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Transmissions: Olympic-sized double standards
It wasn't until 2003 that the Olympics had a formal policy for trans participants.
Transmissions: Resources abound for younger trans people
Over the last several years, there has been a belief in some circles that the increase of transgender people over the last decade is some sort of "social contagion" brought on by the evil influence of the internet.
Transmissions: Anti-trans myth-making
Myths are often greater than reality.
Transmissions: Musing on loss
I am no stranger to trans mortality.
Transmissions: Pride then, Pride now
When we celebrate Pride, we are commemorating the anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion, a seminal moment in LGBTQ history.
Transmissions: Slap a flag on it
This Pride season, I have a new enamel pin on my jacket, displaying the five stripes of the transgender pride flag. They are within the shape of Mickey Mouse's head.
Transmissions: A few words about Caitlyn Jenner
I really don't want to talk about Caitlyn Jenner. Rather, I find myself in the unenviable position of having to write about Jenner. As a transgender writer in 2021, it is largely unavoidable, and as such, I am resigned to this fate.
Transmissions: What it feels like to be trans
For the moment, I want to speak to those readers who may not think of themselves as transgender.
Transmissions: I'm angry
Right now, transgender people in America are under assault.
Transmissions: Through trans eyes
As I've written about many times before, we live in unprecedented times when it comes to trans rights.
Transmissions: It's no comedy
Two films on the American Film Institute's list of top 100 movies ever made have something in common.
Transmissions: The plight of the plastic potato
Members of the right have a problem. For the last four years they have been able to stay safely tucked behind the insanity of the Trump presidency, knowing that as long as they stay quiet and toe the line, they'll be in power.
Transmissions: Bravery
There often comes a time when a nonbinary or transgender person comes out that a friend of theirs will cast them as being inherently brave or courageous doing so.
Transmissions: Being or becoming
Like many, I watch more than my fair share of videos on YouTube, usually going between various cooking programs, music videos, and the occasional restoration video.
Transmissions: A chance at healing
A decade ago, I had a rare opportunity. Rushed onto a flight in the middle of the week, I made my way to Washington, D.C. I had been asked, quite at the last moment, to go to the White House to discuss transgender issues.
Transmissions: So be it
Around 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 6, a mob of pro-Trump forces, QAnon believers, Proud Boys, and others assaulted the United States Capitol, whipped up into a frenzy by weeks of propaganda and a speech by outgoing President Donald Trump.
Transmissions: Looking ahead with respair
We have reached the end of 2020, and I am sure my feelings about the year easily match anyone who happens upon this column. Good riddance to such a difficult year, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Transmissions: Not the other you thought we were
Every so often I like to sit back and address my non-transgender readers, and help them understand trans issues, perhaps, just a bit better. This is one of those times.
Transmissions: One joke too many
In the early 1980s, a friend of mine let me borrow a vinyl record of theirs: the "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Monty Python's Life of Brian."
Transmissions: TDOR 2020: A time to turn the tide
In the earliest days of the Remembering Our Dead project, which led to the Transgender Day of Remembrance, may of us shared a hope that by showing the astounding level of anti-transgender violence we face, perhaps we could begin to stem the tide.