Caitlyn Jenner Is the Latest Addition to the Cast of Transparent
At the April 2 GLAAD Media Awards, Transparent creator and executive producer Jill Soloway announced the most recent addition to the show’s cast: Caitlyn Jenner.
Trans Woman Jailed in Iowa for Eight Days Sues Hotel for Discrimination
In July 2014, Meagan Taylor and a friend, both black trans women, were traveling through Iowa on their way to Kansas City. They decided to spend a night at the Drury Inn in West Des Moines, Iowa. But instead of making it to Kansas City the next day, Taylor spent the next eight days in a county jail.
Germaine Greer Says Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender Women Are Not 'Real Women'
Germaine Greer, the second-wave feminist best known for her 1970 book The Female Eunuch, accused Caitlyn Jenner of “stealing the limelight” from the other women of the Kardashian clan in an appearance on BBC2’s Newsnight.
How Sex Workers Taught Me to Hustle
Twenty years ago, Friday and Species were blowing up at the box office. Groove Theory’s “Tell Me” and Notorious B.I.G’s “One More Chance (Remix)” were in heavy rotation on my Sony Walkman. I had just graduated from high school in Philadelphia and was finally dealing with my sexuality. This was the summer sex workers…
Transgender Inmate Asking For Reassignment Surgery Will Be Paroled
A California parole board has recommended that Michelle-Lael Norsworthy be released from prison. Norsworthy had been at the center of a contentious fight between herself and the state of California, whom she had petitioned to pay for sex reassignment surgery.
Barnard College Announces That It Will Admit Transgender Women
Barnard College announced on Thursday that it will admit transgender women. Barnard joins a growing list of women’s colleges that have finally begun to create policies addressing both the admission and graduation of trans women.
Trans Women Will Get to Study at Wellesley College
Wellesley's Class of 2020 will include trans women students. On Thursday the school announced it will join Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Mills, and Simmons College in accepting trans women applicants.
Trans Women Offer Women's Colleges A New Way To Support An Old Mission
Recently, Mills College in California and Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts modified admission policies to include transgender women regardless of the gender listed on official documents or completed medical procedures. The pressure is now on other women's colleges to produce comprehensive admission policies for trans…
OITNB's Laverne Cox Is Producing a Documentary About CeCe McDonald
Today in awesome, Orange is the New Black trans actress Laverne Cox is producing a documentary about embattled trans woman CeCe McDonald — who may be getting out of prison soon.
Laverne Cox and Janet Mock: Quit Stigmatizing Men Who Date Trans Women
Laverne Cox, an articulate and increasingly high-profile voice for trans people, joined trans activist Janet Mock, scholar Mark Anthony Neal, and The Nation’s Mychal Denzel Smith in a recent HuffPo Live chat about the latest prostitution scandal bedeviling New York DJ Mister Cee. During the half-hour discussion, host…
Fascinating Facts About Internet Sex
You already know that everything under the sun is available as Internet porn. But in a new book, two scientists investigate what our online porn searches say about human sexuality. Their work isn't without its problems, but they turn up some pretty interesting data on age, body size — and dicks.
Pittsburgh Local News Hijacked By Giggling, Towel-Snapping 16 Year Old Boys
If you'd like to get your hackles raised on this lovely Super Bowl Sunday, check out the appalling lack of sensitivity displayed in this story about transgender women who were arrested outside of Pittsburgh. Nontraditional gender identity: hilarious!
TRANSform Me: Television Tackles Gender Identity With Makeovers, Yay
VH1's upcoming TRANSform Me features three transwomen who do what TV execs apparently think all LGBTQ people do best — makeovers!
Lesbians Crowned "Best Couple" By Peers • More Details Released In Cat Killer Case
• Let's start with a feel good story today: High school seniors Vikky Cruz and Deoine Scott were voted best couple at their Bronx school, beating out the two opposite-sex couples in the running by a landslide. •
