10+ Best Articles on Transgender
The most useful articles and videos on transgender from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Transgender Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on transgender by Refind users in 2023 so far.
- Finding a Path in a Broken System
- What’s so scary about a transgender child?
- Americans’ Support For LGBTQ Rights Often Stops With Transgender Rights
- Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect
- What It’s Like to Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail as a Transgender Woman
Videos
Watch a video to get a quick overview.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Transgender Rights (HBO)
This week’s gay rights victory was historic, but the transgender community still faces staggering challenges. John Oliver focuses on the “T” in “LGBT." Conne...
Transgender Rights II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver discusses the latest round of attacks on transgender rights, what’s at stake, and the filthiest of the “Peanuts” characters.Connect with Last Wee...
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on transgender—all under 10 minutes.
Americans’ Support For LGBTQ Rights Often Stops With Transgender Rights
In his concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that he views not only abortion precedent as wrong but …
Joychild
An intimate look at young trans lives that's full of hope and humanity.
As children line up at gender clinics, families confront many unknowns
Thousands of transgender U.S. youths are medically transitioning. The treatments they receive have little scientific evidence of long-term safety and efficacy.
Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect
Being both trans and a person of color comes with a unique set of challenges. Collectively working toward overcoming these barriers is one way this community fights for survival.
What It’s Like to Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail as a Transgender Woman
“The world and how it interacts with me changed the day I came out as trans”
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on transgender.
'They’re erased': When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper
The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.
What’s so scary about a transgender child?
Shared by 183, including Kestrel Nicole VANDERWITCH!!!, Human Rights Campaign, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, National NOW
Finding a Path in a Broken System
Thailand is a top destination for gender confirmation surgery. Its success is a symptom of Western failure.
Pakistan's Transgender Community Rises Up
In the wake of changing legal standards recognizing the self-determination of gender identity, transgender Pakistanis are taking steps to live openly.
Why I'm Getting Top Surgery and Saying Goodbye to My Chest
I never hated my chest. It’s a perfectly fine chest; a good one, and I’m fond of it, even. But it needs to go now, not because it is wrong, or something worth despising, but simply because it is…
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