Tag: transgender women

Photo by Zackary Drucker as part of Broadly’s Gender Spectrum Collection.When the girlfriend of 22-year-old Owen discovered adult videos of trans women on his phone, she suddenly became hateful and insecure: She cried, wondered if he was secretly gay and if she was just his beard, mocked him, repeatedly said that he probably wished she had a “d*ck” and simulated topping him in bed. Vice recently interviewed four men who are attracted to trans women but afraid of expressing their...

Denali Berries Stuckey, a Black transgender woman, was found fatally shot in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, July 20, and she’s the 12th known transgender woman of color to be killed in the United States this year, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Last year, HRC reports, advocates tallied 26 deaths of trans people in the U.S. due to fatal violence, and again, the majority were Black transgender women. “While the details of these cases differ, it is clear that...

In 2008, the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunizations started a program in UK meant to attack the human papilloma virus, responsible for causing cancer. The virus spreads through genital or oral contact. However, the HPV vaccination program included only girls aged 12 or 13. The program was designed on the idea that men who have sex with vaccinated women are protected, and this doesn’t include gay men. Recently, Government advisers suggested that the HPV vaccine should also be available...