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Transgender

TikTok Beauty Queen Emira D’Spain On Changing the Victoria’s Secret Narrative

She's the brand's first-ever Black transgender model and excited to be part of its new plurality of beauty.
By Cat Woods
Ariadne Elliot Page

Reimagining Gender, ‘Inception’ and Elliot Page

Watching 'Inception' now, in light of Page’s coming out, feels like a coming-into-your-own story.
By Linda H. Codega

New York City Opera’s ‘Stonewall’ Pays Vocal Tribute to a Messy Uprising

The world premiere opera by Ian Bell and Mark Campbell sets the historic Stonewall riots to ear-catching music.
By James Jorden
Laura Jane Grace performs with Against Me!

Laura Jane Grace Reveals Her Trans Struggle in Vulnerable Autobiography

By Katherine Turman
This is a new kind of catfish.

Tinder Just Became Trans and Non-Conforming Inclusive With 37 New Gender Options

By Sage Lazzaro
"Being trans is such a small part of what makes me 'me.'"

Trans Woman Tells Reddit Her Penis Has ‘Done Its Best’

By John Bonazzo
L-R: Annaleigh Ashford, Ivy Levan, Tim Curry, Reeve Carney, Christina Milian, Laverne Cox, Staz Nair, Victoria Justice, Ryan McCartan, Adam Lambert and Ben Vereen in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: LET'S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN premiering Thursday, Oct. 20 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Can the New ‘Rocky Horror’ Live Up to the Magic of the Original?

By Bryan Reesman
“I did a movie called The Dictator, with Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Kingsley and Megan Fox, and I wasn’t out. And the New York Post outed me as a transsexual actress, which devastated me. I felt very discriminated against.”— Victoria Beltran

Transcendent Portraits of Trangender Christopher Street

By Mark Seliger
To make matters worse, it was started by a doctor.

This Viral Hashtag About Men Having Periods Took an Interesting Turn

By Sage Lazzaro
Who knew this yummy foodstuff would one day start a gender debate?

Facebook Can’t Handle This ‘Transphobic’ Garlic Bread Meme

By John Bonazzo
New research shows that both bullies and their victims feel the physical and mental effects of the torment.

Both Perps and Victims Are Tormented by Bullying, Study Finds

By John Bonazzo
Is the bathroom really open to everyone if people need to pay for tampons?

Afternoon Bulletin: Bathroom Equality for Transgender New Yorkers, Queens Crime Spree

By Parker Richards
Snowy Owl in flight. (Photo Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Afternoon Bulletin: Snowy Owls Can Be Killed at Airports, Judge Says

By Parker Richards
BINA48 (YouTube screenshot)

Is Martine Rothblatt the Next Marshall McLuhan or L. Ron Hubbard?

By Hal Niedzviecki
Now Holden has two mommys! (FX)

‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Recap 5×05: In the Company of Ladies

By Drew Grant
Law & Order: SVU tackles transgender. (NBC).

‘Law & Order: SVU’ 17×3: Are There Accidental Hate Crimes?

By Anne Easton
Bowen (left) and Fulop.

Jersey City Expands Healthcare to Transgender Employees

By Alyana Alfaro

Think the Left Won the Culture War? Think Again

By Fredrik deBoer
LONDON - DECEMBER 12: A statue of the scales of justice stands high above the Old Bailey on December 12, 2003 in London. Ian Huntley is accused of murdering youngsters Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, his ex-girlfriend Maxine Carr is accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

Hysterical Activism

By Sandra Newman
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 17: Members of the Barnard College Class of 2015 line up during the 123rd Commencement of Barnard College at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on May 17, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Barnard College to Admit Transgender Women

By Eliza M Dumais
CIRCA 1950s: Mother playing with baby. (Photo: George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Engendering Hope

By Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh
Zachary Brod, Antoinette Thorne and Sara Kapner in Robert Callely’s On a Stool at the End of the Bar. (Photo by Carol Rosegg)

What Sex is S/he?, UES Drama Asks, Somewhat Clumsily

By Christopher Murray
The entrance to Rikers Island.

Rikers Island Will Have Separate Housing for Transgender Inmates

By John Bonazzo
Gay Rodeo Photos by Gabriela Hasbun

Photo Essay: Gabriela Hasbun Photographs the Gay Rodeo

By Photo Editor
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