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Domaine Javier, Transgender Student, Sues University That Expelled Her For ‘Fraud’

Domaine Javier has brought a lawsuit against California Baptist University in Riverside. Back in early 2011, Domaine Javier was on track to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a nurse. She had been accepted to California Baptist University’s nursing program with a pair of scholarships, one academic and one for music based on her audition for the [...]

Transgender advocate Janet Mock: ‘Be unapologetic for who you are’

JANET MOCK SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. PHOTO: TONY MEREVICK. “Growing up, I never thought I’d be in a room in front of people proclaiming I’m a trans woman. It was never part of my plans, necessarily, I was just living. …Each time I unapologetically stand in front of a room of people and proclaim [...]

Op-ed: Transgender Dinosaurs, Part Deux: The Revenge of Judith Butler

We’re in a changing-of-the-guard moment where being transgender is more celebrated than feared. It was Gender Trouble and other writing by Judith Butler that first ignited my thinking about gender and made me believe a transgender politics that transcended both the binary and the demands of cis-gendered people was possible. There was a period of about three [...]

TRANSGENRES | DROITS « Absurdité », dit une psychologue

Une opération chirurgicale peut sauver la vie de personnes transsexuelles qui ne peuvent pas exprimer leur identité autrement, explique-t-elle. Mais «chaque parcours est unique. L’État ne peut pas exiger cette opération», insiste Mme Susset, ajoutant que sur le plan des droits de l’homme, «ça laisse à désirer». Ces opérations chirurgicales ne sont pas sans risque et [...]

Ontario Transgender Law: Birth Certificate Change All That’s Needed To Switch Gender

TORONTO – People who live as the opposite sex in Ontario can now change their gender on their birth certificates without first undergoing sex-change surgery. New rules that have recently come into effect allow transgender people born in the province to apply to have the document amended by submitting a letter from a practising physician [...]

Prodigal Sons

Prodigal Sons 2008 Debut filmmaker Kimberly Reed addresses issues of identity, sexual orientation, childhood trauma, and family love as she returns to her small Montana hometown for her high school reunion, and attempts a long overdue reconciliation with her estranged adopted brother. As intense sibling rivalries come into focus and startling revelations emerge (including a [...]

Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen

Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen 2008 Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen is brought to life by the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Preachers, teachers, students and activists educate us simply by making their presence known. Each man brings a colorful and complex richness as he describes his relationship to [...]

Red Without Blue

Red Without Blue 2007 The intimate bond between two identical twin brothers is challenged when one decides to transition from male to female; this is the story of their evolving relationship, and the resurrection of their family from a darker past.

XXY

XXY 2007 Alex, une adolescente de 15 ans, a un secret : elle est hermaphrodite. Peu après sa naissance, ses parents décident de quitter Buenos Aires pour s’installer sur la côte uruguayenne, dans une maison de bois perdue dans les dunes. XXY commence avec l’arrivée d’un couple d’amis venus de Buenos Aires, accompagnés d’Alvaro, leur [...]

Girl Inside

Girl Inside 2007 At the age of 25, Madison is preparing to become a new person: the woman she’s always wanted — and knows she was meant — to be. This intimate journey of transformation and self-discovery evolves over three years, from pre-op transexuality to full female identification. From hormones that bring on female puberty [...]