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Transmissions: Making a change

September 18, 2024 | by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

There are some truly unusual and outlandish beliefs about how a transgender person transitions.

Transmissions: Lies, damned lies, and the presidential election

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Sep 4, 2024

Transmissions columnist Gwen Smith writes about former President Donald Trump's false statements at a recent Moms for Liberty appearance.

Transmissions: Boxed in

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Aug 21, 2024

Imane Khelif is a professional boxer from Algeria. You have likely heard a lot about her lately.

Transmissions: On Harris and trans rights

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Aug 7, 2024

More years ago than I care to think of, I was a member of the San Francisco Transgender Civil Rights Implementation Task Force for the City and County of San Francisco.

If you are not a transgender or nonbinary person, I want you to take a moment to consider the following: in all of my life, there has never been a time when being transgender has been seen as acceptable, and yet I am — and remain — a trans woman.

Transmissions: Standing up against being pushed down

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jul 10, 2024

I wish I could say this will be the last time I need to write about the threats transgender people are facing in 2024.

Transmissions: Dora Richter lived

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jun 26, 2024

My mantra for Pride 2024 is a simple one: Dora Richter lived.

Transmissions: Frustrated by Biden's Pride proclamation

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Jun 12, 2024

While President Joe Biden has issued a Pride Month proclamation and has done things to help the LGBTQ community, there is still frustration, especially compared to when Biden served as vice president.

Transmissions: A holy site

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
May 29, 2024

I visited a holy site the other day.

Transmissions: Control

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
May 15, 2024

Looking at the history of trans care since World War II, one can't help but notice a theme: transgender people gain agency, and then non-transgender people attempt to exert control to stop it.

Transmissions: A time to breathe

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
May 1, 2024

You really do not need me to tell you how bleak things are right now for the trans community.

Transmissions: Embracing trans dignity

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Apr 17, 2024

There are three stories that have recently crossed my desk, each of which are unrelated, but together paint a very descriptive image of what's wrong with the way non-trans people are speaking about trans lives.

Transmissions: In visibility

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Apr 3, 2024

Though completely random happenstance, Easter and the Transgender Day of Visibility occurred on the same day this year, Sunday, March 31.

Transmissions: A space for trans rights

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Mar 20, 2024

The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is the home of Space Camp, a program where kids of all ages can explore what it is to be part of a space mission.

Transmissions: A death in Oklahoma

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith
Mar 6, 2024

On February 7, a 16-year-old student at Owasso High School in Owasso, Oklahoma entered the girls' bathroom. Twenty-four hours later, that student would be dead.

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