As Mayela got off the bus, she saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raiding the pupusería she worked at in Los Angeles. The undocumented transgender Salvadoran woman watched from behind a ...

My trip to Vegas last spring was supposed to be about throwback hip-hop and R&B vibes. My siblings, my best friend, and I had traveled to town for the Lovers & Friends Festival. Think Usher, Ciara, ...

Welcome to Love Transcends, a special project by Cosmopolitan that celebrates the resilience, wisdom, hope, and joy of the trans community as its members navigate romantic love. Through in-depth ...

Many trans youth have never met a trans adult in person, so it is hard for them to imagine what their futures hold. Trans teachers are uniquely equipped to act as role models. Our daily presence in ...

I watch Drag Race. I wear floral prints. My husband and I have been married for a decade. I am, by most measures, a fairly typical effeminate gay man. Though I happen to be trans. Masculinity is ...

My life pre-transition was defined by deep depression. A profound emptiness, wrongness and passive suicidality suffused every day. I saw therapists. I saw psychiatrists. I took anti-depressants. I ...