Transgender

Vanity Fair's Twitter page shows its July cover with Caitlyn Jenner. The issue and photo shoot had to be planned in secret.

Behind The Camera: How 'Vanity Fair' Got Its 'Call Me Caitlyn' Cover

6:31pm June 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

The issue with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover had many people talking before it even hit newsstands. Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter says the story took months of secret planning.

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Ruby Corado, second from right, and Selena Cruz whip their hair around playfully while joking with Lazema Mills, left, and Giselle Gartzog, right, at Casa Ruby, a drop-in and service center for transgender people in Washington, D.C. Through the center, Co

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Trans In Transition: Finding Friends And Community In D.C.

12:42am June 07, 2015

by Pam Fessler

While doing a profile of a transgender activist in Washington, D.C., NPR's Pam Fessler heard some touching personal stories from trans women trying to adapt to their new lives.

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"Over the moon excited, terrified, scared, emotional," is how Jetta'Mae Carlisle says she felt before her surgery.

What It's Like To Choose Transgender Sex Reassignment Surgery

4:54pm June 02, 2015

by Meredith Rizzo

There are many different ways to be transgender. For some people that includes sex reassignment surgery. A young filmmaker follows two people who made that choice through their year of transition.

In The Hospital, There's No Such Thing As A Lesbian Knee

2:59pm June 01, 2015

by Kelli Dunham

People in the LGBT community often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. But the problems aren't unique to them. Doesn't everyone want to have a doctor call them by their preferred name?

Ruby Corado runs Casa Ruby, a drop-in and service center for transgender people in Washington, D.C. Through the center, Corado helps people find housing, medical care and get food. Corado also has two 22 beds in transitional housing for transgender adults

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Casa Ruby Is A 'Chosen Family' For Trans People Who Need A Home

8:06pm May 27, 2015

by Pam Fessler

After becoming homeless and jobless following her transition to being a woman, Ruby Corado got her act together, and now helps others facing similar challenges. "We have a family here," she says.

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News

Local Transgender Activist Sees Hope In Jenner Interview

9:29am April 30, 2015

The ratings are in and the ABC interview with Bruce Jenner about his transition to a woman was the highest-rated television show of last week. Among those watching was Liam Hooper.

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Aydian Dowling is currently leading the annual "Ultimate Guy" contest held by Men's Health magazine. If he wins, he will be the first trans man to appear on the cover.

Transgender Man Leads 'Men's Health' Cover Model Contest

6:49pm April 19, 2015

by NPR Staff

Aydian Dowling is leading the popular vote by a landslide in the magazine's annual "Ultimate Guy" contest. If he wins the judges' round, he'd be the first trans man ever on the magazine's cover.

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Michaela leans on her mother, Dee, while talking to Dr. Karin Selva about puberty suppression.

Puberty Suppression Now A Choice For Teens On Medicaid In Oregon

8:33am April 06, 2015

by Kristian Foden-Vencil

Medicaid in Oregon now pays for medication to suppress puberty in teens who may want to change their gender. Oregon officials decided the benefits outweigh possible trade-offs of stopping puberty.

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People gather at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 2013 to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community of Russia.

World News

He, She Or Hen? Sweden's New Gender-Neutral Pronoun

4:03pm March 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The latest edition of the official dictionary of the Swedish language contains a new pronoun among its 13,000 new words — hen, to go along with he (han) and she (hon).

When Alexis Paige lost her job, she was afraid she would have to discontinue her estrogen treatments. That can't happen now under the Oregon Health Plan.

In Oregon, Medicaid Now Covers Transgender Medical Care

2:17pm January 12, 2015

by Kristian Foden-Vencil

The Oregon Health Plan just started covering the cost of reassignment surgery and hormone therapy for transgender people. Oregon joins a handful of states that provide such coverage through Medicaid.

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