Portal:Transgender

Transgender hormone therapy of the male-to-female type (MTF), also known as feminizing hormone therapy, is hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change the secondary sexual characteristics of transgender people from masculine (or androgynous) to feminine. It is one of two types of transgender hormone therapy (the other being female-to-male) and is predominantly used to treat transgender women and other transfeminine individuals. Some intersex people also take this form of therapy, according to their personal needs and preferences.

The purpose of the therapy is to cause the development of the secondary sex characteristics of the desired sex, such as breasts and a feminine pattern of hair, fat, and muscle distribution. It cannot undo many of the changes produced by naturally occurring puberty, which may necessitate surgery and other treatments to reverse (see below). The medications used for the MTF therapy include estrogens, antiandrogens, progestogens, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone modulators (GnRH modulators)...

Peppermint in 2017

Peppermint, or Miss Peppermint (born January 31, 1980), is an American actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist. She is best known from the nightlife scene and, in 2017, as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2018, Peppermint made her debut in The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels as Pythio, becoming Broadway's first out trans woman to originate a lead role.

As a recording artist, she has released two studio albums, Hardcore Glamour, released in 2009, and Black Pepper, released in 2017, as well as five EPs, including A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers, which was released in 2020. In December 2023, she was announced as a part of the cast of the second season of The Traitors.

• ... that Lucy Salani is considered the only known Italian transgender person to survive the Nazi concentration camps?
• ... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth?
• ... that Sher Machado created a League of Legends tournament exclusively for transgender people?
• ... that París Galán, who introduced a style of drag performance in Bolivia, became the first-ever transgender individual to win elective office in the country?
• ... that trans women in Cape Verde are colloquially referred to as tchindas, named after Tchinda Andrade, the first trans woman in the country to come out publicly?
• ... that the portrayal of a transgender child by Sofía Otero made her the youngest actor to win the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance?

• 2 – Dana International (1969), Israeli transgender pop singer
• 7 – Eddie Izzard (1962), English comic, actor and writer
• 17 – Harisu (1975), South Korean singer, model and actress
• 19 – Danielle Bunten Berry (1949-1998), American game designer and programmer
• 19 – Lea T (1981), Brazilian model
• 20 – Calpernia Addams (1971), American actress
• 20 – Tamara Adrián (1954), Venezuelan politician
• 21 – Michelle Suárez Bértora (1983), transgender Uruguayan politician
• 21 – Elliot Page (1987), Canadian actor
• 22 – Genesis P-Orridge (1950-2020), English third gender singer, songwriter, musician, performance artist
• 29 – Lena Raine (1984), American composer known for writing the Celeste, Deltarune, and other soundtracks.

• ... that the 2015 State of the Union Address was the first State of the Union Address in which the President of the United States used the words "gay", "lesbian", and "transgender"?
• ... that Nicole Maines won a Maine Supreme Court ruling that denying transgender students access to the bathroom consistent with their gender was unlawful, and went on to become the superheroine Dreamer in the television series Supergirl?
• ... that in 1776, a person reported being genderless, changed names to the Public Universal Friend, dressed androgynously, asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns, and has been called a chapter in transgender history "before 'transgender'"?

The misconception of equating ease of life with “passing” must be dismantled in our culture. The work begins by each of us recognizing that cis people are not more valuable or legitimate and that trans people who blend as cis are not more valuable or legitimate. We must recognize, discuss, and dismantle this hierarchy that polices bodies and values certain ones over others. We must recognize that we all have different experiences of oppression and privilege, and I recognize that my ability to blend as cis is one conditional privilege that does not negate the fact that I experience the world as a trans woman (with my own fears, insecurities, and body-image issues) no matter how attractive people may think I am.