‘Veneno’ Producers Insisted on Casting Trans Performers to Play 1990s Trans Icon Cristina Ortiz

“La Veneno’s reality wasn’t seen before,” Jedet said. “We weren’t used to having a woman like her on the TV but the country fell in love with her. But it was for a short period of time because when the show ended, she had nothing. She was kind of a lost woman. She didn’t know what to do and she was surrounded with the wrong people.

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TMP’s 20 Most Inspiring Trans & Non Binary People of 2020

The year is almost done with my Friends of TMP. What a year we’ve had, filled with fear, sorrow and bullies. Now more than ever we need some hope and inspiration. I must thank our Friends of TMP, for whom these past 2 years this list would not have been possible. So many have written, re shared, re tweeted our old top 20 listings and requesting a return of TMP’s year end top 20.

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TMP Seeks Essays For New Book Trans and Allies Needed

We are seeking trans people of any transitional status, non-binary, allies, parents of trans people, advocacy organizations and medical/mental staff familiar with treating trans and non-binary persons. The project would consist of a wide range of diversity within our community, in a narrative essay style, min 1000 to 3000 words max. We’re asking for your work to be non-fictional, but will not rule out outstanding fictional work.

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