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The national conversation about trans identity and community tends to focus on the newest crop of trans youth. But why don't we hear about older trans and gender-nonconforming individuals who manage to overcome the at times seemingly impossible odds and survive — and thrive — in America? For over five years, Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre have traveled across the United States photographing and interviewing older trans and gender-nonconforming individuals to ensure their stories, largely untold, are finally shared. I like me. And I will tell the whole chorus, honey, 'I like me. So just find that inside yourself and take time with that person.

Skip navigation! Story from Wellness. Amanda Picotte , Khrystyana. Thirteen trans women, including Steele, posed for photos wearing high fashion pieces in pink, blue, and white to represent the Trans Pride Flag. The photos are beautiful and joyous — very different from how the media typically portrays trans women. Along with being photographed, the women featured here shared their stories and their thoughts on what Pride means to them.

Dugan and the professor Vanessa Fabbre have created a road map, archive and remarkably moving body of work about a group almost entirely left out of many narratives: older transgender and gender variant people. It is easy to forget that only recently have transgender issues become part of the public consciousness, with transgender characters on major television shows and even transgender celebrities. But transgender people — like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P.

Skip navigation! Story from Wellness. Over the past two and a half years, the Trump administration has worked to roll back legal protections against transgender Americans. They have banned trans people from serving in the military. They have rolled back Title IX protections prohibiting discrimination against transgender students.