An abundance of plastic surgery is not a net good. But discussions over its morality would be better off viewing it less as unfettered desire and more as self-determination.

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

Transitioning can be a long and difficult process, with judgment from family and society and decisions about surgery and hormone therapy complicating everything, but it’s all worth it when you can ...

Two transwomen – a 30-year-old graphic designer and a 25-year-old makeup artist – became the first patients to undergo voice ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. On “Blurring Time,” the title track to Bells Larsen’s latest album, listeners hear the song sway ...

For the first time in Australia, an independent committee is considering whether Medicare should fund gender-affirming surgery for trans adults (those aged 18 and over). Subscribe to our newsletter ...