to life as a woman premieres, Australian transgender women talk about their complex quest to be themselves while society plays catch up. By Margaret Burin
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The Shape of My Name
"The Shape of My Name" by Nino Cipri is a time travel story about what it means to truly claim yourself.
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The new “Stonewall” movie continues a proud Hollywood tradition of erasing key minorities from history
Hollywood "history" is written, and rewritten, to appeal to the straight white people of middle America.
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A Transgender Man's Path To Freedom [2015]
For Kingston Farady, a daily ritual of taking care of body, mind, and spirit became crucial as he took on the challenges of transitioning his gender.
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My life without gender: 'Strangers are desperate to know what genitalia I have'
Raised a girl, became a boy, and now? From navigating public bathrooms, to choosing what to wear, Tyler Ford on living as a genderless person
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Transgender models headline fashion campaign for H&M-owned label
Unlike fashion trends that come and go, transgender inclusivity is steadily growing. Nef and De Hingh are no strangers to the fashion scene. Amsterdam born De Hingh, represented by IMG Paris, has been featured in Love and Vogue Italia. Nef was recently signed with IMG worldwide straight out of college. She walked in this past spring's New York Fashion Week and is joining the cast of Amazon's Transparent series.
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