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Rose Montoya - Coming Out Transgender | Coming Out Stories | Unite UK
I didn't grow up knowing about the LGBTQ+ community. For the longest time I thought the terms queer and gay were words used to belittle effeminate males. I didn't know the word transgender until I was a teenager. It took me a long time to figure myself out and feel comfortable with how I identify.
Community Stories: Phenomenal Woman
As we celebrate womxn this day, month, and all throughout our lives, we turned over the conversation to you, our Tomboys. Thank you to those who shared their story.
Trans Day Of Remembrance
A Forward from CEO Fran Dunaway: At TomboyX we honor our differences and believe in a #HumanAgenda to make the world more inclusive, accepting, and affirming place. Our hearts are broken by increasing violence towards and death of our siblings within the trans community. In 2018, there were 369 transgender or gender diverse people killed globally.
'I was told to 'man up' after being thrown into a dumpster. I believed I was an abomination.': Trans woman believed she'd 'go to hell' for transitioning, now feels 'worthy of happiness'
"'Can you leave? We are having girl chat.' I left and sat alone in the field. Teachers would laugh when I'd tell them I was being bullied. I cried and prayed to God, 'Please let me wake up and be a girl.' This is me. I am a woman."
This gay-owned, gender neutral clothing company is revolutionizing the underwear industry
Rainbow-themed laptop skins. Rainbow-themed sparkling water. Rainbow-themed mouthwash. It seems no matter where you look, scroll, or shop, there is no shortage of Pride-themed gear to get you through the month of June. But nothing shines quite so bright as TomboyX, a Seattle-based clothing company specializing in inclusive, gender neutral underwear.
33 Pride Products That Are ACTUALLY From Queer-Owned Businesses
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Shop These 9 Brands That Go Above and Beyond to Celebrate Queer People
Ah, Pride season, the annual time of year during which major brands and corporations suddenly remember that LGBTQ people live, breathe, and spend money. I jest- er, kind of. This year, support brands like these nine companies, all of which champion queer pride and inclusion in various ways (and not just during June.)
Celebrate Pride month and beyond with a rainbow of fashion options
Rainbow stripes can be seen in full bloom this month as the LGBTQ community - and its allies - continue to celebrate and make a statement about equality and inclusion. This year's Pride month is especially resonant as 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York, when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village.
TomboyX Just Launched Rainbow Pride Underwear That Goes Up To A 4X
Pride is the time of year where LGBTQ people are celebrated for truly being their authentic selves. TomboyX's 2019 Pride collection is replicating the colorful celebration with a series of comfortable (and gender non-conforming) rainbow-inspired lingerie with messages that anyone, LGBTQ or not, can get behind.
Transgender Latina hopes her Valentine's Day poem inspires self-love
Editor's note: Rosalynne Montoya identifies as a transgender Latina woman with "a passion for advocating for my community and helping others feel valid, loved, and beautiful." A writer, makeup artist, and model, Montoya "grew up sheltered from the LGBT community without knowing any queer people or the language for my own identity."
Poem: A Dozen Roses of Self Love
A Dozen Roses of Self Love A love letterFor me, not you. dysphoria mayIntrude my thoughts, Still I thank my bodySurvived, transformed, fought. I have legs for days,Support me to march and run. These arms create, paint,Raise fists as one. My smile radiates,Comforts, and spreads. This face is beat - Lips in warrior red.
Queer your Valentine's Day gifts from the LGBTQ+ community
At the center of Valentine's Day is the tender idea of celebrating love, and, more so, celebrating the one you love. Here at Equally Wed, we're sweet on love, visibility and representation of our LGBTQ+ community. In the spirit of celebrating people like us, we're dedicating our Valentine's gift guide to products from our own LGBTQ+ community.
This Valentine's Day Undies Line Shatters Gender Stereotypes AND Goes Up To A 4X
For ages, society has spent time picking apart who you are to fit the mold of a specific standard of beauty. Thankfully, in the last few years, being the most authentic version of yourself has never been trendier - and that's so the mood the TomboyX...
Gender Is Only As Real As You Make It
I was born in a small town in Idaho surrounded by religious and conservative influences. I grew up without the knowledge of the community I now identify with—without hearing the word transgender...
Trans Conference Sets New Record
Mazzoni Center’s annual Trans Wellness Conference broke its attendance record with more than 9,500 guests in its 17th year, making it the largest transgender-focused conference in the country.
On International Transgender Day of Visibility Remember #TransIsBeautiful
In April of 2015 Laverne Cox decided to pose nude for Allure Magazine. By doing this she sent the world a message with hashtag #transisbeautiful. At the time I was just beginning to understand my gender identity.
7 Trans and Gender Nonconforming Make-Up Artists To Follow On Instagram
There are thousands of online make-up artists to follow on Instagram and YouTube, but what about trans and gender non-conforming artists? What about artists who are welcoming towards us? We compiled a list of our favorite artists to look out for. 1.
A Letter To The Trans Community
To the Trans Community, Happy Pride month! This is the time for us to celebrate who we are and how far we've come as individuals and as a community. Today I am proud to be a transgender woman. This pride month, I am celebrating 2 years on hormone replacement therapy.
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*Please note the following articles were written before Rose transitioned. They refer to her using her dead-name and refer to her with masculine pronouns. The correct way to now refer to her is with female pronouns and Rosalynne, Rose, Rosie, or Rosa.*
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