TRUTH is rooted in using media and storytelling as methods of liberation, challenging what stories exists to become what stories we need. Our campaigns, organized by the national and regional TRUTH councils, tackle different topics through the lens of media organizing. We work to prioritize the stories of communities within the bigger transgender community who have historically been silenced by mainstream organizing. TRUTH is intentional about centering Black trans folks, femme trans youth, disabled trans individuals and all folks who are at the margins, within the marginalized. How can we share our stories to create change?
“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,
