Ask a Trans woman: A Trans Question From a Co-Worker & Some Basics
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Last night at work I was asked a question. I get asked a lot of questions, frankly, and this was not…
Transgender Topics
Op-Ed: Transgender People Still Experience Barriers to Healthcare, But Change Is On The Way
By: Harvey Makadon, MD— The transgender community has experienced impressive advances in societal understanding and recognition in the last few years. The Obama Administration has…
Ask a Trans Woman: Importance of Trans Visibility for the Famous & Not-So-Famous
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about visibility. I just now finished reading a marvelous and eloquent essay in defense of…
Love & the Trans Person: The Issues and the Realities
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s February and Valentine’s Day is coming upon us. It’s a nice hallmark holiday that celebrates the love between special…
Ask a Trans Woman: Washington and A Semi-Review of “The Danish Girl”
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— The thing I’m going to talk to you all about this month is the film “The Danish Girl.” Let be right…
My Views on Hate Spewing From Within the Trans Community
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I constantly see hate spewing from many members of the trans community on social media and it saddens me to…
A Holiday Story: The Night Frank and I Saved Christmas
By: Holly Maholm*/Special to TRT— I will tell you that story, but first a bit about me. I am a transgender woman, though I lived…
Dealing with Coming Out as Trans, the Highs and the Lows
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Coming out as your authentic self is most likely one of the happiest times in your life and also one…
Ask a Trans Woman: Answering Beloved Readers’ Questions About Myself
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Hello Faithful Reader! Whether you are new to reading this column or have been following since I first started writing it…
Ask a Trans Woman: Suicide and Survival—Is There Blood on Your Hands?
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately I’ve been pretty immersed in politics and activism. I’ve been trying to convince people to support and speak out for…
Anti-Trans Hatred, Prejudice & Trans Suicides: How We Can Stop Them
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s November and once again it is time for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, TDOR, the day where we…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Single Act of Discrimination Changed it All for Me
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This month’s column is something a little different. It is the text of a speech I delivered at the Massachusetts State…
A Trans Woman’s Journey From the Straight to the LGBT World
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Like many trans women, I came from the straight, heterosexual community. I knew very little about the LGBT community. All…
Statement on San Francisco Sheriff’s Plan to Move Transgender Women into Daytime Programming in the Women’s Jail
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced that he is implementing a policy that will allow transgender women to receive programming in the…
HHS Proposes New Rules Banning Transgender Health Care Discrimination
Could End Most Insurance Plans’ Practice of Excluding Transition-Related Care WASHINGTON—Today, the (HHS) announced proposed rules to implement the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care…
Trans Comics Take Over New York’s Only Tammy’s Twist
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Okay, so, it’s well past two in the morning and my deadline is noon tomorrow, or rather, later today. I’ve been…
Life After Caitlyn Jenner: We Still Face Struggles & Support is Still Needed
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Since Caitlyn Jenner came out, it is not unusual to find in the daily news a story of a trans…
Survey: Majority of Americans Back Up Open Transgender Military Service
WASHINGTON—Today, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the nation’s largest organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) military families, responded to the results of a…
Trans Women are 49 Times More Likely to Have HIV & Here’s Why You Should Care
By: Diane Anderson-Minshall*/Special to TRT— Let me tell you about a woman I met. Let’s call her Trina. On the surface, we have some similarities….
Tearing Down the Walls: Beyond the Stonewall Rebellion
The story of the Stonewall Rebellion and the rise of the gay liberation movement. By: Keegan O’Brien*— Forty-six years ago patrons at the Stonewall Inn,…
Social Justice Group Launches U.S. Trans Survey for Transgender Americans
National Center for Transgender Equality Launches Survey Devoted to the Lives and Experiences of Trans People Washington, DC — On Wednesday, August 19th, the National Center for…
Ask a Trans Woman: Why Trans Actors Should Play More Trans Characters
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I recently finished watching the new Netflix science fiction series, “Sense8.” I binged on it in a couple of big gulps….
Dating a Trans Person & the Complications that Follow
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— When people are attracted to each other, usually dating follows and a relationship may begin. If things develop, there may…