If you are in the Twin Cities area, I encourage you to participate in a trans visibility even this weekend. Details below! Trans folks & allies, does anyone else just want to stand out in public with each other, in a never ending line and be seen? Not a protest, per se but a trans … Continue reading Trans Visibility Event
After the news from earlier this week, I don't know if we can take much more of this... From The Hill: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it is lawful to discriminate against transgender employees based on their gender identity, according to Bloomberg Law. In a brief to the Supreme Court, … Continue reading Justice Department Says Businesses Can Discriminate Against Transgender Employees
If anyone still doubts that the current administration is trying to erase our community, then this news should confirm that. It's the latest in a series of destroying rights that the transgender community deserves. Almost a year ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a three-year-old Justice Department policy that protected transgender workers from discrimination under … Continue reading Trump Administration Eyes Defining Transgender Out of Existence
National Coming Out Day was earlier this week and it always makes me feel...a little left out. Coming out is a life-changing experience. It forever alters the relationship you have with those you come out to. Sometimes its a weight off your shoulders, sometimes they admit they already knew, or at least it's not a … Continue reading Coming Out As Transgender
PFLAG's mission is uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG has 400 chapters and 200,000 supporters crossing multiple generations of American families in major urban centers, small cities, and rural areas … Continue reading PFLAG Events for October
Recently Danielle Muscato, a civil rights activist, public speaker and host of the #RESIST podcast tweeted this question: The responses were heartbreaking and eye-opening. As someone who presents as a white, heterosexual, cisgender male most of the time, I can honestly say that these, along with almost every response I read, were never anything I … Continue reading A Whole World Looks To See What We Will Do
From MPR: New driver's licenses are giving Minnesotans a third option for gender designation. Minnesotans can now put an "F" on their ID for female, an "M" for male, or an "X" for what officials are calling non-binary gender. The agency said in a statement that the third gender option is in line with other … Continue reading X for Gender!
PFLAG‘s mission is uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies. PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy. PFLAG has 400 chapters and 200,000 supporters crossing multiple generations of American families in major urban centers, small cities, and rural areas … Continue reading PFLAG Events for September
I received an email the other day from Alicia Lagan whose son came out to her as transgender two years ago. As she watched her son start taking hormones and adapting to his new life, she noticed he had a hard time finding clothes that fit his changing body. Alicia and her business partner were … Continue reading Every Body Fits
I get a lot of emails from other t-girls who haven't made the step outside their house yet. Usually it's for a few different reasons, but it all seems to come down to them afraid of what other people will think. This is a perfectly natural thing to wonder and I've been there too. But … Continue reading Keep Your Heels High and Your Head Higher
Hannah McKnight 