Ask a Trans Woman: After the Election, Importance of Strangers Protecting Strangers
After the Election Results, What We Can do for One Another By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— A few months ago, I wrote a column about being…
Transgender Topics
Ask A Trans Woman: TDoR — What Will You Do to Stem the Tide of Death?
This November, if you have never been to a TDoR vigil, or if you have been to 10, find the one nearest you and go…
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Remembering our Transgender Dead
Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20 By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— November is the time for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, (TDoR). It…
Ask a Trans Woman: Clinton or Trump, a Political Fight We Must Focus On
Either Clinton or Trump will win, our LGBTQ rights depend on our choice By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Disclaimer: As this is an advice and opinion…
Pronouns: Do They Really Matter? Misgendering Hurts!
Misgendering is a major problem for transgender and gender nonconforming people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I was scrolling through my Facebook wall the other…
Creep of the Week: North Carolina’s Biggest Bigot is Pat McCrory
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Hey, remember that anti-gay law in North Carolina, HB2 (which stands for “hate & bull$hit”)? Well gosh darn, the whole…
Lovers or Fetishists? The men who love trans women
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist Recently, I read an opinion piece about men who desire trans women. The column went on to say that some of these men…
A Trans-Bashing: What Allies Need to Know About “Safe” Places and Being Better Allies
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— If you consider yourself an ally to trans people, then please read this column. Don’t get me wrong, trans people themselves…
Trans Talk 101: Transgender Defamatory Terms
Part Three of this Series focuses on transgender defamatory terms that often are misused By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Part 3 of a 3 Part Series…
Food for Thought as you Vote in the Upcoming Elections in November
The importance of this elections for LGBTQ people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT columnist— It’s a presidential election year in the good old U.S.A. and everyone…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Questions I Ask Myself; Shared Truths and Resonant Connections
The Ask a Trans Woman activist and columnist on the shared truths that have helped her writing and life evolution By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I often ask…
Trans Talk 101: Terms to Know and Avoid
Trans Talk in a way that will not offend and will be a tool to refer to whether you’re writing or speaking directly to transgender…
Looking Back and Looking Forward on Trans Equality
Trans Equality means full protections and rights, just like cisgender people have them By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I first entered the trans community in…
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…
Scapegoating vs. Solidarity: Codifying Discrimination & Second Class Citizenship
By treating citizens of this country in such a manner, the second class citizenship feeling develops By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— On Wednesday evening March…
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…
Are Pride Celebrations Necessary? If You Have to Ask, Then You Have No Idea!
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s June and officially Pride season. Yes, it’s that time of year when you spend the day marching for your…
Mat Staver: Behind all of the “Bathroom Bills” Across the Country
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— We’ve all heard of the latest rash of anti-LGBT bills that are currently popping up in several states. Included in…
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…
The Fears That Many Transgender People Face in Their Lives
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— For many of us transgender folk, there are fears that need to be addressed as we discover our true selves….
Kate Bornstein: Her 2016 Views and News on Gender
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— In late January, I saw Kate Bornstein at Real Art Ways in Hartford, Conn. If you don’t know Kate, she…
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…