Finding the right help, from the right people
Stephanie "the Transchick" Haskins is getting some crucial care. She's three weeks into healing from her facial feminization surgery and is now lasering off her sun spots and body hair. Her smooth skin also came with a smooth recovery thanks to the transgender caregiving service T4T. (more)
Identifying my true gender has been a journey decades in the making
"I just never felt, what I assumed, other boys felt. What they felt like." Stephanie "the Transchick" Haskins says identifying with her true gender has been a decades-long journey.
(more)Transgender journalist’s life story destined to become her most important
Stephanie Haskins is a young transgender woman who has lived a very long time. She considered herself to be a closeted gay man for most of her life, but after years of emotional turmoil and deep depression, she came out as transgender (male to female) in 2019. This is the first in an ongoing series of first-person accounts by Haskins for The Reporters Inc. that she’s calling “The Transchick Chronicles.”
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Stories and wisdom from a formerly depressed teen
When Ruby Walker was 15, she went from a numb, silent, miserable high school dropout to a joyous loudmouth in one year flat. And now, she's written about it! Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teen answers the question everyone has been asking her since: What happened? The Reporters Inc. is pleased to present excerpts from Walker's book along with an exclusive Q&A.
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The Queens now streaming on demand
No one involved ever imagined it would take nine years to release this documentary when The Reporters Inc. began shooting The Queens in the spring of 2011. But that's what happened! In a Q&A with reporter Kim Whiting, Executive Producer Mark Saxenmeyer shares in detail how the film, an exploration of the transgender subculture of drag performance through a prestigious pageant, came to be.
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What it's like being a transgender woman in a men's prison
Meagan isn't your typical inmate. She's biologically male but identifies as female, serving her sentence behind bars as a transgender woman, in a prison for men. The Reporters Inc.'s Kim Whiting interviews Meagan to better understand the issues transgender inmates face regularly, and the societal factors that often lead them to prison in the first place.
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How some of society’s most controversial issues are examined in the media.
The Reporters Inc. is pleased to present exclusive excerpts from a new compilation of scholarly readings that examine present-day matters of race, gender and socio-economic class seen in the media. Told from varying perspectives, we're including pieces that explore everything from body image, sex trafficking and economic inequality to cultural stereotypes. These readings show that race, gender and class truly matter.
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You can never say goodbye too soon
48-year-old Mike Johnson died in 2010 after battling AIDS for nearly 20 years. The Milton, Wisconsin native contracted the virus through heterosexual, unprotected sex in the early '90s. He then spent more than a decade traveling the country, educating thousands of high school and college students about the risks and dangers of HIV transmission. His friend Jerry Huffman shares just how much Mike meant to him in this Reporters Inc. exclusive.
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He was knocked down for being different
Jeffrey Fehr was different, and he was bullied for it. "It damaged him. It wore on him," his father said. "He could never fully believe how wonderful he was." In 2012, Jeffrey had just finished his first semester at college when he hung himself in the front foyer of his family's California home.
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No time to be complacent, survivors face new challenges
"Looking back, it's painful for many of us who lived and lost during the early years of HIV/AIDS," Joyce Mitchell writes. While people infected with HIV are living longer and healthier lives now, there still is no cure. Mitchell celebrates World AIDS Day to remember those who've died from the disease, and educate youth to prevent new HIV infections.
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