Oppressed genders

I was a preteen when the first edition of Transgender Warriors — the foundational text by the late, great Leslie Feinberg—was published in 1996. It came into the world at a pivotal time for me, providing […]

Two weeks ago, I had a gender-affirming surgery called an orchiectomy (google it if you’re curious). It’s rude and not a good idea for cisgender people to ask trans people, “Have you had x, y, […]

As I’m Dying I have so many people, from across all the eras of my life and all the communities I’ve felt so loved in, asking how can they help. By the time you read this, […]

You can’t use a restroom in a public building, your school, or the airport without facing jail or violence. The medication you rely on to stay alive is suddenly denied you.  You fear arrest for […]

In 1933, a town councilor in Paris was very concerned by what he called “a moral crisis.” This crisis was the fact that those known as ‘inverts’ at the time existed and, moreover, that they […]

A fundraiser was held at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice in Los Angeles on April 23 to help with travel costs for activist Jordan Slack who will join an LGBTQ+ delegation sponsored by […]