Andrej Pejic Comes Out as Trans Woman

By Stacy Lambe The international model underwent sex reassignment surgery earlier this year International model, Andrej Pejic, announced via Entertainment Tonight and People magazine that she underwent sex reassignment surgery earlier this year. Now a trans woman, Pejic will go by the name Andreja. After keeping transition secret for the past few months, Pejic wanted…

The Heartbreaking Duality of Transgender Issues in the US

Looking back at the end of Pride month 2014, we’ve seen some incredible advances in transgender rights. With increasing anti-discrimination protections and expansion of basic healthcare rights to trans people, a lot of my own federal policy agenda for trans folks is getting met. At the same time, four trans women of color were murdered…