Valentina Sampaio is making history once again: She’s reportedly the first openly transgender model to work with Victoria’s Secret. Sampaio broke the news herself on Instagram on Friday (July 2) by posting a pic of herself in a fluffy bathrobe: “Backstage click @vspink ??,” she captioned the photo, adding a string of hashtags: “#bastidores #new…
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In the two years since Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, there have been multiple efforts to roll back protections for transgender people in America. Shortly after his inauguration, language pertaining to LGBTQ communities and their issues were removed from the official White House Page. Last summer, he attempted to ban transgender…
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Nicole Maines is changing television forever tonight: On the CW’s season premiere of Supergirl, she’ll portray TV’s first transgender superhero Nia Nal, a.k.a Dreamer. In an interview with the New York Times ahead of her big debut, Maines talked about how excited she is to have landed the role and what her historic casting means…
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Nicole Maines made history as the plaintiff in Doe v. Clenchy, the Maine Supreme Court case that helped set a landmark precedent for allowing transgender people to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity. Now, the actress and activist is changing the game yet again: The CW just announced that she’ll join the cast…
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UPDATE July 6, 2018 at 10:35 A.M. ET: Scarlett Johansson‘s recent casting as a transgender man in the upcoming film Rub & Tug has re-sparked the debate about whether cisgender actors should play transgender characters. Many aren’t happy with Johansson’s involvement, including Trace Lysette and Jamie Clayton, two trans actors who discussed the issue on…
Read moreSeason 14 of Grey’s Anatomy is one of the show’s most progressive yet. You can see this best perhaps in the episode from two weeks ago, where Casey, an intern played by out trans actor Alex Blue Davis, revealed his gender identity to his co-workers. “I’m a proud trans man, Dr. Bailey,” Casey said in…
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