We May Be One Step Away From a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy for Trans Troops In 1992, Bill Clinton won the White House having assured an LGBTQ audience, “I have a vision, and you’re a part of it.” Included in Clinton’s pledge wa ...

Why Hollywood Needs Trans Actors: An Open Letter Nine trans actors explain why Hollywood needs to do better by the trans community, and why cis actors shouldn’t play trans roles.

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

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

Trans People of Colour Are Still Fighting for Representation and Survival 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?

Against Me! Rocker Laura Jane Grace Opens Up About Trans Identity in 2015 "Trans people are not cliches and there is no one way to 'do trans right'..."

Trans Day Of Visibility Inspires Solidarity (& Adorable Selfies) 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

Every Breath a Black Trans Woman Takes Is an Act of Revolution In January, there were reports of four brutal murders of Black trans and gender non-conforming people of color. There has been no national outrage over our lives.

I Didn’t Vaccinate My Child—And I Regret It How I finally discovered that vaccinating your kids is the right thing to do.

“We seem to be more frightened than we’ve ever been”: Eula Biss on anti-vaxxers, white privilege and The essayist Eula Biss tells Salon how she got to know the anti-vaccine crowd -- and how she learned real empathy