Samantha Allen

Samantha Allen is a former reporter for The Daily Beast. She holds a Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Emory University. In 2013, she received the John Money Fellowship for Scholars of Sexology from the Kinsey Institute. Previously, she was a Sex + Life reporter for Fusion.

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BREAKING BARRIERS

Meet Victoria’s Secret’s First Transgender Model

The iconic lingerie brand’s first transgender model opens up to Samantha Allen about her history-making gig, her unrealized VS dream, and the road ahead.

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A STEP FORWARD

The Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

High schooler Jules, played by trans model Hunter Schafer, is not just one of the most fascinating characters on television—she’s one of the most fascinating, period.

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PROGRESS

National Guard in Multiple States Defy Trump’s Trans Ban

Nevada, Washington State, and Oregon have joined California and New Mexico in allowing trans people to continue to serve in the National Guard, defying Trump’s ban.

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Believe

Pete Buttigieg Shows How To Be LGBT, Christian, and Proud

Pete Buttigieg’s gay intertwining of faith and family counts as an important gesture when anti-LGBT groups are continuing to use ‘religious liberty’ as a cover for discrimination.

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DISCRIMINATION

Trump’s Trans Military Ban Claims Its First Victim

Trump’s ban is officially underway: Map Pesqueira, a University of Texas at Austin freshman, tells The Daily Beast he lost his military scholarship because he is a transgender man.

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Samantha Allen

Meet Victoria’s Secret’s First Transgender Model

The Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

National Guard in Multiple States Defy Trump’s Trans Ban

Pete Buttigieg Shows How To Be LGBT, Christian, and Proud

Trump’s Trans Military Ban Claims Its First Victim

Charles Key Needs the Bathroom. Tennessee Won’t Let Him Go.

Pete Buttigieg, Lori Lightfoot, and Two Powerful LGBT Kisses

The LGBT Mormons Pushing the Church To Accept Equality

Trump’s Trans Ban Brings Chaos and Fear to Troops’ Families

Trump’s Trans Ban Is the Return of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’