Transgender advocates ramp up efforts to help people change their documents as they anticipate threats to LGBTQ rights The transgender community has gained more civil liberties during the administration of President Barack Obama than at any other time in ...
11 Dec 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Her new book, ‘In the Darkroom,’ explores the facades her transgender father hid behind In 2004, Susan Faludi received news that her estranged father had recently transitioned into a woman. He was well into his 70s when he flew to Thailand for the surgery ...
21 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Effects of not receiving adequate care can be devastating for transgender people Hours after the Obama administration’s May 13 announcement that public schools must allow transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, the ad ...
24 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Trans activists use performance art to express their views about gender, race, sexuality Trans performance art duo DarkMatter had quite the 2015. Composed of former Stanford schoolmates Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, the group’s unique brand ...
10 Mar 2016 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the Declaration of Independence tells us. T ...
18 Jun 2014 - Claire Valentin...
In this month of Gay Pride, we have seen real progress that all of us can celebrate. State by state, the scales of discrimination against gay men and lesbians are falling away. In May, a federal judge struck down Oregon’s ban on marriage for same-sex coup ...
15 Jun 2014 - SR editorial board
Transgender clients faces unique challenges within health system By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist In December 1973, a psychiatric breakthrough wiped out all signs and symptoms of mental illness for millions of Americans. It wasn’t a new drug. It ...
8 Nov 2010 - Street Roots