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CultureTrans men in history: the lives behind the firstsFrom a soldier of the Spanish Empire to a Brazilian writer whose name is on a gender identity bill: eight lives, told only as far as the sources allow.
CultureBi Visibility Day: its history, and bi trans and non-binary livesEvery 23 September since 1999. Who started it, why bi people still get read as straight or gay, and what that looks like when you are also trans or non-binary.
CultureCompton's Cafeteria riot: the trans uprising before StonewallIn August 1966, trans women and drag queens fought back against the police in a San Francisco cafeteria. Nobody wrote it down at the time. Here is what is known, and what is not.
CultureParis Is Burning: the film, the people and the ballroom sceneA documentary about New York's drag balls in the late 1980s that took voguing, reading and shade to the wider world, and has been loved and argued about ever since.
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CulturePride outfit ideas: flag colours, comfort and safetyOutfits built on the trans, non-binary, genderfluid and other flags, from head-to-toe to barely there, plus what to pack for a long, hot day.
CultureTrans anime characters: who is canon and who is fan-readFrom Wandering Son to Skip and Loafer: which anime characters are trans or non-binary, how we know, and which portrayals come with a warning.
CultureTrans Awareness Week: dates, history and how to take partEvery year from 13 to 19 November, the week before Trans Day of Remembrance. What it is for, why its origins are hazy, and how to take part without being out.
CultureTrans Day of Remembrance: its history and how to take partEvery 20 November, vigils read aloud the names of trans people killed in the past year. Where the day came from, what the lists miss, and how to take part while looking after yourself.
CultureLGBTQ+ awareness days: a month-by-month calendarThe LGBTQ+ days, weeks and months worth knowing if you are trans or non-binary: when they fall, who started them, and which ones are really only American or British.
CultureNational Coming Out Day: its history and what it means11 October, since 1988. Where the day came from, how it spread, and why, for trans and non-binary people, coming out is never just one day.
CultureLGBTQ+ History Month: when it is, and trans history to knowOctober in the US, February in the UK, other months elsewhere. Where the month comes from, and ten moments of trans history worth knowing.
CultureLGBTQ+ symbols: what ⚧, the triangles and the lambda meanThe signs that came before, and alongside, the flags: where the transgender symbol, the pink and black triangles, the lambda and the green carnation come from, and which are still used.
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CultureBooks by trans and non-binary authors worth readingNovels, memoir, history, poetry, comics and young adult books by trans and non-binary writers, including books first written in six other languages.
CultureNon-binary names: gender-neutral names and their meaningsNames used for any gender, from Rowan to Temitope, with their origins and meanings, how people choose one, and which names are shared in six countries.
CultureHow to choose a new name, and how to try it outWhere to find a name, how to test it somewhere that doesn't matter, how to tell people, and what to do if it stops fitting. Plus a long list to start from.
CultureAndrogynous style: haircuts and clothesA look that mixes masculine and feminine codes, or steps around them: the haircuts to ask for, the clothes that do the work, and why no body owns it.
CultureChristine Jorgensen: the ex-GI whose transition made headlines in 1952In December 1952 a New York newspaper turned a young American's transition into a sensation. What Christine Jorgensen did with the attention mattered more.
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CultureLili Elbe: the painter behind The Danish GirlA Danish painter who became one of the first people to undergo gender-affirming surgery, and whose story was later told, and retold, by others.
CultureSylvia Rivera: the activist who would not be quietedA Latina trans activist from New York who fought for the people the gay rights movement of her time was happy to leave behind.
CultureMarsha P. Johnson: who she was, and what the P stood forA Black activist, performer and fixture of New York's streets, whose generosity is remembered as clearly as her activism.
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