As a trans woman in prison, I have to get creative with my beauty routine. I use coffee grinds and Kool-Aid for makeup. Prisoners have to get creative when it comes to makeup.

Tommy Dorfman is opening up about what makeup means to her. The “13 Reasons Why” star, who reintroduced herself as a trans woman in July, covers a special subscriber copy of InStyle’s ...

The relationship between makeup and transgender people is a complex one. For Alison and many other transgender women, makeup is one of the first steps to embracing their own gender identity.

How Makeup Helped This Trans Woman Learn To Be Herself. Bee Chang Shapiro. Last Updated 15 November 2016, 4:30. Photo: Courtesy of Aaryn Lang/Marcus Thompson.