David Archuleta: "It's Beautiful to Be a Sexual Human Being"
The American Idol alum on coming out, unlearning shame, and why he's talking about PrEP in the communities that need it most.
"Less proving. More knowing.": Monroe Alise on craft, community, and coming into her own
The actor and "I'm Clockable" Queen returned as Isis for the final season of The Chi, and arrives at a version of herself she doesn't yet have words for.
"After all, art is political": Catching up with Johnny Montanez
The creator on getting banned from Meta, losing his cousin, finding his sexuality, and why he stopped pretending content was a side hustle.
"My body is not a sin": Rain Batingana on being cast as a melting statue of Jesus
Artist Cosimo Cavallaro cast trans model Rain Batingana as a life-size chocolate Jesus. On May 17, the world watches her dissolve. She wouldn't have it any other way.
Beyond Day of Visibility: How Transgender District's Breonna McCree is building hope and empowerment
As Co-Executive Director of the Transgender District in San Francisco, the world’s first legally recognized district, Breonna McCree has spent her career building the kind of infrastructure that visibility rhetoric consistently promises and rarely delivers.
The House that built itself: Jahnell Butler on ballroom, motherhood, and legacy
Jahnell Butler–Mother Chanel, director of trans services, and one of ballroom’s living legends–on legacy, chosen family, and what it means to show up for your children.
The country woke up to Kansas. Merrique Jenson never slept.
As the only executive director running a trans organization across three deeply red states, Merrique Jenson isn't interested in your outrage. She's interested in your resources, your platform, and you
The U.S. military kicked her out. Miss International Queen USA gets her now.
Altesse Aurum gave the U.S. military 12 years, that is, until they made her stop. Now she's Miss Georgia, bound for Miss International Queen USA, and done waiting for the world to catch up.
Hope Giselle is not ‘Your Average Girl’–and she’s done accepting average narratives
The activist and filmmaker on dismantling the “pipeline” story of Black trans womanhood, and why inspiration without infrastructure is not enough.
