Marriage is not by any stretch of the imagination a barometer of progress for the majority of queer and trans people. This article contains mentions of transphobia and transphobic violence Last week, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize gay marriage. Celebratory photographs of newly wed gay and lesbian Taiwanese couples proliferated across...
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Title IX is Harming Transgender Youth: Here’s What We Can Do
If our youth don’t feel safe in our society, then what kind of society are we? According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, suicide rates and tendencies for TGNC youth are at an all time high. When compared with the general population, risk for TGNC youth range higher, between 32%...
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Five Non-Binary People On Their Favorite Parts of Transitioning
Even within the LGBTQIA community, non-binary issues are largely misunderstood, or ignored altogether. “There were days I felt like a girl and days I felt like a boy, and those days wouldn’t always correspond with the body I was in. I still believed everyone when they said I had to be one or the other....
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I’m a Transwoman, I Shared a Bathroom with Tomi Lahren, and Nothing Happened to Her.
It wasn’t enough for me to have the honor of calling Tomi Lahren out for her hateful politics toward Trans people and Black Lives Matter; but, I was going to get to do it in a women’s bathroom that she publicly stated trans women don’t belong in. It was your typical women’s bathroom vibe–the rattling...
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A Transwoman of Color’s Guide to Survival
There’s more to who you are than meets the eye. It’s time for trans women of color to stand in our passion, power, and purpose, while setting our sights on life beyond survival! Imagine what it would be like to not spend every waking moment guarding your life. Picture a world in which you weren’t always...
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Wear Your Voice Names Trans Activist Ashlee Marie Preston Its New Editor-In-Chief
Preston’s hope is that her historic role as Editor-in- Chief will open space for other marginalized voices. The Wear Your Voice (WYV) team would like to congratulate trans-activist Ashlee Marie Preston on her appointment as the new Editor-in-Chief. Writer, activist and media advocate, Preston serves on local and national advisory boards that promote social change....
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Why North Carolina’s “Bathroom Bill” Repeal Is a Sham
North Carolina’s bathroom bill “repeal” might bring sports and jobs back to the state, but it doesn’t do anything to protect LGBTQ rights. North Carolina legislators officially voted to repeal their HB2 law, the law that forced individuals to use public restrooms based on their gender at birth. However, the “repeal” is really a sheep in...
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Cis Black Men: If Black Lives Matter, We Need to Support Our Trans Sisters
If Black Lives Matter is to mean anything, it must be that the whole range of black performativity and identities is welcomed, protected and supported. Chyna Gibson, Ciara McElveen and Jacquarrius Harris, three black trans women out of New Orleans, Louisiana, were killed within a two-week period last month. And not so much as a pin...