Ashlee Marie Preston
Forbes
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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These Trans Entrepreneurs Of Color Are Closing Out Trans Awareness Week With Messages Of Hope
Trans Entrepreneurs Of Color Close Out Trans Awareness Week With Messages Of Hope. → Read More
Demi Lovato deserves time to cope with her addiction without us politicizing it
Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer. → Read More
The average black trans woman doesn’t live beyond 35. On my 34th birthday, I’m celebrating them too.
Our lives are being cut short at alarming rates. → Read More
How ‘Pose’ restores pride to LGBTQ people of color
Transgender actors, actresses and producers tell us how the ballroom scene changed their lives. → Read More
Meet 10 black transgender figures from history who are models for resilience
The 10 black transgender figures listed below are a reminder that despite the circumstances, we can and will overcome adversity as a people. → Read More
Beauty tips, bobsledding trips and black girl magic: A Q&A with Olympians Aja Evans and Kehri Jones
Evans and Jones are two black women who’ll be representing the USA Women’s Bobsled Team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. → Read More
What Pitbull Gets Wrong When He Says ‘Immigrants Built the United States of America’
It’s one thing to underscore the vast contributions immigrants have made to the United States of America. It’s another to completely erase the egregious history of slavery while benefiting from it. Rapper Pitbull demonstrated such a faux pas last week at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. → Read More
How Kevin Spacey’s ill-timed coming out made the LGBTQ community more vulnerable to attack
Our community shouldn’t be held hostage inside Spacey’s Porta-potty of poor decisions. → Read More
Mic | Ashlee Marie Preston
Mic covers news, opinion, reviews and analysis around arts, entertainment, celebrity, LGBTQ, social justice, police brutality, dating, sex, feminism, body positivity, space, innovation, climate change. → Read More
Why I snatched Caitlyn Jenner’s wig — and why I’m not giving it back
"I’d rather be respected by those living on the margins of society than applauded by those responsible for their disenfranchisement." → Read More
Why Are We Giving Awards to Caitlyn Jenner?
Transgender activist Ashlee Marie Preston says it's not only wrong to give an award to the Trump supporter — as St. John's Well Child & Family Center plans to do — it is downright insulting. → Read More
Even When I Wasn't Whole, I Was Always Enough
Ashlee Marie Preston is a diversity speaker, media advocate, and transgender activist. Jan. 3, 2004, was the first day of the rest of my life. That was the → Read More
What It's Like to Face Discrimination as a Transgender Woman
When I was younger, I lived vicariously through the superheroes and heroines who appeared on TV screens or in comic books. Wonder Woman, Superman, Spider Man, → Read More