Tag: Transgender

by Joshua D. Lambert In a world where there seems to be a label to define every aspect of a person, my wife and I are breaking down the barriers. I’m a 23-year-old transgender man who identifies as demi-gay/pan romantic. She’s a 23-year-old cisgender woman who identifies as a lesbian. This is usually when everyone starts jumping on us saying “whoa, no way! It’s wrong for you to be together because she’s invalidating your identity as a man,” blah, blah, blah....

He has an amazing body and works as a helicopter crew chief in the U.S. Army stationed at Wheeler Airfield in Hawaii, but what you didn’t know about 28 years old sergeant Shane Ortega is that he is a transgender individual. He was born a female, but he always knew something was wrong, because he always considered himself to be a male. His family has a military background, since both of his parents served in the U.S. Navy and Army...

The story of Landon Patterson is nothing short of outstanding. She was born a male and lived as one until 2014, when she finally decided to make the transition between genders. The change was something she feared will attract criticism and negative public feedback, but decided that it is worth the risk. “When I came out as a trans I was so afraid that I was expecting a lot of hate, but surprisingly there wasn’t much at all” she...

Transgenders belong to 1% of the world's population and yet, every 72 hours, one transgender is beaten up, harassed and even tortured to death. This year has become an epidemic of fatal violence towards transgender community, bringing its fatality rate higher than ever. Why are transgenders being murdered? With the growing LGBTQ visibility in the mainstream media this year, more people feel the urge to come out, thus, opening up doors to meet someone and build personal relationships that generates the foundation...

Unlikely as it may seem, this is exactly what happened at Hillsboro High School, in Missouri, when Lila Perry decided to use girls’ bathroom. Such gesture caused around 150 students to leave their classes and protest for over an hour, in front of their high school. Lila Perry, age 17, said that she consider herself to be a female since she was 13 and since February this year, the whole world knows it too. However, since she publicly acknowledged...

Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne, who recently played the role of Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, is back on the big screen in full force. After portraying a famous man, he is now going to be playing… a woman! Based on the 2000 book of the same name by David Ebershoff, The Danish Girl – directed by Tom Hooper – is an upcoming American biographical drama film and love story set in the 1920s. The movie is slated...