All Entries in the "Transgender Topics" Category
Ask a Transwoman: Am I Trans?
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Dear Lorelei, I’ve known since I was nine years old that I didn’t want breasts. I went through puberty very young. By the time I was ten I was already getting hair in certain parts of my body. I was raised that hair was to be shaved off because young girls […]
“The times, They are A-Changin”: Trans People in Media Make Strides for Equality
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— As Bob Dylan sings, “The times, they are a-changin.’” They certainly are changing for LGBT people, especially for the transgender segment of that acronym, and the changes are for the better. For a long time it seemed like it would never get better, but it has. I think the turning […]
Ask a Transwoman: A Moment of Choice: Knowing When It’s Time to Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— One of the most frequent questions I, or any trans person, gets asked is, “When did you know you were a ______?” My own answer is that I’ve always known. For as far back as I have memory, I have known I was a girl. That’s not really the most interesting […]
Say it Loud, I’m Trans & I’m Proud! On Pride Season & Self-Acceptance
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s June again and it’s Pride season. After living painfully in the closet for years, I can now enjoy days of celebration of finally coming to terms with and being proud of who I am, no more hiding my true self. To march and proclaim “I’m trans and I’m proud!” […]
Why I Don’t Hate RuPaul: Thoughts on the Drag Race Controversy
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— By the time you read this, I really hope that the controversy around RuPaul’s use of the word “She-Male” (a term almost universally considered to be offensive by the transgender community) in his show RuPaul’s Drag Race will have slipped out of my news feeds, along with the heated exchanges it […]
Are You a Girl? A Child’s Question: Reflections on the Journey to Living as Female
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— After a coffee date with my girlfriends on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I came home to my apartment and found the two young girls who live downstairs from me outside of our building playing with their friend. One of the young girls just started school, so she is probably five […]
A Defense of Crossdressers: Accepting the Gray Areas Under the Trans Umbrella
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Merely hours ago, I returned home from spending the past two days at the True Colors Conference in Connecticut. I was there to represent one of the several organizations with which I work: in this case, the Transcending Boundaries Conference, which will be happening in just a few weeks. Given the […]
A Bathroom Issue? Considering the Options for Transgender People in Restrooms
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— In the quest for trans rights, one of the alleged issues is the bathroom. Opponents claim that they don’t want transwomen in the women’s room because they say that transwomen are not really women. The opponents usually follow that thought with all kinds of imagined scenarios of ciswomen (women who […]
