Fighting For Justice While Battling The Privilege Paradox
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It was 107 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix when my flight landed at its airport on the afternoon of Friday, August…
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Ask a Trans Woman: After the Election, Importance of Strangers Protecting Strangers
After the Election Results, What We Can do for One Another By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— A few months ago, I wrote a column about being…
Ask A Trans Woman: TDoR — What Will You Do to Stem the Tide of Death?
This November, if you have never been to a TDoR vigil, or if you have been to 10, find the one nearest you and go…
Boston Pride Forum Tackles Privilege, Identity and Intersectionality
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— As part of a series addressing identity and intersectionality, Boston Pride, Black Pride, and Latin@ Pride held a community forum…
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: Caitlyn Jenner’s Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, it seems like the only question people want to ask me is, “What do I think about the whole Caitlyn…
From the Editor’s Desk: Privilege and the Inconvenient Truth
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— ¡“Buenos Dias! ¿Dormiste bien”?, are two simple phrases frequently used to start my day, my day as a bi-cultural and bilingual white woman…
Ask a Transwoman: Etiquette & Power of Names – Handling the Uncomfortable
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Hi Lorelei, I had this happen to me in Boston last week. I had a woman who I hadn’t seen in…