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ABOUT TRANS BODIES,
TRANS CHOICES
Bodily autonomy is essential for trans people. Against the backdrop of Roe v. Wade being overturned, TransLash Media launched #TransBodiesTransChoices, a storytelling initiative centering the importance of reproductive justice for transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. Through Trans Bodies, Trans Choices, TGNC people use their voices to reveal the personal stake that this community has in critical conversations about control over our bodies.
Through video, audio, the written word, art and social media, Trans Bodies, Trans Choices amplifies the voices of trans people on issues including access to fertility and other reproductive services, medical care, body image, abortion and more. With #TransBodiesTransChoices we end the invisibility of TGNC people when it comes to choice through the power of personal narrative. Access all our content below and follow the hashtag on social media.
AWARDS & CREDITS
Since launching our Trans Bodies, Trans Choices campaign on March 14, 2022, the short films in our series have screened at festivals worldwide. We are proud that audiences at Official Trans Pride Brighton Annual Film Event, Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, Atlanta Black Pride Film Festival, aGLIFF Prism Film Festival, Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival have learned more about bodily autonomy and reproductive rights for TGNC people through our storytelling and activism.
CREDITS: Imara Jones, Creator and Executive Producer • Ruby Rose Collins, Director & Producer • Tiler Wilson, Director & Producer • Jahmia Phillips, Director of Photography • Nathan DuConge, Assistant Camera / Camera Operator (Ep2) • Harper Harris, Sound Operator (Ep2) • Rajee Samarasinghe, Editor • Jakob Sweet, Sound Mixer • Kalyn Jacobs, Assistant Camera / Camera Operator (Ep3) • Flora Kamimoto, Sound Operator (Ep3) • Daniela Capistrano, Digital Strategy & Social Media Lead
Content
A Life in Many Genders: TransLash Zine Vol. 6
Explore this chapter by Kalil Cohen from TransLash Zine Vol. 6: Anti-Trans Hate Machine (April 2023). Read for free & purchase in print.
TRANSCRIPT: ‘Conversion Therapy: The Disinformation Blueprint’
'The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality' Season 2, Episode 1, transcript and replay.
TRANSCRIPT: ‘Detransition Pseudo-Science and Misleading Examples’
'The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality' Season 2, Episode 2, transcript and replay.
TransLash’s Trans-Affirming Guide to Roe v. Wade
With abortion rights for all gone, here is trans-affirming content and resources in one place.
‘The Road From Roe’ Transcript: Trans Bodies, Trans Choices
An animated history on the common links between the trans and reproductive justice movements.
‘WORTHY’ Transcript: Trans Bodies, Trans Choices
‘WORTHY’ visually depicts a personal poem written by artist Averi Rose, who shares the relationship she has with herself as a Black trans woman.
Bodily Autonomy is on the Ballot for 2022
"Right-wing candidates continue to campaign on disrupting gender affirming healthcare for youth, which could have grave consequences for all peoples’ access to healthcare. In short:…
TRANSCRIPT: Outfest feat. Cazembe Murphy Jackson and Jack Qu’emi…
Cazembe Murphy Jackson and Jack Qu'emi Gutiérrez shared their abortion stories at Outfest 2022.
Intersex Visibility feat. Pidgeon Pagonis and River Gallo, Outfest…
Intersex icons River Gallo and Pidgeon Pagonis discuss intersex storytelling at the 6th annual Outfest Los Angeles Trans, Nonbinary & Intersex Summit.
TransLash Podcast Episode 45, ‘Abortion Rights Are Trans Rights’…
Transcript for Episode 45 of the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, 'Abortion Rights Are Trans Rights'.
Transgender People React to Roe v. Wade Overturn: ‘It…
Trans and non-binary folks took to Twitter to voice their fear, anger, and resolve to fight back.
Abortion Advocacy Without Trans People Can’t Win
"It’s important to understand that the opponents of choice and the opponents of queer and trans rights are the same people, and they recognize that…
Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: Having a Baby – IG…
Watch the replay of Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: 'Having a Baby' feat. Kayden Coleman, a Black transgender man.
"I have been asked to pivot and instead look at all that I’ve been able to birth, symbolically—but finding satisfaction in symbolic birth wasn’t helping…
Meet Me in the Yes: Transition After Sexual Assault
"Some stresses are inherent to the process, but the frequency of hostility and shame-inducing treatment from health care workers leeched the joy from getting gender-affirming…
Finally Feeling Comfortable: The Necessity of Trans-Affirming, Trauma-Informed Care
"Medical professionals should slow down and clearly ask what the patient’s experiences with medical exams have been in the past."
Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: Online Townhall Replay
TransLash Media collaborated with the National LGBTQ Task Force to produce Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: Online Townhall on March 23, 2022.
TRANSCRIPT: Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: ‘I Didn’t Think I’d…
Stann (hey/hem/hez) tells the story of seeking an abortion in southern New Mexico after an accident with a partner.
TRANSCRIPT: Trans Bodies, Trans Choices: ‘My Abortion Saved My…
Cazembe Murphy Jackson (he/him), a Black trans activist living in Atlanta, Georgia, shares why his access to abortion was vital to his life.
TRANSCRIPT: ‘Trans Bodies, Trans Choices’ feat. Jack Qu’emi
Jack Qu’emi tells the story of an unplanned pregnancy, an unsuccessful Plan B contraceptive, and accessing abortion in central Florida.
TRANSCRIPT: TransLash Podcast Episode 38, ‘Trans Bodies, Trans Choices’
Transcript for Episode 38 of TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, ‘Trans Bodies, Trans Choices’
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TRANS CHOICES
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TransLash tells trans stories to save trans lives. As a trusted source for journalists, thought-leaders, movement activists, researchers, and those wanting to know about trans people, we produce narratives about and for the trans community—accurately and reliably. At a time when disinformation about trans people is being used to undermine democracy and human rights, TransLash Media serves as a beacon of hope through the voices that we share with the world.
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TransLash tells trans stories to save trans lives. As a trusted source for journalists, thought-leaders, movement activists, researchers, and those wanting to know about trans people, we produce narratives about and for the trans community—accurately and reliably. At a time when disinformation about trans people is being used to undermine democracy and human rights, TransLash Media serves as a beacon of hope through the voices that we share with the world.
