A Question of Pride and Passing Privilege: To Go Stealth or to Change the World?
Passing privilege and the opinion of whether it’s safe and helps the transgender cause By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Last month I wrote a pretty personal…
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Ask a Trans Woman: The Importance of Honesty & the Struggle to Tell the Truth
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of honesty as it relates to myself. It’s sort of the central…
Ask A Trans Woman: “Barstool Activism” & the Importance of Trans Visibility
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— It’s been a pretty intense few weeks for me. Most recently, I was asked to appear on the WGBH TV show,…
It’s A Dangerous Time for Trans People and For the Country
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Politics. I know, I know, you’re probably sick to tears of reading about the topic. You came here to read about…
Ask a Trans woman: A Trans Question From a Co-Worker & Some Basics
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Last night at work I was asked a question. I get asked a lot of questions, frankly, and this was not…
Ask a Trans Woman: Importance of Trans Visibility for the Famous & Not-So-Famous
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about visibility. I just now finished reading a marvelous and eloquent essay in defense of…
Ask a Trans Woman: Washington and A Semi-Review of “The Danish Girl”
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— The thing I’m going to talk to you all about this month is the film “The Danish Girl.” Let be right…
Ask a Trans Woman: Answering Beloved Readers’ Questions About Myself
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Hello Faithful Reader! Whether you are new to reading this column or have been following since I first started writing it…
Ask a Trans Woman: Suicide and Survival—Is There Blood on Your Hands?
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately I’ve been pretty immersed in politics and activism. I’ve been trying to convince people to support and speak out for…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Single Act of Discrimination Changed it All for Me
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This month’s column is something a little different. It is the text of a speech I delivered at the Massachusetts State…
Trans Comics Take Over New York’s Only Tammy’s Twist
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Okay, so, it’s well past two in the morning and my deadline is noon tomorrow, or rather, later today. I’ve been…
Ask a Trans Woman: Why Trans Actors Should Play More Trans Characters
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I recently finished watching the new Netflix science fiction series, “Sense8.” I binged on it in a couple of big gulps….
Ask A Trans Woman: Caitlyn Jenner’s Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, it seems like the only question people want to ask me is, “What do I think about the whole Caitlyn…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Glittery, Star-Filled Night at the GLAAD Media Awards
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I recently had the privilege to attend the GLAAD Media Awards at the Waldorf-Astoria in NYC. My attendance was thanks to…
Ask a Trans Woman: On Personal Milestones and the “Right” Way to Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This is going to be a very personal column. Recently, I had several major milestones in my own transition all come…
Ask a Trans Woman: Flushing Away Freedom on Florida’s Proposed Bathroom Bill
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’d like to talk to you about bathrooms. Well, actually, I’d like to talk to you about bathrooms and locker rooms…
Ask A Trans Woman: Answering Basic Q’s About Transitioning, Hormones, PMS, etc.
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Hi Steve! Your email was pretty similar to a lot of other queries I receive, and it covered a number of…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Entirely Complicated Answer About All the Simple Answers
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been writing this column for a number of years now, and in that time, I’ve also become recognized as something…
Remembering Leelah Alcorn: You Will Always Sparkle
Trans teen ends life after years of “Christian” rejection By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief— Leelah Alcorn, assigned a different name at birth, knew all too well what…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Scene of the Banality of Everyday Discrimination
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— It being a new year, I thought I’d give you something very different this month: a little glimpse inside an all-too-common…
Promise Place School for LGBTQ Homeless Youth Holds 1st Annual Gala
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— HYANNIS, Mass.—Over $100,000 was raised Saturday, December 6 as Promise Place School—a residential school aiming to provide a permanent, safe…
Ask a Trans Woman: Thanking Our Community for their Help
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— As I write this, I’ve just come home from my second Transgender Day or Remembrance (TDoR) observance of the weekend. It’s…
Ask a Trans Woman: TDoR, a Vigil for Our Dead, a Reminder for Our Community
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’ve been avoiding writing this. It’s been in my head for a while now, but every time I sit down to…