In The Lilac People, my debut novel about trans people in Weimar Berlin and Nazi Germany, I have a side character so small, they’re downright tertiary. Dora Richter has no speaking role, nor does she have any impact on the plot. And yet she’s included because she’s important, and she was real.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-05-09 11:10:00 UTC ]
I had begun to conceive this essay after rereading a magazine interview I’d done months prior. The interview was about my then new book of short stories A Dream of a Woman, and the interviewer had asked me about community. I’m a trans woman, and specifically the interviewer asked about community... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-11-07 09:30:36 UTC ]
‘When I’m advocating for trans people and trans rights, I’m advocating from a place of real experience,’ the ‘AHS’ star told Fast Company. Actor, founder, and activist Angelica Ross first broke out as a performer. On-screen she made history as the first female transgender actress to secure two... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2021-09-30 09:55:09 UTC ]
The Day faced legal action from author after implying that her comments on gender harmed trans peopleA news website aimed at British schoolchildren has agreed to pay an unsubstantiated amount after it implied that JK Rowling’s comments on gender caused harm to trans people.The Day, which is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-23 16:33:19 UTC ]