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Jos Truitt

Jos Truitt is a writer, printmaker and Executive Director of Feministing.com. She writes, speaks, and trains on topics including transgender issues, abortion access and media representation. Follow her on Twitter at @jostruitt.

May 2018

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    Close to my heart
    Close to my heart: a Guardian video series

    Family treasures are often most valuable to those who look after them. Passed down through the generations, a book, a watch or a family recipe can carry a special meaning. In the Guardian’s new Close to my heart series, we speak to well-known people about the objects they cherish, uncovering the stories behind these precious things and discovering what they have come to mean for that family

February 2015

  • Fallon Fox

    Fallon Fox on life as a trans athlete: 'The scope of vitriol and anger was mind-blowing'

    MMA’s first openly trans athlete still encounters prejudice inside and outside the sport and says media are partly to blame: ‘We don’t tell people to write stories in respectful ways’

October 2014

  • lgbt flag

    Trans people need more than beloved celebrity spokespeople. We need equality

    Jos Truitt
    Jos Truitt: President Obama’s executive order protecting transgender federal employees racked up its first win. We still deserve more

July 2014

  • laverne cox

    Laverne Cox's actress Emmy nod puts trans people in bigots' living rooms

    Jos Truitt
    Jos Truitt: It's a big deal that Cox was nominated for playing a transgender woman and is a transgender woman, but it shouldn't be

June 2014

  • laverne cox time cover

    The media does not have the power to decide the existence of trans people

    Jos Truitt
    Jos Truitt: The Chicago Sun-Times was right to apologize for syndicating hate speech, but this isn't the first time journalists have failed us, despite the Laverne Cox breakthrough

May 2014

  • laverne cox

    LGBT people still need basic civil rights – not just watered-down legislation

    Jos Truitt
    Jos Truitt: The Employee Non-Discrimination Act is a loophole-ridden bill. Where is the systemic change we've been waiting for?
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