Shawna Virago isn’t shy. This in-your-face singer and songwriter lets you know just what she’s thinking – about being trans, about being a woman, and about being Objectified. Her first CD is out now, and I hope there will be a second. As someone whose iTunes collection pretty much came out on vinyl first, I [...]
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‘Objectified’: An Interview with Singer/Songwriter Shawna Virago
Posted in Information, Interviews, tagged activism, being trans, community, identity, music, trans women on February 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
‘Transfigurations’: An Interview with Photographer Jana Marcus
Posted in Information, Interviews, News, tagged being trans, bodies, books, trans men, trans women, transition on January 12, 2012 | 8 Comments »
In 2003, photographer Jana Marcus started photographing and interviewing trans people for a small photo exhibit. She didn’t know at the time that the exhibit would grow into a major project, Transfigurations, that would travel to galleries around the country for several years and receive prestigious awards and universal praise. Transfigurations has recently been released [...]
‘Nina Here Nor There’: An Interview with Nick Krieger
Posted in Information, Interviews, News, tagged books, gender expression, gender identity, gender roles, identity, trans men, transition on October 27, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Travel writer Nick Krieger’s memoir, Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender, was released earlier this year to rave reviews, in part because it presented a side of gender experience that is usually absent in traditional trans narratives. The title reflects Krieger’s refusal to follow the Western binary-gender model that requires the adoption of [...]
Chaz Bono on ‘Dancing With The Stars’: Exclusive Tranifesto Interview
Posted in Information, Interviews, News, tagged books, Chaz Bono, television, trans men, transition on September 19, 2011 | 21 Comments »
We interrupt our regular blog programming to bring you this exclusive interview with Chaz Bono just before his debut on Dancing With The Stars – tonight, Monday, September 19, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. I was lucky enough to get to talk to Chaz by phone this weekend to find out about the big show, [...]

