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20 Years of Boys Don’t Cry: A Look at the Complicated Legacy of the Transgender Drama

When Boys Don’t Cry released in 1999, it started a conversation about the trans community. But the movie is not without its flaws. It is criticised for inaccurate casting – Hilary Swank, a cis straight woman essaying a trans man – and for being ambivalent regarding its protagonist’s trans identity.

Mavis D'Silva July 10, 2016

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3 Suicides and a Surgery: My Journey of Coming Out as a Transperson in India

The scars across my chest are badges of my victory. They are the marks of my mother’s endless support and my father’s struggle to understand me. After years of self-doubt and breakdowns, unwanted discomfort and dysphoria, and rejection from society for who I was, I could finally learn to love myself and my body. I made it.

Alvin Dsouza May 3, 2016