by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, Transgender
November 20th is the Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to remember the names of trans people who have died in the past year to violence. It is a somber day—every year, there are more names to read. Trans people are as much as seven times more likely...
by admin | Oct 19, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, Transgender
In a world that has long denied their identities and even their existence, the medical community and society is now progressing toward inclusive healthcare options for transgendered people. This week, grocery chain Kroger announced that it would offer full coverage...
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Sunday the 11th was National Coming Out Day, and to engage with the day the Fire Department of New York released a video PSA for the It Gets Better project, targeted at LGBT youth. Federal legislation, like the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and the Supreme...
by admin | Sep 17, 2015 | LGBTQIA+, Opinion
My childhood was bifurcated. I lived in two worlds. One was home to my identity as an LGBT child. One was in the heteronormative world, where I had to learn to negotiate a world that didn’t value me as I was and ordered me to perform as a heterosexual. Luckily, I...