Transgender

They’re last in the LGBT acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and they were nearly last in this year’s St. Louis Pride Parade. Now the local…

It may be easier than ever before for young people to be open and curious about their sexuality; or at least, Julia Poe of Prairie Village, Kansas seems…

What do transgender people have in common with each other? Often, the answer is, not all that much.On Thursday, two days before PrideFest weekend, “St.…

When Zakary Finder of Lake St. Louis was in middle school, other students taunted him for three whole years for being "different."“They would say, like,…

Until her late 50s, Steph James of Maryland Heights lived a life that, from all appearances, looked like the American dream.But it wasn’t her dream.…

When the TV show “Transparent” won two Golden Globe Awards a week ago Sunday, many transgender people felt validated, and a little less invisible.That’s a…

Less than 5 percent of the population identifies as transgender, a general description for people whose physical or sexual characteristics may not match…

Andre Wilson lived as a woman for the first 43 years of his life. It was excruciating, he said.“I lived a life of depression, suicidality. I couldn’t even…

When playwright Daniel Pearle was a preschooler in the late 1980s, he was fascinated by a classic fairy-tale character dressed in pink.“I did have a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 18, 2013 - The last time transgender teen William Copeland wore a dress was to his aunt’s…