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MTV Trans actors from Transparent to Sense8 explain the significance of casting trans people in trans roles and why they’re more than capable of playing all types of roles. (via ScreenCrush)

Why Hollywood Needs Trans Actors: An Open Letter

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Nine trans actors explain why Hollywood needs to do better by the trans community, and why cis actors shouldn’t play trans roles.

105 months ago

Mother Nature Network A camera, a microscope and a lot of patience results in these surprisingly beautiful images.

Where you see a bug, Levon Biss sees a portrait

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Incredible bug photos by Levon Biss are not only beautiful, they allow entomologists to see insects in a new way.

114 months ago

Slate.com Their religious beliefs counsel them to believe that the trans identity is aberrant, disordered, and even invalid.

Anti-Trans Activists Admit It: We Don’t Like Trans People Because of Our Religion

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On Wednesday, I laid out the case that anti-trans leaders can’t really believe in the “bathroom predator myth”—after all, the notion that trans-inclusi ...

119 months ago

Huffington Post UK "There are still stereotypes and prejudice that keep a big chunk of the trans population hidden."

Trans People of Colour Are Still Fighting for Representation and Survival

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I am sure you already know the names of the celebrities who have come out as trans this year, the trans actors playing trans characters on television, the trans stars who have paved the way in 2015. But these trans people do not represent me. I don't Read more ... write their names because they don't represent us. The colour of their skin is a reminder that trans people of colour are still fighting for representation and survival. So, has 2015 been a year to celebrate the trans community? Or has 2015 just shown us how far there is to go?

123 months ago

HuffPost Arts & Culture "Trans people are not cliches and there is no one way to 'do trans right'..."

Against Me! Rocker Laura Jane Grace Opens Up About Trans Identity in 2015

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"Trans people are not cliches and there is no one way to 'do trans right'..."

124 months ago

HuffPost Entertainment "Trans people are not cliches and there is no one way to 'do trans right' -- just as much as there is no one way to 'be a real man' or to 'be real woman.'"

Against Me! Rocker Laura Jane Grace Opens Up About Trans Identity in 2015

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"Trans people are not cliches and there is no one way to 'do trans right'..."

124 months ago

Bobby Brewer Bell https://wikileaks.org/tpp/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership Yo Vice could you do an article about this? Apparently the agreement is going through the American legislature RIGHT NOW. I think it would be worth talking about for th Read more ... e major impact it might have on privacy, and other international effects.

Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - IP Chapter

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Today, 13 November 2013, WikiLeaks released the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than Read more ... 40 per cent of the world’s GDP. The WikiLeaks rel…

130 months ago

Refinery29 So inspiring, but we have a long way to go

Trans Day Of Visibility Inspires Solidarity (& Adorable Selfies)

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It's undeniable: we're at a crucial moment for trans rights and visibility right now. Trans icons like Laverne Cox and Janet Mock are everywhere; television producers are casting trans actors in trans roles; there are trans rock stars, like Laura Jan Read more ... e Grace of Against Me!, and movements are

132 months ago

Graywolf Press “'Our fears are dear to us,' writes Eula Biss in her powerful and important book, ON IMMUNITY. Biss notes that a lot of the parents who are skeptical of vaccinations, like we were, are the same people who worry about hormones in meat and pesticides Read more ... on vegetables. We’ve been told by our industry-cozy government that these things aren’t toxic, but we suspect that’s not right. We seek out farm-to-table food and even organic baby wipes as a prudent expression of that caution and care." The Daily Beast explores vaccinations below!