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What Rocking Out In A Metal Band Taught Me About Running For Office

What It Really Feels Like To Get Publicly Outed As Transgender

What Bathing-Suit Shopping As A Trans Woman Is Like

What It’s Really Like To Be A Trans Woman Using A Public Ba...

If true, I believe that the AFA's actions are not only creepy, but that they represent the kind of harassment and ignorance I have experienced firsthand.

by Hannah Simpson

A Trans Singer’s Powerful Message: “I Am A Girl, Alwa...

For me, this video was a big milestone, especially since I invited so many of my trans-friends to be in it. I feel like I can finally show myself and say I

by Hannah Simpson

Why The Killing Of Islan Nettles Should Be A Hate Crime

James Dixon, 25, received 12 years in prison on a charge of manslaughter for beating to death Islan Nettles, a vibrant young woman, in 2013. Nettles, 21, w

by Hannah Simpson

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2015 In Trans Rights: The Stories You Might Have Missed

by Hannah Simpson

5 Ways To Be A Trans Ally This Thanksgiving

Coming out as myself meant coming out for everyone around me. Embracing my female identity was not a choice, nor was facing this new reality for my immedia

by Hannah Simpson

Happy Jew Year! What Getting Dressed Up Means For Some Trans & Qu...

Mom called to wish me luck the night before. “What are you wearing?” she asked. I described what I had planned — a dress, something simpl

by Hannah Simpson

I Am Cait Needs To Address These Issues

If the Vanity Fair cover was her christening and the ESPYs her coronation, then I Am Cait will show us what to make of Queen Caitlyn, who now reigns upon T

by Hannah Simpson