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53 Transgender Awareness Month Resources For Those Who Seek to Understand (Op-Eds, News Media Articles, and Books)

By Advocacy, Allyship, Business, Civil Rights, Family, Goals, Hate, Healthcare, Human Rights, Identity, Intersectional Feminism, Media Criticism, Media Representation, Politics, Public Relations, Trans Destigmatization

Activists like me provide transgender awareness work year-round. We speak from our lived experience to educate through op-eds, news media commentary, and books. I created this list as a resource for all who seek to unlearn both their conscious and unconscious biases as they relate to the transgender community.

Op-Eds (44)

Transgender Identity and Lived Experience

  1. While You Voted Against Trans People’s Human Rights, We Were Saving Your Lives

Article Description: Highlights the contributions transgender people make to society, particularly through blood donation and other acts of public service, while challenging the contradiction between those contributions and political opposition to their fundamental human and civil rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/while-you-voted-against-trans-peoples-human-rights-we-were-saving-your-lives-3c91ab192f73

2. Trans Awareness Week: People Are Aware; They Just Do Not Care

Article Description: Explores public indifference toward transgender rights and the disconnect between awareness of transgender issues and meaningful support for transgender people, emphasizing the disappointment that comes from allies remaining silent rather than actively advocating for equality.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/trans-awareness-week-people-are-aware-they-just-do-not-care-108480023545

3. When Anti-Trans Democrats Text Trans People Like Me For Campaign Donations

Article Description: Criticizes perceived political hypocrisy when Democratic politicians solicit financial support from transgender constituents while supporting or tolerating policies that negatively affect transgender rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/when-anti-trans-democrats-text-trans-people-like-me-for-campaign-donations-76a5b44dbe37

4. 100 Reasons Why I Love Being Transgender

Article Description: Celebrates transgender identity through a personal collection of reasons that embrace self-acceptance, authenticity, personal growth, community, and the unique experiences and perspectives that come with being transgender.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/100-reasons-why-i-love-being-transgender-a391f5f731b9

5. 75 Negative Aspects of Being Transgender From My Lived Experience

Article Description: Documents the discrimination, social barriers, and personal challenges Cotter has experienced as a transgender man, including difficulties involving healthcare, employment, and relationships.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/75-negative-aspects-of-being-transgender-from-my-lived-experience-16565873acac

6. For Cis People Reading My Trans Books

Article Description: Addresses cisgender readers and offers insight into the importance of understanding transgender experiences through personal narratives and firsthand accounts.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/for-cis-people-reading-my-trans-books-8a3c14542acd

7. Your Interpretation of Transgender People’s Words Mirrors Your Relationship With Your Own Pain

Article Description: Examines how people interpret transgender individuals’ expressions and experiences, drawing attention to projection, empathy, and the ways personal biases influence conversations about transgender identity.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/your-interpretation-of-transgender-peoples-words-mirrors-your-relationship-with-your-own-pain-e58fa7818540

8. The Cost of Visibility: Transgender Publicist’s P.O.V.

Article Description: Explores the personal and professional consequences of transgender visibility, including the emotional demands of advocacy, increased public scrutiny, discrimination, and the challenges of being publicly identifiable as transgender.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-cost-of-visibility-transgender-publicists-p-o-v-c19641c9aa73

9. Cis Gay Men, Physical Invasiveness and Patriarchy

Article Description: Discusses personal experiences involving physical boundaries, unwanted touching, consent, and navigating social interactions as a transgender man in gay male spaces.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/cis-gay-men-physical-invasiveness-and-patriarchy-0c77b795ddc4

10. My Experience With Gender Euphoria as a Trans Man

Article Description: Shares Cotter’s personal experiences with gender euphoria as a transgender man, exploring the moments, affirmations, and aspects of everyday life that bring him joy and a sense of alignment with his gender identity.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/my-experience-with-gender-euphoria-as-a-trans-man-867fca4085d1

11. Your Public Identity Shouldn’t Terrify You, Here’s Why It Probably Does Though

Article Description: Explores the fears and social pressures around public identity, examining how judgment, visibility, vulnerability, and internalized perceptions can shape people’s willingness to express who they are openly.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/your-public-identity-shouldnt-terrify-you-here-s-why-it-probably-does-though-be915b069585

12. 15 Signs a Romantic Partner’s Family Is Homophobic

Article Description: Identifies fifteen potential indicators of homophobia within romantic partners’ family, helping readers recognize discriminatory attitudes, exclusionary behaviors, and relationship challenges that can affect LGBTQIA+individuals.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/15-signs-a-romantic-partners-family-is-homophobic-98476db29fc3

13. The Real Reason You “Hate” Trans People Will Crush Your Ego

Article Description: Challenges readers to examine the underlying assumptions, personal biases, and psychological defenses that may contribute to anti-transgender attitudes and resistance to accepting transgender people.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-real-reason-you-hate-trans-people-will-crush-your-ego-320ada7a3474

14. So, You Want to Date a Trans Person? Here’s a Few Things to Consider.

Article Description: Offers guidance for people interested in dating transgender individuals, emphasizing respect, communication, emotional maturity, boundaries, and the importance of approaching relationships without assumptions or fetishization.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/so-you-want-to-date-a-trans-person-heres-a-few-things-to-consider-d12c7f7ea33d

15. Trash-talking Trans Women Gets You Nowhere With Trans Men

Article Description: Challenges attempts to gain transgender men’s approval through derogatory comments about transgender women, emphasizing solidarity, mutual respect, and the importance of rejecting divisions within the transgender community.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/trash-talking-trans-women-gets-you-nowhere-with-trans-men-356ec0c3f875

16. Trans Rights, Not Jokes

Article Description: Criticizes the normalization of jokes targeting transgender people and examines how humor can reinforce harmful stereotypes, contribute to discrimination, and undermine transgender people’s dignity and human rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/trans-rights-not-jokes-730d8d743f65

17. The Most Offensive Question I’ve Been Asked as a Trans Man

Article Description: Reflects on an intrusive and offensive question Cotter has encountered as a transgender man, using the experience to explore personal boundaries, transgender visibility, and the inappropriate scrutiny transgender people often face.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-most-offensive-question-ive-been-asked-as-a-trans-man-a0e5ead390b0

18. What Is A ‘Relatable’ Identity?

Article Description: Questions the media industry’s use of the term “relatable identity” when selecting professional sources and shaping public narratives, exploring how seemingly neutral language can reinforce unconscious bias and suggest that transgender and other marginalized identities are less relatable or representative.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/what-is-a-relatable-identity-69b456d1951c

Transgender Rights, Advocacy, and Government Policy

19. Transgender Rage Bait, It’s All You’ve Been Conditioned to Read [Unlearn That Sh*t]

Article Description: Examines how sensationalized narratives and rage-driven media coverage shape public perceptions of transgender people, encouraging readers to question emotionally manipulative messaging and reconsider how they consume information about transgender issues.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/transgender-rage-bait-its-all-you-ve-been-conditioned-to-read-unlearn-that-sh-t-9786bb181649

20. 10 Times Transgender Activist and Publicist Dylan Thomas Cotter Publicly Pushed Back Against the Incompetence of theTrump Administration

Article Description: Highlights ten instances of Cotter’s public advocacy and media engagement challenging Trump administration policies, statements, and actions affecting transgender Americans and the broader LGBTQIA+ community.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/10-times-transgender-activist-and-publicist-dylan-thomas-cotter-publicly-pushed-back-against-the-a33a75e80fd8

21. Killing Trans People Solves Nothing, Stop Killing Us

Article Description: Condemns violence against transgender people and calls attention to the human consequences of anti-transgender hostility, emphasizing the urgency of protecting transgender lives and addressing the conditions that enable violence.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/killing-trans-people-solves-nothing-stop-killing-us-55bced027bab

22. Put A Ring On It For Trans People

Article Description: Uses the symbolism of commitment and marriage to explore the importance of meaningful support, solidarity, and tangible recognition of transgender people’s dignity, relationships, and rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/put-a-ring-on-it-for-trans-people-35b350e2f61a

23. An Activist’s Writing Tactic to Help Shift Public Perception

Article Description: Explores a strategic writing approach activists can use to challenge existing assumptions, communicate social issues more effectively, and influence how audiences understand marginalized communities and human rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/an-activists-writing-tactic-to-help-shift-public-perception-a1b9cc0a6fb4

24. The Transphobia You Can’t Hide, It’s in Your Business Emails.

Article Description: Examines how anti-transgender bias can emerge through professional correspondence and workplace communication, illustrating how seemingly ordinary business interactions can expose discriminatory attitudes and undermine transgender professionals.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-transphobia-you-cant-hide-it-s-in-your-business-emails-bf2935a2e8e2

25. The Irish Diaspora and Transgender Americans’ Parallels, a Trans American of Irish Descent’s POV

Article Description: Draws parallels between the historical experiences of the Irish diaspora and the contemporary experiences of transgender Americans, exploring themes of marginalization, cultural identity, discrimination, belonging, and the pursuit of equal rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-irish-diaspora-and-transgender-americans-parallels-a-trans-american-of-irish-descents-pov-8ab6cfdc2433

26. Transgender Americans, Far More Skilled In Peace Relations Than Trump

Article Description: Uses transgender Americans’ experiences with advocacy, community engagement, and navigating social conflict to discuss approaches to peaceful relations, contrasting those perspectives with Cotter’s criticism ofTrump’s public leadership and political conduct.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/transgender-americans-far-more-skilled-in-peace-relations-than-trump-39f397c57d86

27. When Human Rights Are Debated, We All Lose

Article Description: Argues that treating fundamental human rights as subjects for political bargaining or public debate undermines human dignity and creates broader consequences for marginalized communities and society as a whole.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/when-human-rights-are-debated-we-all-lose-e6ab80c5f3e0

28. The Price of Exclusion in Coded Bias: Why Visibility and Allied Amplification Are Vital for Transgender People

Article Description: Examines how coded language and institutional bias contribute to transgender exclusion while emphasizing the importance of public visibility, inclusive representation, and meaningful amplification of transgender voices by allies.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-price-of-exclusion-in-coded-bias-why-visibility-and-allied-amplification-are-vital-for-5e5ff4af4a25

Transgender Healthcare, Testosterone, and Misconceptions

29. Being Gay and Trans in The Hospital Waiting Room

Article Description: Shares the experience of navigating healthcare settings as both a gay man and a transgender person, highlighting the discomfort, assumptions, potential discrimination, and challenges LGBTQIA+ patients can encounter while seeking medical care.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/being-gay-and-trans-in-the-hospital-waiting-room-e2b86c16f672

30. Testosterone Propaganda

Article Description: Addresses misconceptions and misleading narratives surrounding testosterone and its use in transgender healthcare, particularly as they relate to transgender men, hormone therapy, and public perceptions of masculinizing treatment.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/testosterone-propaganda-051ecee55fbc

31. Hormones Aren’t the Issue: What Actually Reduces Life Expectancy for Transgender Men

Article Description: Challenges the framing of hormone therapy as a primary threat to transgender men’s health and examines broader social and healthcare-related factors affecting their well-being.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/hormones-arent-the-issue-what-actually-reduces-life-expectancy-for-transgender-men-56a2c67ea14b

32. Trans Attraction and Cisgender Shame

Article Description: Explores the stigma and discomfort that can arise when cisgender people experience attraction to transgender individuals, examining the influence of social conditioning, internalized shame, and cultural expectations surrounding gender and sexuality.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/trans-attraction-and-cisgender-shame-8a601873cd4b

33. Op-Ed: When LGBTQIA+ Healthcare Stops Feeling Safe: A Transgender Patient’s Story With Nonprofit Healthcare

Article Description: Recounts a transgender patient’s experience with nonprofit healthcare and examines how institutional practices, inadequate patient support, and failures of affirming care can undermine trust and make LGBTQIA+ patients feel unsafe accessing medical services.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/op-ed-when-lgbtqia-healthcare-stops-feeling-safe-a-transgender-patients-story-with-nonprofit-952a5cb45357

34. Ten Years On Testosterone : To Be or Not to Be

Article Description: Reflects on Cotter’s decade-long experience with testosterone therapy, examining the personal, physical, and social dimensions of medical transition, the complexities of transgender identity, and the importance of making informed decisions about living authentically.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/ten-years-on-testosterone-to-be-or-not-to-be-6b0e4010312f

Media Representation, Journalism, and Op-Eds

35. 10 Concerning Media Patterns I’m Observing Currently as a Gay Transgender Publicist: An Op-Ed

Article Description: An explicitly identified op-ed examining problematic media practices, patterns of exclusion, and the representation of transgender people, particularly transgender men, in journalism and LGBTQ media coverage.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/10-concerning-media-patterns-im-observing-currently-as-a-gay-transgender-publicist-an-op-ed-92a0e6c806ff

36. Why Hollywood Overlooks Transgender Men’s Stories and Why It Should Not

Article Description: Examines the underrepresentation of transgender men in film and entertainment and argues for more authentic storytelling and opportunities for transgender male voices.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/why-hollywood-overlooks-transgender-mens-stories-and-why-it-should-not-88e2f2e0741c

37. Not What I Said: Navigating Context Loss as a Transgender Source

Article Description: Explores the challenges transgender individuals encounter when participating in media interviews, particularly when journalists remove context or misrepresent their statements.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/not-what-i-said-navigating-context-loss-as-a-transgender-source-e30d6eb547cf

38. White Cis Gays and Transgender Erasure in Entertainment

Article Description: Critiques the exclusion and marginalization of transgender people in entertainment and media productions, examining how selective storytelling, representation, and industry practices can erase transgender contributions to LGBTQIA+ history and culture.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/white-cis-gays-and-transgender-erasure-in-entertainment-b4f1d10335c9

39. Callous Comedian Attempts to Avoid Accountability, Stating His ‘Jokes’ Against the Trans Community Have Been‘Weaponized Against Him’

Article Description: Examines the controversy surrounding a comedian’s response to criticism of remarks about transgender people, exploring accountability, the impact of anti-transgender humor, and the tendency to portray criticism as an attack on the comedian rather than consider the harm experienced by the targeted community.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/callous-comedian-attempts-to-avoid-accountability-regarding-anti-trans-history-of-remarks-fff3021a7457

Workplace Discrimination and Professional Experiences

40. I’m a Transgender Publicist, I Will Not Connect With You on LinkedIn, Here’s Why

Article Description: Explains why Cotter establishes professional boundaries on LinkedIn, addressing unsolicited requests, professional expectations, and the perceived entitlement that can arise when people mistake a public professional presence for personal access or free consulting.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/im-a-transgender-publicist-i-will-not-connect-with-you-on-linkedin-here-s-why-d355e9e6f6ae

41. Cisgender Psychopathy & Professional Sabotage of Transgender Individuals in the Workplace By Male-Centered Insecure Cis-Het Women

Article Description: Discusses alleged workplace discrimination, professional sabotage, and gender-based hostility toward transgender professionals, drawing on Cotter’s personal experiences with workplace exclusion, micro-aggressions, professional insecurity, and hostile conduct from cisgender colleagues and supervisors.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/cisgender-psychopathy-professional-sabotage-of-transgender-individuals-in-the-workplace-b56cc34f71d1

42. The High Cost of Trans Activism in Media: A Transgender Publicist’s Perspective

Article Description: Examines the professional, personal, and emotional consequences of combining transgender advocacy with a career in public relations, highlighting the risks of visibility, public scrutiny, discrimination, and the challenges of using professional expertise to advocate for transgender rights.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/the-high-cost-of-trans-activism-in-media-a-transgender-publicists-perspective-b8412585fd5e

43. Make First Impressions, Not Expectations

Article Description: Reflects on interpersonal boundaries and the assumptions people bring into initial encounters, particularly when interacting with transgender individuals, encouraging thoughtful introductions and respectful communication without imposing expectations or demanding personal disclosures.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/make-first-impressions-not-expectations-893e9a061149

44. When Covering Transgender Genocide and a Transgender Source Follows Up

Article Description: Examines the responsibilities of journalists covering transgender human rights and potential genocide, focusing on how reporters should respond when transgender sources provide follow-up information, raise concerns, or share important developments after an interview or initial interaction.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/when-covering-transgender-genocide-and-a-transgender-source-follows-up-3f5ee6987cf6

Media Articles (7)

  1. PLAYBOY — Actually, Testosterone Doesn’t Make You More Violent

Article Description: Examines the misconception that testosterone inherently causes aggression or violence, drawing on research and transgender men’s lived experiences to challenge hormonal stereotypes and explain how factors such as mental health, individual temperament, and personal circumstances shape behavior.

Article URL: https://www.playboy.com/read/culture/military-testosterone-violence-myth

2. WELL BEINGS NEWS — Transgender Bathroom Bans are a Growing Public Health Issue

Article Description: Examines how restrictions on transgender people’s access to public restrooms create public health concerns by increasing stress, discrimination, safety risks, and barriers to everyday activities, while highlighting the broader consequences of policies that deny transgender people equal access to public spaces.

Article URL: https://well.beings.news/p/transgender-bathroom-bans-are-a-growing-public-health-issue

3. ROLLING STONE — Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Law Banning Care For Trans Kids

Article Description: Reports on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, examining the legal implications of the ruling, its consequences for transgender youth and their families, and the continuing fight over access to medically recognized healthcare.

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/skrmetti-supreme-court-trans-youth-health-care-ruling-1235367581/

4. ROLLING STONE — Is The White House’s Plan For Trans Youth Just ’Conversion Therapy Lite’

Article Description: Investigates a controversial 400-page Department of Health and Human Services report commissioned by the Trump administration that recommends psychotherapy for transgender youth instead of gender-affirming medical care, raising concerns among medical professionals and LGBTQIA+ advocates that the proposed approach could legitimize conversion therapy practices.

Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/trans-youth-hhs-report-conversion-therapy-1235332473/

5. TRUTHOUT — USDA Website Uses Transphobic Messaging to Blame Dems for Government Shutdown

Article Description: Exposes how the U.S. Department of Agriculture used its official website to blame Democrats, immigrants, and transgender people for the government shutdown and potential interruptions to SNAP food assistance, highlighting the use of misleading claims and anti-transgender rhetoric on federal government platforms to advance a political narrative.

Article URL: https://truthout.org/articles/usda-website-uses-transphobic-messaging-to-blame-dems-for-government-shutdown/

6. YAHOO! NEWS — Fighting back: How to respond to Trump’s executive order on gender-affirming care

Article Description: Features guidance from LGBTQIA+ advocates, including Dylan Thomas Cotter, on responding to Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming healthcare for minors through community organizing, political engagement, public education, digital advocacy, mutual aid, and continued support for transgender youth.

Article URL: https://www.yahoo.com/news/fighting-back-respond-trump-executive-145657750.html

7. MEDIUM — 10 Times Transgender Activist and Publicist Dylan Thomas Cotter Publicly Pushed Back Against the Incompetence of the Trump Administration

Article Description: Documents ten examples of Dylan Thomas Cotter’s media advocacy and public commentary challenging Trump administration policies and political conduct, highlighting his contributions to national conversations about transgender rights, gender-affirming healthcare, anti-transgender rhetoric, media accountability, and LGBTQIA+ visibility.

Article URL: https://medium.com/@dylancotterthomascotter/10-times-transgender-activist-and-publicist-dylan-thomas-cotter-publicly-pushed-back-against-the-a33a75e80fd8

Books (2)

  1. Think Like a Transgender Thought Leader

Book Description: A provocative and intellectually engaging collection of sociopolitical essays that challenges conventional thinking, confronts systemic bias, and reimagines transgender leadership through powerful insights on advocacy, media, healthcare, technology, identity, and the cultural forces shaping modern society.

URL: https://www.harvard.com/book/9798256008062

2. Dear Cisgender Reader: Walk Beside Me — An Invitation to Understanding My Big, Exciting Gay Transgender Life

Book Description: An unapologetically candid and deeply human journey into the complexities, triumphs, humor, heartbreak, and extraordinary resilience of gay transgender life, inviting readers to move beyond assumptions and discover a transformative perspective on identity, belonging, love, and what it truly means to live authentically.

URL: https://www.harvard.com/book/9798234151636

In Conclusion

Know that I created and accomplished all of this work in my spare time, without compensation or a support team, and with constant outside judgment-I persisted to be able to showcase this body of work for which I am exceptionally proud of myself for achieving.

I can only imagine what I can accomplish with a budget and team of allies.

While I understand that transphobic people may attempt not to see me, I am undeniably a force for transgender rights in this world.

At this point, it is clear to see that I function at a high level of intelligence, persistently, and that one thing is for certain is that I have been seen, that I have been heard, and that I will not relent as long as there is air in my lungs to make this world aware of the importance of inclusion in society of transgender people.

Transgender people deserve equal human and civil rights. We will accept no less.

To cisgender allies out there, it’s one thing to post a single social media graphic once a year and proclaim that you are in favor of equal human rights protections for transgender people. It is entirely another to live the life that I do and pursue the work that I put in day in and day out to accomplish while navigating economic hardship, job discrimination, societal exclusion, ignorance, judgement, and flagrant transphobic and homophobic hatred.

Respectfully, I want to challenge transgender allies out there to rise to meet me at a tenth of my level.

Every little bit of positive visibility, inclusion, and economic opportunities that you can afford to highlight, educate, share, and/or advocate for the transgender community, please do so.

Please do not remain silent.

It would have been so easy for me to have stayed in the closet, but I wasn’t built for that; as you can see, I was built for so much more.

So when you see someone like me out here every day, understand this: if you’re gonna be about it as an ally, be fucking about it. Transgender people like myself carry the burden of having to educate others 365 days a year, and most of us without compensation, without recognition, and without emotional support while we are navigating systems of oppression and poor treatment from people who are ignorant, unkind, and unwelcoming.

If you can do nothing else for a single transgender person, simply be fucking inclusive and kind. It’s not hard at all to be a good person.

If you respect the hustle it took to achieve this collected fraction of my activism work contained in this singular post, and respect the human rights of the trans community, the absolute least that you could do from the convenience of your own home after consuming all of this very deeply nuanced personal content from my lived experience for free is to share it to help educate others.

I’m inviting you in this exact moment to click share. Do this now. It’s the only way someone like me knows that you’re picking up what I’m putting down. That’s what I need to help move the needle. Public amplification and messages of trans community alliance and support are needed now.

You are also of course welcome to donate to my activism via Venmo; purchasing books helps, as does considering hiring me for publicity, media relations, ghostwriting, speaking engagements, and/or in-house communications leadership roles (please see links below).

With gratitude,

Dylan Thomas Cotter (He / Him)

Publicist, Author, Activist

cotterthecreative.com

dylanthomascotter.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lgbt/

Disclaimer: Artificial intelligence (AI) was used solely to organize this list and assist in drafting article descriptions; all linked articles and other referenced content are original works, and AI was not used to create the underlying content.

ABOUT DYLAN THOMAS COTTER:

Rebel with a cause, driven by authenticity, self-expression, and liberation for all.

Rev. Dylan Thomas Cotter is a strategist, public relations leader, and brand communications executive with more than fifteen years of experience at the intersection of entertainment, media, and technology.

Cotter is known for securing numerous Tier 1 (top-tier) and Tier 2 media placements across key markets including but not limited to:

The Associated Press, Fortune, Playboy, GQ, Rolling Stone, ABC News, Out Magazine, The Advocate, Pride, Inked Magazine, Real Simple, VICE, KTLA, Reader’s Digest, Mashable, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Life UK, Newsweek, Men’s Health, Parade Magazine, Betches, U.S. News & World Report, Women’s Health Magazine, Women.com, South China Morning Post, Truthout, MIC, The Manual, Curl Magazine, International BusinessTimes UK, TechRound, GB News, The Irish Star US, The Mirror US, Daily Express U.S., MSN, AOL, UNILAD, Morning Honey, News9Live, Business Times, ClickOrlando, News4JAX, East Bay Times, Newsday, Midland Reporter-Telegram, El Paso Inc., SRN News, WRAL, Marietta Daily Journal, Yahoo, YourValley, Henry Herald, Times Union, TheIndependent, INkl, Netscape, WSB Radio, Taylorville Daily News, The Seattle Times, FOX Illinois, The Gazette, Stamford Advocate, New Haven Register, CT Post, Lakeland Today, SFGATE, WSLS 10, NC News Online, Courier News, Delco Times, The Republic, StarBeacon, Daily Journal, Temple Daily Telegram, The Toronto Star, WJTV, Winnipeg FreePress, KFOR, TribLIVE, The Hour, KTAR, WTOP, Daily Press, MyStateline, SeattlePI, NewsChannel 20, The Mercury News, Oskaloosa Herald, The Korea Times, MyNorthwest, Greenfield Reporter, Antigo Journal, Voice of Alexandria, Union-Bulletin, Gwinnett Daily Post, WBAL, WVNews, YourSourceOne, WINK News, Mankato Free Press, Audacy, Goshen News, KRQE, HNG News, CBS 17, FOX 40, KSNT, Western SlopeNow, FOX 44 News, KDVR, News 13, WGN Radio, NVDaily, MyMotherLode.com, The Hamilton Spectator, Daily News-Record, The Washington Times, KTVO, DailyIndependent, WFMJ, Fine Day Radio, WSB-TV, Local 10, Messenger-Inquirer, Click2Houston, The News-Item, KSAT, OA Online, KIRO 7, The Sun Chronicle, KARK, RiverBender, Laredo Morning Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The News-Times, CTInsider, Beaumont Enterprise, Manistee News Advocate, The Telegraph, Michigan’s Thumb, Chron, KHQA, The Intelligencer, EverythingLubbock, The Virginian-Pilot, MyPlainview, Your Conroe News, GMToday, WFMZ, SSBCrack News, Wenatchee World, News 10, Emirates 24/7, VIN News, Hartford Courant, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Silicon Valley, Ground News, Japan Today, The Washington Post, Boston 25 News, Butler Eagle, Livingston Enterprise, Ottumwa Courier, Dayton Daily News, LimaOhio, Guard Online, 990 The Answer, Indianapolis Business Journal, PHL17, ABC27, EDGE Media Network, Telemundo Nebraska, The Columbian, 1010 WINS, WPHT, KY W Newsradio, WB C O Radio, WBBM Newsradio, KMOX, WWJ Newsradio, KNX News 97.1 FM, WTIC, WWL, KMBZ, WILK Newsradio, WBEN, Talk 1370, WPXI, Times Leader, ABC4

His latest books, Dear Cisgender Reader Walk Beside Me: An Invitation to Understanding My Big, Exciting Gay Transgender Life and Think Like a Transgender Thought Leader, are out now.