“Do you hate your body?” and other things adults asked me a lot when I was seventeen. I grew into the fullness of my gender in central Alabama as a young, weird femme. Weird as in pop punk messy, as in giant scarves-as-hairbows and tattered hightops, as in lipstick and eyeliner that competed over which was […]
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#transTRUTH was the first selfie campaign we ran, kicking off our TRUTH program — and continuing even now under the #transTRUTH hashtag. This campaign asks transgender youth from across the nation to take up space online and share a selfie of themselves. All you have to do is take a selfie with your name, pronouns,
Remember that queer and transgender people have always been the fiercest of survivors. We will rise…we have already proven our insurmountable strength. – National and CA TRans yoUTH (TRUTH) Councils On June 12, inside the Latinx-themed night at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, 49 LGBTQ people fell victim to one of the worst mass shootings in
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A response from the National TRUTH Council Last Friday, the Obama administration stood behind a letter, addressed to every public school district throughout the nation, offering guidance in supporting transgender students. As young transgender students ourselves, we heard him. As young transgender people with access to social media, we also hear everyone else (including those
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