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Maharashtra Election: Meet Shameebha Patil, the lone transgender candidate — ‘My gender is being targeted’
1 month ago

Maharashtra Election: Meet Shameebha Patil, the lone transgender candidate — ‘My gender is being targeted’

Live Mint  

Shameebha Bhanudas Patil is the lone transgender candidate in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections. Meet Shameebha Bhanudas Patil Shameebha Patil has been a member of the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi since 2019. "My candidacy will help change society's attitude towards transgenders, as it gives me a platform to speak on their behalf and advocate for their rights," Patil was quoted by news …

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How Nikki Hiltz is making running more inclusive for LGBTQ people
2 years, 1 month ago

How Nikki Hiltz is making running more inclusive for LGBTQ people

CNN  

CNN — Running in the quiet, in those spaces between footsteps when both feet are in mid-air and flying for a millisecond, Nikki Hiltz figured out their gender identity. “I’ve only ever gotten support and love from my competitors when it comes to my gender and sexuality, and I just knew that it was going to be such an easy …

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How paranoia over trans rights became catnip for QAnon and the far right
2 years, 5 months ago

How paranoia over trans rights became catnip for QAnon and the far right

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “In a moment when those groups are hyper-visible …

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As A Sex Worker, I Made A Living Off Femininity. Then I Started Questioning My Gender.
3 years, 1 month ago

As A Sex Worker, I Made A Living Off Femininity. Then I Started Questioning My Gender.

Huff Post  

Alina555 via Getty Images I’ve never been able to fit neatly into a box: I’m bisexual, polyamorous, disabled, a sex worker — and recently I came out as nonbinary, after realizing that the negative feelings I had been having toward my body were gender dysphoria. I didn’t want to perform femininity for anyone again ― even if it meant I …

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I'll Always be Attracted to Men But My Gender Identity is Not Just Male: Sushant Divgikar
3 years, 11 months ago

I'll Always be Attracted to Men But My Gender Identity is Not Just Male: Sushant Divgikar

News 18  

Model-actor Sushant Divgikar has confessed that he is gender fluid. So I guess, I had to just come out and tell you all how I felt.” Divgikar is a popular drag personality and has appeared and performed as Rani Ko-He-nur on stage during live shows. In drag, a man — gay, straight, transgender or bisexual — can perform as a …

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I Lie To All My Health Care Providers About My Gender Identity
4 years, 6 months ago

I Lie To All My Health Care Providers About My Gender Identity

Huff Post  

Rostislav_Sedlacek via Getty Images It started in September 2018. Since then, I still haven’t told any health care provider here in North Carolina about my gender identity — and none of them have asked. At least when I don’t tell them about my gender, I won’t potentially be denied care like so many trans people are. A 2016 study of …

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I've Decided To Come Out To The World As Genderfluid After Nearly Dying From COVID-19
4 years, 6 months ago

I've Decided To Come Out To The World As Genderfluid After Nearly Dying From COVID-19

Huff Post  

The author in June 2020 Courtesy of Mike Miksch I had a mild case of COVID-19 until my cat turned green. I came to realize I was non-binary ― specifically genderfluid, meaning I variously identify as male, female, and every point in between ― relatively late in my life, when my career and family life had already calcified around me …

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