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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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Meet Victoria’s Secret’s First Transgender Model

BREAKING BARRIERS

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.

Samantha Allen | Published Aug 14, 2019
opinion

The Most Interesting Trans Character on TV

A STEP FORWARD

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.

Samantha Allen | Published Jul 07, 2019
exclusive

National Guard in Multiple States Defy Trump’s Trans Ban

PROGRESS

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.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 23, 2019

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

Believe

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.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 19, 2019

Trump’s Trans Military Ban Claims Its First Victim

DISCRIMINATION

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.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 19, 2019

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

Discrimination

The Tennessee state legislature is weighing a bill to protect the state’s anti-transgender bathroom access policies. A raft of other anti-LGBT policies may follow.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 17, 2019
opinion

Pete Buttigieg, Lori Lightfoot, and Two Powerful LGBT Kisses

Together

This month, there have been two memorable public displays of affection by LGBT politicians Lori Lightfoot and Pete Buttigieg—both loving and also brave and revolutionary.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 15, 2019

The LGBT Mormons Pushing the Church To Accept Equality

Progress

After the Mormon Church rolled back anti-LGBT policies on same-sex marriage and baptism, an increasingly vocal contingent of LGBT Mormons are campaigning for greater change.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 12, 2019

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

LOVE AND STRENGTH

The hidden impact of President Trump’s transgender troop ban has been on the troops’ loved ones, whose lives, they tell The Daily Beast, have also suddenly been thrown into chaos.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 11, 2019
opinion

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

HAPPENING AGAIN

There’s only one guaranteed way for transgender people to remain in the military after April 12: Pretend you aren’t transgender.

Samantha Allen | Published Apr 09, 2019

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