Commentary
A Practical Guide to Coming Out
Coming out is more than a single announcement—it is a profound, lifelong path. This guide helps you navigate the emotional, personal, and social realities…
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Commentary is the full run of my column: essays, reported analysis, interviews and reviews gathered in one place. If you want the reflective pieces on their own, start with Essays; if you want what is happening right now in law and policy, start with Politics.
Coming out is more than a single announcement—it is a profound, lifelong path. This guide helps you navigate the emotional, personal, and social realities…
The words of others don’t define me. How could they? In many instances, those “others” don’t even know me. They see me and then…
Republicans have long championed states' rights on education and beyond — until California chose to protect transgender athletes, and Washington sued to overrule it.
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department’s attempt to force California to exclude transgender girls from girls’ school sports under Title IX.
On the road we travel, life can bring unforeseen turns and surprises as we stumble through our days. After you spend 10, 20, 30,…
This is a common question that is asked of transgender people. I [and others] have heard it quite often. Many times it’s followed with…
The stated goal is protecting women's sports. But with fewer than ten transgender athletes in the entire NCAA, I'd argue we're drawing the line…
Defining womanhood is something that many transgender women question, whether they are pre-op, no-op, or post-op. That was the topic of conversation — or…
A transgender journey can align with a girl lost in a far-off land yearning to find her way home. Could that be you? Are…
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I do. I am Brianna Nicole Austin, a transgender author, reporter and columnist, and editor at TGLife.com. I report the facts first and tell you plainly when I am offering an opinion.
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