“Here we are in this moment,” Shawna Virago, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, says to the movie theatre full of LGBTQI and A’s. “But we’re always in this moment.” The crowd roars in cheers and snaps. This moment that Shawna refers to is this...
Leah James is your favorite doll's favorite photographer. Otherwise known as "femmedaddy", the Brooklyn-based image maker and performance artist's work spans from boudoir to editorial to portraits. She's the doll who does it all. For the third issue of The Girls Book,...
You've probably seen Ohni Lisle's work before. Her airbrush marker illustrations have appeared on the side of shaving kits, inside the Williamsburg Apple store, and even as a wallpaper in your Instagram group chat. The Brooklyn resident by way of Houston talks to us about her...
I’m lying face-up on a massage table in a small spa room while a trans girlie inserts electrically charged wires into my face. She inspects my pores through an LED-lit magnifying glass so bright that I’m forced to close my eyes and listen to the soft ambient rock...