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CommentaryAleshia Brevard’s “The Woman I was Not Born to Be” is the best trans memoir I’ve encountered
“It was about who I was, about the boy I was presumed to be. I’d been subjected to all the traditional male training and none of it took.”
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Life50 years ago, an awful movie about a trans woman was Tom Selleck’s first role on the big screen
One of the stars said the flick “was made by people locked in their dressing rooms waiting for their lawyers to arrive.”
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LGBTQ HistoryReed Erickson was a trans man who bankrolled early LGBT movements
Fundraising is central to the LGBTQ movement today. But decades ago, several organizations depended on one trans man.
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LGBTQ HistoryRemembering transgender pioneer Christine Jorgensen
There was a media storm of coverage in the 1950’s after she transitioned.
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CommentaryDid you know there is an outdoor museum of LGBTQ history?
Chicago’s Legacy Walk teaches our history in a unique and fascinating manner.
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Commentary40 years after the ‘honeymoon murder of the transsexual bride’
No one attended the funeral for the unwanted bride whose body was dumped by the side of the interstate.
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LGBTQ HistoryLGBT History Month profile: Christine Jorgensen, transgender pioneer
Christine Jorgensen was the first nationally known transgender American. She used her fame to speak out on behalf of transgender people.
