On Sunday, March 2nd, the 97th Oscars took place. All eyes were on Emilia Pérez’ lead Karla Sofía Gascón, as she became the first transgender woman to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress. In this musical/thriller film, Karla’s character is a Mexican drug lord who transitions into a transgender woman, Emilia Pérez. Living in […]
Read More Breaking barriers: transgender representation in filmIn a world that is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of inclusivity and acceptance, the Vatican, a symbol of tradition and authority within the Catholic Church, is embarking on a transformative journey. This journey involves reevaluating its stance on transgender individuals, striving to create a more welcoming environment for everyone, regardless of their gender […]
Read More The Vatican’s Steps Towards Transgender InclusivityBackground: As most of you may not know, this past week was transgender awareness week! Transgender awareness week serves as a time to raise awareness about the issues faced by transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, as well as to advocate for their rights and visibility. As the week is ending, we also have TDoR which is […]
Read More challenges faced by transgender people of colorCo-authored by nonbinarybarbie, dogmama18, womanlywords26 LOCAL A white supremacists group had shown face over a weekend in Mid-September. The members went to a neighborhood in Harrisonburg, known as Old Town. The properties in Old Town house a bunch of our JMU faculty and staff members. They had dropped leaflets randomly and weighed them down with […]
Read More Newsroom roundupAccording to the National Center for Transgender Equality, transgender people are people “whose gender identity is different from the gender they were believed to be at birth.” They explain how most people who were labeled as either a male or a female are most likely to continue to carry this gender identity throughout their lives, […]
Read More Transgender IndivIduals’ BARriers to health careThe first thing that happens when you are born is being assigned a “gender”. If you are born a male, the societal expectation is you will grow up to be a “masculine man” and vice versa for females. Yet for some people, it is not this simple because that is not how they wish to […]
Read More FabulousnessSo as some of you may have heard, Virginia’s Governor Glenn Youngkin has introduced a policy that requires schools to categorize transgender children by their ‘biological sex” and ban students from using different pronouns without their parent’s permission. Now first let me say, no I am not a part of the LGBTQ+ community, but I […]
Read More Let Them Be FreeI personally identify as a straight cisgender female which I know in itself is a privilege in our society. I have two siblings who identify as non-binary and they do not get the same respect as I do. Both of my siblings use they/them pronouns and have another name they choose to go by. I […]
Read More It’s Always “Be Yourself” Until Who You Are Isn’t Someone They Agree With.Picture this. It is November 2019 and Boston Pride, an LGBTQ+ hockey team, takes to New York City to play in a game against the New York City Gay Hockey Association. Now the story really begins when Greg Sargent, Boston Pride’s team president, began to chat with a member of the New York team, Aidan […]
Read More A place in the gameThe healthcare system in the United States has many flaws and affects so many people. One group of individuals that gets mistreated in the healthcare system is trans people. I don’t identify as transgender, so I can’t speak of personal experiences I have had or the feelings and personal struggles that they have to deal […]
Read More The healthcare system has failed the trans community
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