Here Are a Few of Our Favorite Books With Trans Characters to Enjoy

Summer Sons is a southern gothic horror unlike any other. Best friends Andrew and Eddie were inseparable, but when Eddie leaves Andrew behind for his graduate program, six months later, Eddie is dead. Eddie’s death is ruled as an apparent suicide, leaving Andrew with questions, new roommates, and a gruesome phantom haunting his every move. …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Wants Agencies To Investigate Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth

Abbott’s letter directs the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents of children undergoing any of the procedures and for other state agencies to investigate the facilities where they’re carried out. This isn’t the first time politicians in Texas have moved to erode access to medical care for trans people under 18. Last …

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Is Frustratingly Close To Passing A Momentous Milestone

Jeopardy Productions Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has broken records already by becoming the Winningest Woman in the show’s history. Amy’s been having a rough week off camera, given that she was robbed at gunpoint last weekend with her ID and other personal items stolen. She then decided to take a Twitter breather, which she extended …

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Smashed Through A Significant Record (And Received A Shoutout From The Displaced Champ)

Jeopardy Productions The last time we checked in on Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider, she stood at fifth overall in regular-play earnings. This was already a hell of a run in addition to Schneider becoming the show’s first trans champion during trans awareness week. Now, Schneider has become the fourth overall champ [with current earnings reaching …

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Has Suggested A Secret Of Her Winning Streak (She’s 5th In Total Winnings Already)

Jeopardy Productions Jeopardy! is currently on a break from regular play due to the show’s Professor’s tournament, which continues this week, but never fear because trans champ Amy Schneider will return on December 20. She’s won thirteen games so far, and that makes her the 5th all-time champ in winnings when it comes to regular-season …

Wil Wheaton Wrote A Heartbreaking Piece About How Dave Chappelle’s Trans Jokes Do Real Harm

NETFLIX It’s been two months since Dave Chappelle released The Closer, and the fallout over some of its content — namely, his undying penchant for trans jokes — can still be felt. The special, his latest (and perhaps last) for Netflix, has been condemned since it dropped. It inspired a walkout from the streamer’s trans …

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Called Out The GOP When A Lawmaker Offered Congrats On Her Winning Streak

Jeopardy Productions Transgender Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider rose to champ status during Trans Awareness Week and has kept her winning streak, thus far, going for 13 games. This puts her in a rare spot: the 4th all-time champ when it comes to regular-season games, with a total of $536,400 and counting. She’ll be eligible in …

Trans ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Was ‘Starstruck’ By One Of Her Opponents (Although Amy Still Beat The Heck Out Of Her)

Jeopardy Productions Transgender Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider has proven to be a total pro while crushing twelve games (thus far) and closing in on the half-million mark with $483,000 in winnings. She’s also pure class, as she’s shown while praising Ken Jennings as a fill-in host while producers attempt to figure out who’s going to …

An Ex-Netflix Employee At The Center Of The Dave Chappelle Controversy Has Called Upon Him To Donate To A Trans Charity

Getty Image Two weeks ago, Terra Field — the Netflix employee who tweeted against Dave Chappelle’s trans jokes in The Closer and was subsequently suspended for attending a meeting, to which she wasn’t invited — announced her resignation from the streamer. At the time, Field’s attorney announced that she had “resolved” any “differences with Netflix” …

Brian May Say Queen Would Be ‘Forced’ To Have A ‘Trans’ Member And ‘People Of Different Colors’ If They Existed Today

Getty Image Adding to the list of people who just don’t get it: Brian May of Queen. May recently decided to bring up the subject of increased focus on diversity in culture today — he thinks efforts to make culture less overwhelmingly white and predominantly male is wrongheaded. As Spin points out, the Queen guitarist …

Dave Chappelle Demands That ‘Some Conditions’ Be Met For Him To Meet With Netflix’s Trans Employees: ‘You Will Not Summon Me’

Getty Image The controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle’s homophobic remarks in The Closer (on Netflix) continues, and for this newest development, Chappelle appears to have changed his tune. This is happening weeks after he addressed the matter of being “cancelled,” and he had declared that “I love it.” The “jokes” in question involve him declaring that …

Elliot Page Sent Out A Message Of Support For Netflix’s Trans Employees Amid Dave Chappelle-Related Fallout

Getty Image Despite (or perhaps because of) a lukewarm apology from Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, several employees at the streaming giant staged a walkout this Wednesday to protest the company’s investment, promotion and hosting of Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up special, The Closer. The trans employees and their allies submitted a list of demands that detail …