Ask A Trans Woman: Thinking About Identity – Who I Am & Who I Am To You
The Self, My Identity And What It Means To The Recipients By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Identity. Who are we? Who do we tell people we…
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LGBTQ Community Members Doing More Business With Firms That Affirm Their Identities
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— In the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, the LGBTQ community is finding other ways to exercise power outside of the…
Beauty Beyond the Binary: A Photo Series
By: Alex Mancini/TRT Photographer— Tuesday, October 11 is National Coming Out Day, a time for members of the LGBTQ community to embrace their identities and,…
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…
Rising Star Jess T. Dugan Transforms Minds Through Portraits of Transgender Trailblazers
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— There’s a photograph of Jess T. Dugan from 2005 with bandages over where her breasts used to be. She’s standing…
Boston Pride Forum Tackles Privilege, Identity and Intersectionality
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— As part of a series addressing identity and intersectionality, Boston Pride, Black Pride, and Latin@ Pride held a community forum…
Chelsea Manning Responds to Government Move to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Health Care for Gender Dysphoria
The Department of Justice has filed a brief In Chelsea Manning’s case against the United States government challenging her request to grow her hair beyond the two…
A Focus on LGBTQ Youth of Color, Engaging Parents Project Seeks Participants
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The Fenway Institute recently announced the launching of its Engaging Parents Project, a new study that examines the varied experiences…
Engaging Parents Project Reaches Out to Parents of LGBT Youth Of Color
By: Fenway Health— When a child comes out to a parent, it can be a difficult time for everyone involved. Parents may feel torn between…
Rhode Island International Film Fest to Premiere TransJourney
After a highly successful screening tour of Poland with its last film, Shifting Visions chooses Rhode Island International Film Fest to premier the much-awaited film,…
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….
Through a Lens Darkly to Premiere at 30th Annual Boston LGBT Film Festival
Epic Documentary is First Film to Examine the Role of Black Photographers in Shaping Identity of African Americans from Slavery to the Present HARLEM, NY…
Sean Strub: Body Counts, a Reception, Reading & Discussion
BOSTON, Mass.—Join Fenway’s Living Well series as we host a book-signing and reading for author Sean Strub’s Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival. “In…
Transgender man Educates, Inspires, Gives back to LGBTQ community
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Some transgender people transition quietly, some transition in a grand way but keep some personal details to themselves and yet…