There Is No Entrance Exam for Womanhood
Sometimes the hardest person to convince that you belong is yourself. A personal reflection on missed girlhood, femininity, gender expression and learning…
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Under The Rainbow: Sometimes the Bravest Thing You Can Do Is Have an Ordinary Day
Sometimes the most meaningful day isn’t marked by headlines or history—it’s the day where nothing happens at all. After spending a summer…
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Under The Rainbow: Why the Perm Matters
Why does a perm matter so much? Because sometimes gender expression isn’t about performance — it’s about memory, identity, and reconnecting with…
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Mississippi School Reportedly Edited Trans Student’s Face, Deadnamed Him Publicly, Then Called It “Pride. Tradition. Excellence.”
A Mississippi school is facing backlash after allegedly editing a transgender salutatorian’s face, deadnaming him publicly, and excluding trans students from the…
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Under The Rainbow: The Time I Didn’t Run
Before I was out to the world, there was a salon in a dying New Jersey mall where I stopped feeling like…
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Federal Prisons Are Treating Trans Identity as Contraband
Federal prisons are reportedly confiscating gender-affirming items, banning pronouns, and cutting off hormone treatment for transgender inmates. Critics say the policy turns…
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Lauren Boebert Says Trans People Are “Erasing Women.” What She’s Really Erasing Is Reality.
Rep. Lauren Boebert sparked backlash after repeatedly deadnaming and misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride while claiming transgender women are “erasing women” in Congress.…
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They Want a Women’s History Museum—Just Not All Women
How exclusion politics could derail the Smithsonian’s long-awaited project—and why that’s the point WASHINGTON, D.C. — For decades, advocates have pushed for…
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They Left Us Out Before. Don’t Let Them Do It Again.
In 2007, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the House without transgender protections—and the Human Rights Campaign backed it. That history still matters…
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She Wanted the System to Hurt Trans People. Just Not Her.
Caitlyn Jenner supported political movements that restricted transgender rights. Now, as she pushes for an “F” on her passport, the consequences of…
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