Life, Gender, and the Pursuit of Happiness

I started writing computer programs in first grade. I…

What I Wanted to Wear: Getting Real, Getting Free

I Was Born A Girl In A Boy’s Body

Let me introduce myself: My name is Pooya, and I was born a girl in a boy’s body, many years before…

What It’s Like To Be A Transman On Capitol Hill

I’d been working on Capitol Hill for two months when our IP address was blocked from Wikipedia. It was the third time that summer that the House of Representatives was temporarily banned for making “disruptive edits” to Wikipedia pages. Since the…

I Wear What I Want

Even When It Means Getting Punched in the Face

I kept looking at the blood. That can’t be mine. That doesn’t belong to me. It was a warm summer night. I was on all fours, and the blood was dripping into a pool under my face, staining the…

“Listen To Our Voices”

11 activists discuss the past, present, and future of the trans rights…

If You’re in The Media, You’re Either Fighting Transphobia or Enforcing It

When I was a 21-year-old intern at The Weekly Dig in Boston, I was tipped to a story about Boston University’s then-chancellor, John Silber. He was aggressively attempting to shut down the gay-straight…

What We’ve Gained And Lost Since Stonewall

Black trans people have been struggling for acceptance for…

What does Masculinity mean to me?

I went to the Philly Trans Health Conference this year and in one of the genderqueer/non-binary…