The Emotional Toll Of Covering Trump’s Military Trans Ban

Covering trans issues as a professional means I need to maintain a certain distance. But no matter what, these issues affect me as an… I was editing an essay when the first email notification came in, but I ignored it. Then came a second, and a third in quick succession. Curious, I switched tabs to

Should Feminists Embrace The ‘Right To Die’ Movement?

The answer is complicated. The defining feature of feminism, for me anyway, is freedom of choice — especially when it comes to bodily autonomy. This is why we march for Planned Parenthood and fight back against restrictive…

The Strange, Sad Case Of Laci Green

She built a community to protect the abused. Now she’s on the side of the abusers. What happened to YouTuber Laci Green? Anyone who’s marginalized knows the dangers of online harassment — and YouTuber Laci Green, who rose to prominence by conducting online sex education content on behalf of Planned

The Lollerskates Theory at the Heart of the Canceled Left Forum Panel

“Hormones can’t melt biological sex”

How Our Society Harms Trans People Who Are Also Autistic

What happens when you have to combat not only transphobia, but also ableism? Treating both autism spectrum disorders and transgender identity as a single mental disorder is harmful to each group of people — but it has a disproportionate impact on those who fit both labels/

As a trans woman who dates men now and women before transition, I am quite literally a straight…

All I ask is that you consider who gets harmed by exclusions. It’s most often the most marginalized, despite the best of intentions.

About Being “Real”

An onslaught of liberal editorials ask: what does it mean to be a “real” woman?

Trans women get all of the non-uterine symptoms of a period when our estrogen levels fluctuate.

There are more points I disagree with in your post (opting in? I was beaten, sexually assaulted and threatened with rape as a closeted…

I stumbled upon this piece from FB.

Can you not call a personal essay a thinkpiece? That’s insulting on a basic level. Furthermore, I went into detail about the pussy hats…

Why I Felt Excluded, Then Welcomed, At The Women’s March

For trans women, vagina-centric rhetoric can be painful. But thanks to a kind stranger, my march experience was ultimately affirming. For trans women, vagina-centric rhetoric can be painful. But thanks to a kind stranger, my march experience was ultimately affirming.

The Left’s Long History Of Transphobia

Trans discrimination isn’t an invention of the right wing. Liberals have been perfecting it for years. Trans discrimination isn’t an invention of the right wing. Liberals have been perfecting it for years.

Your solution legally requires bearded trans men like the guy above (born with a vagina) to use…

Alternatively, you think I should use a men’s room when I look like the above. I’m not sure you’ve thought through what kind of social…