The First Time I Knew I Was Other
The first time I knew I was Other, I was in second grade. I had never heard the word “fag.” I didn’t know what this meant, and at the age of 8, […]
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What Every Transgender Should Know About Media Representation
Like other transgender people, I’ve been grateful to see the positive media representation over the past few weeks since Diane Sawyer’s interview with Bruce Jenner. The very next morning, the Chicago
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Michelle Obama’s Story as “Other” in Tuskegee Commencement Speech
In her commencement address at Tuskegee University, Michelle Obama spoke of being held to a different standard during the time that President Obama was running for office in 2008. My
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Ariana Miyamoto: Japan’s Biracial Beauty Queen’s Story as “Other”
Ariana Miyamoto will be representing Japan in the Miss Universe pageant. Tall and strikingly beautiful in that way that women who win national beauty pageant tend to be, Ariana nonetheless
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Radical Respect in Response to the Garland Shooting
In Garland, Texas on Sunday evening, two gunmen were killed in a shooting, following their attack on a cartoon event that centered around depictions of the prophet Mohammad. The American
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Reflections on Bruce Jenner: Sister, You’ve Been on My Mind
Bruce Jenner is one of us. Most specifically, I speak of her as a transgender woman whom I now call my sister. She needs us as much as we need
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Bullying in Childhood Stays With Us
Childhood bullying takes many forms. We tend to think and talk of it as a phenomenon that happens in schools; which is of course often true, but not always. Bullying
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