Mariette Pathy Allen has been photographing the transgender community for almost 50 years. Through her artistic practice, she has been a pioneering force in gender consciousness, contributing to numerous cultural and academic publications about gender variance and lecturing worldwide. From June 1 to July 30, Culture Lab LIC in NY will celebrate Mariette’s work … Continue reading
Up until about seven years ago actress Marlo Bernier was known as Mark. Marlo is transgender, and having completed her transition from male to female, she has stories to tell about her journey. And that’s what she intends to do in a new TV dramedy series called Myrna that she has created and co-written. Bernier … Continue reading
Next month MASTERCARD, in a long overdue move, will allow members of the trans community at some banks to update the names on their debit cards to match their genders, even if they haven’t obtained a legal name change. It’s a development that they created with the advice and support of GLAAD. Mastercard said … Continue reading
Across the Pond in the land of my birth we were used to a whole stream of Daffyd Thomas up and down the country claiming to be the ‘only gay in the Village’ but last month we saw that changing with a few British towns that are no more than a map reference to most … Continue reading
For the past two years New York award-winning celebrity photographer Mark Seliger has been taking photographs that tell the stories of transgender people who live in his West Village neighborhood. Seliger said he would approach people he met on the street with a very simple pitch: “I’m working on a body of work and a … Continue reading