Tag: Kim Petras

The Week In Trans 7/13/20

| Jul 13, 2020 | Reply

Today we learn a trans model graces the cover of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue. Oregon offers a non-binary ID option. MasterCard extends True Name to Europe. TLDEF and a coalition of other organizations sue the administration over its move to undermine the ACA. Several more trans women of color are murdered. One missing trans woman is found. Boulder, Colorado opens a shelter for women, trans women and non-binary people. Nicole Maines counts her blessings. Halle Berry announces she’s playing a trans man in an upcoming film and blowback causes her to give up the part. Trans kid Kai Shappley gets a role in a Netflix show playing a trans kid. Kim Petras promotes a program that gives young trans people ID that will let them vote. A gay porn actor wins a drag contest. More kerfuffle over J.K. Rowling’s cosiness with TERFs. The Netherlands is adding LGBTQ protections to its constitution. There’s all that and a lot more plus a few TWIT Awards in this edition of TWIT!

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TransTainment!

| Jun 1, 2020 | Reply

TransTainment is all the news about transgender people in show business. Whether trans actors, or trans characters we cover it in TransTainment. Along with transgender musicians and singers, and television stars. Today we have news about Kim Petras’s new pandemic isolation video for her song “Malibu’, the story of how Richard E. Grant suffered in his custom heels to portray a drag queen, a trans woman character in a Mexican NetFlix show, and more!

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The Week In Trans 12/24/18

| Dec 24, 2018 | Reply

What do we learn In The Week In Trans today? Ryan Cassata has a Christmas video for you. A trans inmate will be given gender confirmation surgery. Two trans women will take their seats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. A study has found couples with one trans partner have trouble finding housing. Lynn Conway delivers the University of Michigan commencement address. The GoFundMe campaign to buy ladders to go over The Wall was thought up by a trans woman. Teen Vogue has a feature on seven trans teens. There’s a boy band called Ladyboy that’s composed of trans boys. Meet the first transgender mariachi. Is the world ready for a transgender 007? There’s all that and more plus a few TWIT Awards waiting for you in this edition of TWIT!

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The Week In Trans 2/26/18

| Feb 26, 2018 | Reply

Time for The Week In Trans! Today we learn that there is a nation wide organization working on a positive image for trans kids. We also learn there are Christian conservatives trying to oppress trans kids. FtM wrestler Mack Beggs just won another girl’s wrestling title. The Secretary of Defense delivered recommendations on trans soldiers to the president. San Francisco gets a new trans advisory board and their sheriff announces a trans policy for prisoners. A trans woman runs for the office of governor in Vermont. Daniela Vega will be an Oscar presenter. Australia has its first trans priest. Trans kids are joining the Boy Scouts in Pakistan. Kim Petras, the trans pop singer from Germany, is a rising star in the U. S. market. There’s all that and a lot more waiting for you in TWIT! And don’t forget the TWIT Awards!

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Trans Media Arts! That’s Entertainment!

| Aug 21, 2017 | Reply

Trans people and themes in entertainment and the arts! That’s the beat that our Amanda F. Steele covers for TGF. Today she has news about the young transgender woman who is breaking into pop star territory — Kim Petras. Ms. Petras has a brand new single that is racking up listens on Spotify and you can listen to it in Amanda’s post. Then she discusses an artist who creates trans versions of Disney characters; tells us about research that shows movies and TV shows that feature trans characters is helping to create a positive image for the trans community. There’s all those stories and more in Trans Media Arts!

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