Real News from the Real Transgender World |
Edition Date: November 22nd, 2024 |
by Claire- Renee Kohner | June 20th, 2015 Mia Macy arguably the most important trans activist in recent times was treated as a persona non-grata by the 2015 Portland Pride officials. Pride and Prejudice: The Erasure of the ‘T’ from a Movement We Started. We are midway through Pride month and for the transgender community,…
“When a transsexual enters a prison aimed at men, they invariably turn into sexual property of the prisoners.” Gabriel H. Sanchez BuzzFeed Staff Every November at the Minas Gerais State Prison Complex in Brazil, the previous year’s Miss Trans Pageant winner awards the crown to the next. This past year, photographer Marcela Xavier was there…
LOS ANGELES — Veteran crossover photographer Dave Naz will be presenting his solo exhibition, “Identity,” and launching his new photo book, “Genderqueer,” at Coagula Curatorial located in the Chinatown area of L.A. The opening reception is on Nov. 8, from 7-11 p.m., and the exhibit will run until Dec. 20. In “Identity,” Naz explores the…
Topside Press has organized a summer tour of groundbreaking transgender women writers visiting bookstores across the Northeast US. Last Friday, 70 people packed into the Wooden Shoe, a small independent bookstore in South Philadelphia. The enthusiastic audience was all there, despite the heat and the standing-room only crowd, to listen as eight transgender writers read…