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 [...]
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‘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 »
Ask Matt: Is There Male Privilege Within the Trans Community?
Posted in Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged assimilation, books, community, gender roles, trans men, trans women on October 31, 2011 | 34 Comments »
A reader writes: “My question came to me when I read your interview with Nick Krieger. The book is my launching pad but it’s general enough that I didn’t want to derail the thread by asking there. I think it’s great that Nick’s book is getting such good reviews, and it sounds like an excellent [...]
‘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, [...]
In the Beginning: My First Trans Support Group
Posted in Information, Teeny Weenies Excerpts, tagged being trans, books, community, gender identity, masculinity, transition on August 22, 2011 | 22 Comments »
Since we recently talked about trans support groups (if you missed that discussion, I invite you to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), I thought that, in addition to today’s Ask Matt (see the post below), I would offer up an excerpt from my book-in-the-works. I present this experience in the hope that [...]
Ask Matt: Coming Out When People Don’t Have a Clue
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, tagged books, coming out, transition, transphobia, transsexual on August 15, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A reader writes: “I have a hard time coming out as trans to people. I would rather be called by female pronouns and the wrong name than deal with the awkwardness of the conversation and all of the explanations I’m afraid I’m going to have to make. “Part of the problem is that I have [...]
Ask Matt: Five ‘If You’re Thinking About Transition’ Tips
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, tagged books, gender identity, transgender, transition, transsexual on July 21, 2010 | 19 Comments »
So you’re thinking about transition? In response to an “Ask Matt” query (thank you for your kind words, reader), I present five “if you’re thinking about transition” tips. 1. You’re on no one’s time frame but your own. All the things you read, all the people you meet, well-meaning advice from others, and even your [...]
‘Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect’
Posted in Information, Observations, tagged being trans, books, Loren Cameron, trans men, transition on June 3, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’m now officially a trans elder — or maybe I just feel like one. A new book is out this month from Wilgefortis Press called Letters For My Brothers: Transitional Wisdom in Retrospect, and I’m honored to be one of the contributors. The book “features essays from respected transmen mentors who share the wisdom they [...]
My Life in Six Words: A Six-Word Memoir
Posted in Information, tagged books, six-word memoir, transition on February 8, 2010 | 16 Comments »
It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, the new six-word memoir book, is out from Smith Magazine, and I’m in it — which sounds special, but there are almost 1,000 six-word memoirs in this very compact paperback, including by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Quince Mountain. There may be [...]
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It’s OK to be a ‘Princess Boy’ or a ‘Princess Girl’
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged books, family, femininity, gender expression, identity, masculinity, television on January 13, 2011 | 18 Comments »
“Princess Boy” Dyson Kilodavis and his parents have been making the rounds on blogs, news programs, and talk shows, and responses have, as usual, been mixed. Dyson came to everyone’s attention when his mother, Cheryl, released a nonfiction book, My Princess Boy, about a four-year-old boy who prefers “princess-type” clothes and other adornments generally reserved [...]
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