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This year May is Trans is going digital! May Is Trans elevates the profile of the trans and gender non-conforming communities in the greater Washington, DC, area through advocacy, workshops, and providing a safe space to be your authentic self. SaVanna Wanzer, the founder of Trans Pride, and May Is: All About Trans, has been intentional…
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I went to an all-boys Catholic high school in Northeast D.C. The school was a decent one. I learned a lot. Made friends. The monks tried to teach us to be kind and gentle. But it was also a hotbed of toxic masculinity. My best friend growing up is now a member of the alt-right….
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This is a realization about life that I have found through trans-ness, and that I would recommend to anyone: That we are all just making ourselves up, every single day, for ourselves and for others. That it is possible to write and rewrite yourself, to play and fuss and tweak, to sand and strip and…
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I spent my entire childhood and adolescence forgetting what my babysitter’s father had done to me in the late hours of Nickelodeon’s Spongebob reruns. But even though I repressed it, that experience came out in destructive ways. I explored sex too early. I became terrified of sex later. I hurt people, including a fiance and…
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On November 20, people worldwide recognized Trans Day of Remembrance. In honor of that day, we decided to focus on our trans and non-binary community this month. For a lighthearted piece, check out these queer, trans, and non-binary characters on TV that you don’t want to miss. And to both recognize those who have been…
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From #MayIsTrans to international marriage equality to one of the most sex positive series of the year, here’s what you missed in May.
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We don’t often talk about sex between trans people, but this non-binary trans woman outlines why it’s so important that we do.
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Have you ever been sexually fetishized because of your race or ethnicity? This month, Sexual + Being writers Demetrius Figueroa and Estefani Alarcon talked about what it’s like to be treated as someone’s “Latin lover.” (Spoiler alert: It’s not great.) Here’s what else we talked about this April! Follow us on IG and Twitter and…
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We all have that life-changing moment. His came courtesy of an English teacher and a drag legend named Venus.
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When we talk about HIV/AIDS prevention, are we including trans women and girls in the conversation?
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