Michael Salem built a retail business by selling to customers like male cross-dressers and transgender women at a time when serving both was more taboo.
Category: Transgender
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Cecilia Gentili, Trans Activist, Performer and Author, Dies at 52
Once an undocumented sex worker and addict, she was a powerful advocate for marginalized people, and an irresistible story teller.
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A ‘Mother’ Is Mourned by the Queer New Yorkers She Left Behind
Hundreds gathered in a Greenwich Village church to pay their respects to the transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, who died this week at 52.
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Gender-Inclusive Wedding Fashion for the Modern Era
Some designers are creating looks that embrace a wider range of gender expressions.
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An Anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Law in Uganda Is Hurting the Economy
Passed in May, the Anti-Homosexuality Act is harming businesses that rely on foreign travelers and trade.
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‘Orlando, My Political Biography’ Takes a Collective Approach to Joy
The filmmaker Paul B. Preciado shares the title role with 20 trans and nonbinary performers to make a point about the cage of identity.
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It’s Not OK to Police Co-Workers’ Pronouns
Even if you think they’re using their identities for personal branding.
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QI.X, a Queer K-Pop Group, Wants to Change South Korea
In conservative South Korea, few L.G.B.T.Q. entertainers have ever come out. The young members of QI.X don’t see the point of staying in.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Know Something She Doesn’t’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
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Canada Issues Travel Warning for L.G.B.T.Q. Citizens Visiting U.S.
Advice that travelers to the U.S. “check relevant state and local laws” came in response to rules this year restricting transgender care, drag shows and sports participation.
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How Transgender Runner Nikki Hiltz Rose to the Top of Track
The American middle distance runner who identifies as transgender and nonbinary gladly carries the weight of a country and a community into the world championships in Budapest.
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Some Transgender Women May Be Barred From Women’s Chess Competitions
The International Chess Federation introduced new regulations that can bar some transgender women from partaking in women’s competitions for up to two years or more.