In this closed captioned video, Janet Mock (an editor at People Magazine) and Isis King (actress and model) discuss trans issues from a trans people of color perspective for In The Life. In the video they also talk about why transgender is a term that both of them use regarding community. To quote Jos of [...]

People Magazine editor and trans activist Janet Mock has been honored in Black History Month by The Grio as one of the one-hundred most influential in African-American community. Her honoree page up on The Grio is entitled TheGrio’s 100: Janet Mock, Changing Perspectives On Gender Nonconformity. Here is what Janet Mock calls her “television debut“: [...]

Janet Mock, a People.com associate editor, has critiqued media coverage of trans people in her Fish Food For Thought essay Trans In The Media: A Call To Elevate The Conversation. This is her essay, and it’s crossposted here with permission. By Janet Mock When I told my transition story in Marie Claire, I led with [...]