Portal:Transgender

A trans man (sometimes trans-man or transman) is a man who was assigned female at birth. The label of transgender man is not always interchangeable with that of transsexual man, although the two labels are often used in this way. Transgender is an umbrella term that includes different types of gender variant people (including transsexual people). Many trans men choose to undergo surgical or hormonal transition, or both (see sex reassignment therapy), to alter their appearance in a way that aligns with their gender identity or alleviates gender dysphoria.

Jake Zyrus is a Filipino singer and television personality. Prior to his gender transition to male, he performed under the mononym Charice. In 2007, after some appearances on Philippine television, Zyrus sang on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the following year, he made several international television appearances, including on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He then began performing in concerts with David Foster and Andrea Bocelli, among others. Zyrus released the studio album Charice in 2010; it entered the Billboard 200 at number eight, making it the first album of an Asian solo singer ever to land in the Top 10. The single "Pyramid" from that album, featuring singer Iyaz, is Zyrus's most successful single to date, charting within the Top 40 in a number of countries after its debut live performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Crossing over to acting on television, he joined the cast of TV series Glee later in 2010 as Sunshine Corazon. In 2011, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, was released as the lead single from Zyrus's second international studio album, Infinity.

Zyrus was one of the four judges of the Philippine version of The X Factor, on ABS-CBN, in 2012. He first came out as a lesbian in 2013. He released further albums Chapter 10 in 2013 and Catharsis in 2016. He began using his current name in 2017 after beginning hormone replacement therapy.

• ... that The Gospel According to Jesus, Queen of Heaven, Jo Clifford's 2009 play featuring Jesus as a trans woman, was called an "offensive abuse of Christian beliefs" by Archbishop Mario Conti?
• ... that the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont inspired the name of the transgender rights organisation the Beaumont Society?
• ... that New Zealand mayor Georgina Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor?
• ... that since 2018, IKEA's stuffed toy shark Blåhaj has become a popular Internet meme and an icon of the online transgender community?
• ... that LGBT rights activist Kit Malone helped create the first transgender organized marching group in the Indianapolis Pride Parade's history?
• ... that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century?

• 2 – Lynn Conway (1938-2024), American computer scientist and transgender activist
• 3 – Raewyn Connell (1944), Australian transgender sociologist
• 5 – Roxen (2000), Romanian non-binary singer
• 7 – Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (1991), American actress and singer
• 10 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944-2011), American transgender artist
• 13 – Masha Gessen (1967), Russian trans non-binary journalist
• 15 – Jamie Clayton (1978), American actress and model
• 26 – Yoon Ha Lee (1979), American author

• ... that African-American gay and transgender youth Ali Forney, once homeless himself, had a homeless LGBT youth center in New York City named after him for his work helping other youths?
• ... that non-binary transgender actor Indya Moore became the first transgender person to be featured on the cover of the US version of Elle magazine when they were featured in May 2019?
• ... that Jennie June (b. 1874), one of the earliest transgender people to publish an autobiography in the US, published the first and second volumes in 1918 and 1922, and wrote a third volume which was discovered in 2010?

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened.