Tommy Dorfman, the actor known for playing Ryan Shaver in 13 Reasons Why, has shared her identity as a transgender woman. In an interview for TIME magazine, Dorfman said that, for the past year, she has "been privately identifying and living as a woman -- a trans woman." Now, she is reintroducing herself to the public."I view today as a reintroduction to me as a woman, having made a transition medically," Dorfman told writer Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby. "Coming out is always vi...

Kentaro Kobayashi, the creative director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, was fired after footage of him making a joke about the Holocaust resurfaced. Kobayashi's remarks, which he made in 1998 as part of a comedy set, referenced "massacring Jews."In a statement, the Olympics organizing committee said Kobayashi "made a mockery of a painful historic fact in the past." The committee also apologized for "having caused troubles and concerns to many stakeholders, and residents of Tokyo and Jap...

Breakfast Cure, a brand owned by acupuncturist Karen Taylor and run by an all-white team, is under fire for "improving" congee for the Western palate.For those unfamiliar, congee is a type of rice porridge enjoyed as a staple dish among numerous Asian cultures. It's known by different names in certain countries, including juk in Korea, cháo in Vietnam and burbur in Indonesia.In 2017, Taylor, a white woman who refers to herself as the "Queen of Congee," launched Breakfast Cure after discovering ...

Pakistan has opened a government-run school for transgender women, a trailblazing initiative that allows transgender students to learn from transgender educators. The institution, located in the city of Multan, is part of a state-operated program called TransEducation. Serving grades one through 12, the school currently has 18 students enrolled.In Pakistan, transgender people face high rates of violence -- according to Them, 62 transgender women were murdered in the country between 2015 and 201...