trans issues

Transgender Mormon activist, Emmett Claren, has been publicly documenting his transition on YouTube. We met with Emmett right before his long-awaited surgery to remove his breasts, a surgery that risks expulsion from the Mormon Church.

Transgender soldiers in the U.S. military are facing an uncertain future under President Trump. This August, VICE spent time with Rachel Waverly, a former solider who believes her discharge was based on issues surrounding her gender identity.

Danica Roem made history on November 7, becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected and seated to a state legislature. VICE had exclusive access to Roem in the final hours of her campaign.

In a world where trans people have been denied the right to express their gender freely, a high femme cisgender woman named Monica Prata has stepped in to help.