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6:24

Jackson Bird

How to talk (and listen) to transgender people

Posted Nov 2017

13:44

LB Hannahs

What it's like to be a transgender dad

Posted May 2018

31:53

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

The Trans Ban

Posted Feb 2021

14:25

Kristie Overstreet

What doctors should know about gender identity

Posted Oct 2018

16:08

Schuyler Bailar

My story of perseverance as a trans swimming champion

Posted Feb 2019

4:21

Lee Mokobe

A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

Posted Jun 2015

16:53

Norman Spack

How I help transgender teens become who they want to be

Posted Apr 2014

10:11

Jenna Weiner

Reimagining gender inclusivity in sports

Posted Mar 2019

10:43

Ashley Clift-Jennings

Have you met your soulmate?

Posted Feb 2023

12:28

Hari Nef

The aesthetics of survival

Posted Jun 2020

6:14

Samy Nour Younes

A short history of trans people's long fight for equality

Posted Mar 2019

4:48

Jawad Sharif

3 stories of Pakistani resilience, told in film

Posted Feb 2023

17:07

Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan

A queer vision of love and marriage

Posted Dec 2016

15:19

D-L Stewart

Scenes from a Black trans life

Posted Jul 2020

13:12

Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams

The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption

Posted Jan 2019

14:23

Paula Stone Williams

What my gender transition taught me about womanhood

Posted Mar 2022

10:51

France Villarta

The gender-fluid history of the Philippines

Posted Mar 2020

15:25

Paula Stone Williams

I've lived as a man and as a woman — here's what I've learned

Posted Dec 2017

17:12

Jo Michael Rezes

A playful exploration of gender performance

Posted Nov 2020

13:14

Archie Crowley

Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Posted Mar 2021

11:50

Ivan Coyote

Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms

Posted Feb 2016

13:16

Nicole Maines

The trans story includes you

Posted Sep 2021

9:59

Geena Rocero

Why I must come out

Posted Mar 2014

18:18

iO Tillett Wright

Fifty shades of gay

Posted Jan 2013

12:52

Karissa Sanbonmatsu

The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain

Posted Jan 2019

11:50

Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols

This is what LGBT life is like around the world

Posted Nov 2015

21:04

Martine Rothblatt

My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality

Posted May 2015

5:49

Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile

How I'm bringing queer pride to my rural village

Posted Jun 2018

6:18

Kate Stone

The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story

Posted Sep 2018

8:29

Becca McCharen-Tran

Fashion that celebrates all body types — boldly and unapologetically

Posted Oct 2019

10:23

Alexandria Holder

The duality of labels – and how to use them for good

Posted Sep 2021

7:47

Lindsay Amer

Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality

Posted Jun 2019

10:22

Morgana Bailey

The danger of hiding who you are

Posted Jan 2015

5:13

Emmanuel During

What causes sleepwalking?

Posted Oct 2022

8:25

Lloyd Treinish

This weather forecasting model is actually accurate

Posted Feb 2018

9:37

Kayvon Tehranian

How NFTs are building the internet of the future

Posted Oct 2021