True story, absolute fact: I woke up with tears in my eyes this morning, just full on sobbing. I felt like I had all the weight of the world pressing down on me and like nothing would ever be...

Just recently my middle daughter and I were reminiscing about the first time we ever met a transgender person. She was fourteen years old, and we won't discuss how old I was, but this was a person she had...

Memory is a tricky thing, especially when we make major changes in life that may change how people think of us. One of the first questions my family had for me when I came out was what to do...

By Christopher Laird The Internet blew up this morning with the news that singer Sam Smith has come out as non-binary, though they did not specifically say so. “I don’t know what the title would be, but I feel just as...

French Fashion Model Ines Rau becomes Playboy’s first transgender playmate centerfold, and the magazine is holding firm against the backlash. Rau is to be featured in the November/December 2017 edition of the publication, making it a historic event in the...

British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to “streamline and de-medicalize” gender transition in a speech given at the Pink News Awards. “Homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia have still not been defeated. And the must be,” May said her speech on Wednesday...

Passing, the concept of accurately and reliably presenting society’s image of your gender identity, is a wholly toxic idea that all of society is invested in. Transgender people are particularly concerned with this because with passing comes status, privilege,...

I am absolutely sick of sexual objectification. I am ill of men sexually objectifying heterosexual trans women. I am fed up with feeling that guys are inspecting me and trying to determine my level of susceptibility to their desire....

Aside from giving birth to my three beautiful daughters, the day I married my wife was the most amazing day of my life. Everything was simply perfect. Our family and friends traveled from several different states to celebrate the...

Creating a safe space is necessary for any human, but when your right to be is part of the discussion, that safe space is a thing that takes a certain level of maintenance most folks don’t consider. As transgender...