Ask A Trans Woman: Where Have I Been?
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— If you’re a regular reader of this column, you may have noticed that it has been absent for a couple of…
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Ask a Trans Woman: The Importance of Honesty & the Struggle to Tell the Truth
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of honesty as it relates to myself. It’s sort of the central…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
Ask a Trans Woman: On Personal Milestones and the “Right” Way to Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This is going to be a very personal column. Recently, I had several major milestones in my own transition all come…
Ask a Trans Woman: Flushing Away Freedom on Florida’s Proposed Bathroom Bill
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’d like to talk to you about bathrooms. Well, actually, I’d like to talk to you about bathrooms and locker rooms…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Entirely Complicated Answer About All the Simple Answers
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been writing this column for a number of years now, and in that time, I’ve also become recognized as something…
Ask a Trans Woman: Thanking Our Community for their Help
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— As I write this, I’ve just come home from my second Transgender Day or Remembrance (TDoR) observance of the weekend. It’s…
Celebrating Transgender Awareness Month
This month, The Rainbow Times, with the assistance of the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition, MassEquality, and Body Image 4 Justice, prepared a Transgender Awareness Month…
Ask a Trans Woman: TDoR, a Vigil for Our Dead, a Reminder for Our Community
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been avoiding writing this. It’s been in my head for a while now, but every time I sit down to…
Ask a Transwoman: A Moment of Choice: Knowing When It’s Time to Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— One of the most frequent questions I, or any trans person, gets asked is, “When did you know you were a…
Say it Loud, I’m Trans & I’m Proud! On Pride Season & Self-Acceptance
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s June again and it’s Pride season. After living painfully in the closet for years, I can now enjoy days…
Why I Don’t Hate RuPaul: Thoughts on the Drag Race Controversy
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— By the time you read this, I really hope that the controversy around RuPaul’s use of the word “She-Male” (a…
Ask a Transwoman: What Should I Call All of Us? Using Language in Flux
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This month I thought it would be a good idea to talk about words. I thought I’d give you a little…
Ask a Transwoman: On Grandmothers, Granddaughters & Being Trans: A Tribute to my Nana
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— To some extent it’s always been the aim of my writing, as well as my activism, to personalize transgender people, to…
DOMA, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell & the Transgender Community: No More Waiting
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— As you will know dear readers, this is a monthly publication, which often prevents me from being able to comment on…
Navigating the Activist Cycle: Six Rules for Effective Activism in Human Rights
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This time of year more or less denotes the start of the season I like to think of as the “speaking…
Boston Mom Talks Transgender Rights with Vice-President Biden
BOSTON, Mass. – A Sarasota, Fla. resident with roots in Massachusetts spoke to Vice President Joe Biden about transgender rights during a rally in that…