HeyJaredIsaac Amend
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Oct 1, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News
- Top 5M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 16, 2026
Latest articles
The right to be an ordinary transgender man (opens the original)
Read excerpt
For years, transgender Americans have been told that visibility is important. We should tell our stories, educate people, speak publicly about our experiences and show younger transgender people that a future is possible. I understand that argument because I have participated in that kind of visibility myself. Nearly a decade ago, I appeared in National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution,” in 2017, hosted by Katie Couric. I have written publicly about being transgender, participated in LGBTQ politi
Trans people need a politics of ordinary life (opens the original)
Read excerpt
For much of the modern transgender rights movement, our political vocabulary has understandably been a vocabulary of emergency. We talk about healthcare bans, bathroom restrictions, discrimination, violence, court decisions, and executive orders. We organize because something is being taken away, prohibited or threatened. Those fights are necessary. But they cannot constitute our entire vision of transgender life. The Williams Institute at UCLA estimates that approximately 2.8 million Americans
Treat our political opponents as neighbors not enemies (opens the original)
Read excerpt
For much of my adult life, people have assumed they know my politics before I open my mouth. As a transgender man writing for an LGBTQ publication, many assume I fit neatly into one political camp. The truth is more complicated. I have long felt politically centrist. I believe deeply in protecting LGBTQ Americans from discrimination and violence, and I also vehemently believe in Black Lives Matter, but I also believe in fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense, and institutions that enco
Literature is my companion (opens the original)
Read excerpt
People often ask where I am from and I never know how to answer. The factual answer is straightforward enough: I was born in D.C., spent parts of my childhood in Pakistan and India, lived in Moscow, and later in Jordan before eventually settling in the United States. The emotional answer is much more complicated. Home kept changing. Languages changed. Schools changed. Friends changed. The only country I never had to leave was literature. Some children grow up with a single hometown that anchors
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5M sites
For Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.