Let’s talk about Stonewall. Because you talk for a decent amount of time in your special about how much you respect “The Stonewall Gays,” a group of people who seem to live in your mind as a bunch of men who fought the police and won their freedom (maybe you watched the whitewashed film about it from a few years ago). The thing is, Stonewall only happened because of Black transgender women ..read more

It wasn’t easy being the most powerful being on the planet. At least, it wouldn’t be for anyone else. For Krenduun, it came quite naturally ..read more

You know how some people believe that the universe is literally testing us? Like, once we believe we've accomplished something or overcome a personal emotional hurdle, the world will throw you a challenge, or a test, to see if you've actually overcome it? I never believed that to be the case... but I do have some pretty strong evidence to support the hypothesis ..read more

Looking back, it's honestly unbelievable the number of things I was told as a young boy that were, at best, horrible advice, and at worst, actual dangerous and predatory behavior....Identifying as female has completely changed the way I think about sex yet again ..read more

This was a weird year, but that doesn't mean we didn't get a number of films that are worth bringing with us as we leave 2020 in the dust ..read more

Long before I'd heard the word "transgender," I was a kid who loved Animorphs. In 4th grade, for the first time, I imagined myself transforming not into an animal's body, but into the body of a female classmate... I'd never felt so complete ..read more

the presence of trans people in our media has allowed trans existence to become normalized. We're no longer a quiet secret, lurking in the shadows, ready to trick you into falling in love with us, and people have generally begun to accept that trans people exist as a part of the vast tapestry that makes up humanity...Allowing trans characters to exist, even if the portrayals aren't accurate or positive, forces people who likely don't know a trans person in real life to share space with us ..read more

My question is this: if we're taking down episodes of old tv shows that we now know are incredibly racist, why the hell is Star Trek's "Code of Honor" still on Netflix ..read more

"Because I have a penis, I was seen as male, and it was expected of me to play sports. Failure to live up to the masculine expectations of my parents would result in mockery, insults, or grounding, if not physical abuse. So I tried my very best to do what was expected of me ..read more

On its surface, the premise of "The Naked Now" is a good one: the entire crew is affected by something that makes them behave as though they are drunk...but the script divides its characters down a gender line: the women are stupid, incapable, horny, and serve no plot function, while the male characters resist their urges and solve literally everything ..read more