trans people
A Sex Shop Was Fined for Selling a Chest Binder to a Trans Teen, Prompting Calls to Change ‘Outdated’ Bylaws
The Canadian bylaw, written 30 years ago, makes little sense in 2015.
Young, Black, Trans, Arrested: How Women Like Meagan Taylor Are Made Invisible
Meagan Taylor, a 22-year-old jailed while visiting Iowa with a friend earlier this month, got released last week after a flurry of activism drew attention to her plight—and what was probably a bogus arrest.
'Experts of Our Own Identity': Trans People Can Choose Their Legal Gender in Ireland Now
On Wednesday, the Irish parliament passed the Gender Recognition Bill, which allows trans people over the age of 18 to legally change their gender on government documents without seeing a doctor or getting court order.
I Hid My Gender Dysphoria from My Christian Hardcore Band
I concealed my true self because I feared letting down my family, my band, the fans, a higher power. But today I regret it.
The Barriers to Sex Reassignment Healthcare Faced by People in Ontario
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto is only place that can approve sex reassignment surgery, but critics have said that the clinic's process has been extremely flawed.
Playing Soccer in One of Mexico's Most Dangerous Barrios
We went there to watch a soccer game between one of Tepito's best known teams and Las Gardenias, a team made up by trans people who live in the barrio.
Canada's Trans Prisoners Need More Than a Policy Change
Ontario's new policy calls for trans inmates to be placed according to the gender they identify as, but it falls short of what's needed.
The Canadian Prime Minister Is Thwarting a Transgender Hate Crime Bill
Bill C-279 is a bill that aims to add "gender identity" as a protected group under the Human Rights Act. But the bill is facing harsh opposition from the Harper government, leaving some of its supporters pessimistic about its chances of survival.