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What’s In A Name IdentityWomen

What’s In A Name

We collect so many monikers from so many people over the years, but do any of our accrued titles actually reflect our true self?

G. Marshall-Brooks has gone by many different names in her life, but none of them, she says, really describe who she is. The names she's been called don't show the pain, heartache and joy she's experienced in her life. However, she writes, "no matter what you call me or who people think I am, I get to choose who I will be and how I live."

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G. Marshall-Brooks
April 8, 2026
Life in the Key of G FamilyHealthHeritageIdentitySexual Assault

Life in the Key of G

From the advances of a predatory pediatrician to the devastating loss of my father, my teenage years were marked by confusion and chaos

The Reporters Inc.’s newest contributor, G. Marshall-Brooks, continues chronicling her fascinating life with this next entry from “Life in the Key of G.” G. began writing about her life in hopes the stories would help her family better understand who she really is, and how she became who she is. G. also hopes these honest, heartfelt essays encourage and inspire others to share their own memories and experiences with loved ones.

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G. Marshall-Brooks
March 4, 2026
Life in the Key of G FamilyHeritageIdentity

Life in the Key of G

The Reporters Inc.’s new contributor shares vivid episodes from her fascinating life, in hopes of inspiring others to share their own stories

The Reporters Inc. is pleased to introduce our newest contributor, G. Marshall-Brooks. As she details in the introduction to her first column, a recurring feature we’re calling “Life in the Key of G,” she began writing about her life in hopes her stories would help her family better understand who she really is, and how she became who she is. G. also hopes these honest, fascinating essays encourage and inspire others to share their own memories and experiences with loved ones. As she explains, “Embrace the stories of your life as you read mine.”

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G. Marshall-Brooks
December 18, 2025
The Devastation of Thanksgiving DiversityEducationHeritageIdentityRace Relations

The Devastation of Thanksgiving

This American tradition remains bittersweet, even tragic, for Native Americans still struggling for equality 

"The bitter part is my recognition of the devastation for Native Americans that began after this famous gathering,” says J.D. Colbert. "But the sweet part is the idea of sharing and counting blessings, appreciating family, friends and life. It’s about connecting.” Writer Kim Whiting takes note of her holiday privilege after chatting with this noted Native American author and finance expert.

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Kim Whiting
November 26, 2025
A Vaginoplasty at Last HealthIdentityLGBTQ+The Transchick ChroniclesTransgender

A Vaginoplasty at Last

Post-surgery reflections, including stolen laundry and a desire to be 'someone's woman'

 

Stephanie "The Transchick" Haskins navigates her physical recovery and emotions after finally undergoing "bottom surgery." With her newly-created vagina, Stephanie says goodbye forever to the life she lived as "Stephen," feeling unparalleled joy, gender euphoria and a new sense of femininity. She's also missing some laundry.

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Stephanie Haskins
March 19, 2024
Who Am I? Where Do I Belong? AdoptionFamilyHeritageIdentityRace Relations

Who Am I? Where Do I Belong?

My search for identity leads to racial and ethnic shock waves

As an adopted child unsure of who or where she came from, Jen Santoro Rotty wanted to learn more about her origins and why others didn't see her as White. The half-Catholic, half-Jewish European ethnicities the adoption documents listed were glossy half-truths that Rotty later discovered were wrong. Very wrong.

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Jen Santoro Rotty
March 13, 2024
Transgender Euphoria IdentityLGBTQ+The Transchick ChroniclesTransgender

Transgender Euphoria

Realizing my true identity brings unparalleled joy

"Doctors told me when I started hormone replacement therapy that at totally random and unexpected times—sort of "just because" with no particular trigger—I would likely start to experience moments of an incredible sense of joy and satisfaction at finally being at one with myself." Stephanie "The Transchick" Haskins explains her new sense of gender euphoria, a state of intense happiness and self-confidence, as she continues transitioning.

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Stephanie Haskins
December 28, 2023
What Was I Made For? IdentityLGBTQ+The Transchick ChroniclesTransgender

What Was I Made For?

Searching for connection, an end to loneliness

Stephanie "The Transchick" Haskins explains the intense isolation and loneliness transgender people experience daily as they undergo emotional transitions and physical transformations. She also shares her own secrets as a transwoman who started her journey later in life -- the wrinkles, the self-doubt and the insecurities -- along with her intense yearning for love and companionship.

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Stephanie Haskins
October 2, 2023
Healing America ActivismIdentityPolitics

Healing America

First-ever "Red/Blue Workshop" highlights people's desire to bridge political divide

Following the 2016 election, the founders of Braver Angels, the largest organization in the country dedicated to bridging the political divide, assembled 10 Donald Trump supporters and 11 Hillary Clinton supporters in South Lebanon, Ohio. The goal was simple--to see if Americans could still disagree respectfully and, maybe, find common ground.

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Kim Whiting
February 13, 2021
Trumptrotting, Part Two DemocracyDonald TrumpIdentityPolitics

Trumptrotting, Part Two

Voices around the globe once again reflect on Trump's presidency

Last year, The Reporters Inc. compiled the responses of 14 people form 13 different countries on four continents, discussing Donald Trump's election as president. We've decided to reach out again. This time, we offer the observations of 16 people from around the world, and their thoughts on how Trump's presidency has changed the U.S., its international impact, and how it's affecting their lives.

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admin
August 29, 2018
Act or Hide? Book ReviewsFriendshipIdentity

Act or Hide?

Will, a fictional story about friendship, change

Quiet, reserved Peewee Kovak has been protecting Will Mitty’s wise-cracking ass since first grade. Things get tense when Will falls for a damaged, dark-haired beauty, and introduces her to Peewee. The Reporters Inc. is pleased to present the first chapter from author Tim Munkeby's new book, Will.

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Tim Munkeby
January 25, 2017
The Color Blind Myth IdentityPublic SafetyRace Relations

The Color Blind Myth

Smacked in the face with my White privilege

Autumn Lubin says there "was nothing privileged about my earliest years," but then she overheard a conversation between her Black colleagues about what they called "the talk." This wasn't about the birds and the bees; it was about how to keep their children safe when interacting with authority figures. "This was a conversation I had never even considered having with my son," Lubin writes. "All I had learned, all I had experienced, all I could discern, was from a place of Whiteness."

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Autumn Lubin
December 20, 2016
A-holes & Angels IdentityJournalismUncategorized

A-holes & Angels

Identifying the good and bad people

Writer Tim Munkeby has a brilliantly simple notion: the world, he believes, tends to be made up of two very distinct types. Type #1: Those whose consistent actions and behaviors toward others and the universe might best be described as "Angelic." Type #2: Those who act and react in ways that most often make them--for lack of a better or inoffensive word--A-holes.

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Tim Munkeby
October 7, 2015
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