Eliana Turan is a trans Clevelander, writer, activist, scholar, and nonprofit professional who has studied and exposed violence in Northeast Ohio and beyond, along with helping survivors of such attacks. She has supported numerous LGBTQ+-serving organizations in various leadership roles, and she is a Ph.D. candidate from Walden University. She served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2006 and survived three deployments.
This is Part V of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
This is Part IV of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
This is Part III of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
This is Part II of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
This is Part I of a five-part Op-Ed series exploring the intersecting forces driving Cleveland’s worsening anti-trans violence epidemic. The author encourages readers interested in saving…
Tierramarie. “That’s a pretty name” is what I thought when I first met her. That was just over a year ago when she first joined The…
The piece originally appeared in Cleveland Scene and appears here with their permission. On March 2, 2020, I was invited by one of my favorite morning…
On Monday, January 25, 2021, the Biden Administration repealed the now-infamous trans military ban, which the previous administration needlessly and harmfully extended (via tweet) after our…