transgender Archives - The Clarion

Transgender people only want to use the bathroom

Sarah Marty, Staff Writer • May 3, 2016

I grew up in the 1990s. In my world, transgender did not exist. Sometimes you would see a drag queen or other flamboyantly dressed individual on television and we were raised to see that image as comical. ...

Overwhelming support for one brave little girl

Brighid Monahan, Staff Writer • December 10, 2015

Over 100 Mount Horeb parents and children came to support a brave 1st grade girl from Mount Horeb Primary Center on Dec. 2, at the Mount Horeb Public Library’s reading of “I Am Jazz” by Jessica Langdon...

A letter to Leelah

Natalie Connors, Editor in Chief • January 21, 2015

Leelah Alcorn committed suicide at age 17 on Dec. 28, 2014. She revealed her story in a suicide note on the social media website, Tumblr, which gained international attention in the new year. Leelah (born...

What’s in a (trans) name

Silas Day, Staff Writer • January 21, 2015

My final semester at Madison College has begun. Not only my last semester as a student here at this school, but my first semester as a transgender student. I started my physical transition from female...