Tag: trans men
ICE finally releases Asian trans man from solitary confinement after 19 months
Earlier this month, Yuen “Chin” Tzu, a trans man from Hong Kong, was released from the Irwin County Immigration Detention Center in central Georgia where he had been held for 19 months in solitary confinement. Although he has since been relocated to a detainment facility in Dallas, Texas, the fate of his deportation proceedings remain unclear.
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) pressed for Tzu’s release (and for an end to trans solitary confinement in general) using a...
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Transgender man Quince Mountain in the Discovery Channel’s “Naked and Afraid”Naked and Afraid is a Discovery Channel reality TV show, now in its 10th season, in which a male and female couple must survive a naked 21-day stay in the wilderness by securing food, water and shelter. It’s kind of thirst masquerading as edu-tainment, but yesterday’s episode featured the series’ first-ever trans male contestant, Quince Mountain… and he encountered a wild animal stalking him in the dark.
Mountain is a...
Gillette just released a groundbreaking ad of a trans man’s first shave
In the lead up to Pride month, Gillette has released a new ad featuring a trans man and his father.
The ad features Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, a young Canadian trans man who says, “Growing up I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I want to become and I’m still trying to figure out what kind that I want to become.”
His father watches as he shaves for the first time, saying, “Now don’t be scared. Shaving is...
