Transgender
Trans Kids and TV Sensationalism
Last month, In the Life released “Becoming Me,” a look at real-life experiences of eight families with transgender and gender-nonconforming children. While mainstream media coverage […]
Equality Forum Celebrates 20 Years
Equality Forum celebrates its 20th anniversary this year when events officially kick off May 3 – 6 in Philadelphia. Looking back on the last 20 […]
WATCH: Transgender in America
MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry tackled transgender life in a special segment of her eponymous show this past weekend with guests including Mara Keisling of the National Center for […]
The Impact of Voter IDs
This November, nine states – including Pennsylvania – will be faced with what really happens when voter IDs are required at the polls. And for […]
SEPTA Says Goodbye to Transpass IDs
After a lengthy grassroots campaign by Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE), SEPTA said yesterday that it would remove gender stickers from all monthly transit passes […]
Is Urban Outfitters Transphobic?
“Jack and Jill, Went up the Hill, So Jack could see Jill’s fanny, But Jack got a shock, And an eyeful of cock, Because Jill […]
What We Love: Outside the Frame
Deen is a Brooklyn-based performance artist who, like Cher or Madonna, is known on a first name basis. These days, audiences can find him in […]
Queer, Young and Bullied
A new report about “Being LGBT in the 21st Century” shows some sobering statistics about what it means to be young and LGBT today in […]
Here’s the Blitz
In 2007 – at the age of 22 – upon graduating college in Philadelphia, I moved to Jersey City, N.J., to begin my career as […]
Transgender on the Pageant Circuit
Whether you’re in favor of pageants – or not – the fact that Miss Universe disqualified a contender because she’s transgender has us scratching our […]
Will SEPTA End Gender IDs?
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown introduced a resolution calling on SEPTA to end the practice of placing gender identification stickers on transpasses. The longstanding policy was […]
Parents of Trans Kids Speak Out
This week, In the Life Media debuted a web-exclusive “It Gets Better” video featuring parents of transgender kids – the first of its kind. In […]
V-Day Philly Kicks Off
Last year, more than 5,800 V-Day events were held around the world to bring attention to violence against women. In Philly this year, the LGBT […]
Transphobia and Violence
After a transgender women was brutally stabbed last week in our nation’s capital, it was announced just a day later that she died as the […]
Growing Up Transgender
Krystal Summers is from Laurel, Miss. And while that may seem like a far cry from Philadelphia, her story is a universal one about learning […]