Sports Illustrated Welcomes First Transgender Model For Their Famed Swimsuit Issue
Sports Illustrated features their first transgender model for their famous swimsuit issue. Throughout the magazine’s history (it premiered back in…
Marie Cau Elected First Openly Transgender Mayor in France
Marie Cau made history by becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected as mayor in France. Cau is…
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Transgender Workers
The Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to rule that federal law offers no protection to transgender workers from…
Watch: New Trailer for Transgender-Led TV Series ‘Pose’
“And that is how you do a ball!” Last week FX released the first full trailer for the transgender-led TV…
Commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance 2017
Today marks Transgender Day of Remembrance. The day was started in response to the murders, violence, and hate crimes that…
Transgender Children’s Books Read in Kindergarten Class Has Divided Community
Parents at Sacramento’s Rocklin Academy were divided at a school board meeting about a teacher reading two books about children…
Laverne Cox Narrates the Fight for Transgender Rights
TIME magazine, in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has released an animated video depicting the history of…
Transgender Teen’s Transition Covered in A Three-Part Story
An Oregon local paper, the Oregonian, is covering the female-to-male transition of a transgender teen, Jay. “About A Boy,” the three-part…
China’s Transgender Community Fights for Equality in ‘Vice’ Docuseries
In another in depth series news site Vice China explores the transgender community in China in their new video doc series…
Transgender Sitcom ‘The Switch’ Comes to the US, Watch Hysterical Trailer Here
The first-ever transgender sitcom The Switch is coming to the US via Canada. The six episode series has predominantly transgender…
New ‘Olympic Channel’ Docu-Series About Transgender Athletes Debuts Online
The Olympic Channel has launched a docu-series called Identify. It is produced by VICE and showcases five transgender athletes . The…
‘Glee’ Star Comes Out as Transgender with New Name
In a tweet last week a former Glee star came out as transgender. This was his first post as Jake…
Dove’s New Transgender-Inclusive Ad Shows that Love Makes a Mom Not Gender
Dove’s new advertising campaign shows that #RealMoms may come in different forms, but at the end of the day, it’s…
European Court Rules Forced Transgender Sterilization Violates Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that requiring sterilization of individuals seeking a change in their legal gender…
‘TIME’ Magazine Goes ‘Beyond He or She’ in New Transgender Cover Story
TIME magazine will also tackle transgender issues, following the lead of National Geographic, in its new cover story. The illustrious magazine gives…
Tinder Has Helped 250k in the Transgender Community Find Love, One Swipe at a Time
Tinder became of the first “dating” apps to include a “More Genders” feature, an update made in November 2016 to include transgender…
Arkansas Republicans Target Transgender People
A a proposed bill in Arkansas would prohibit changes to a person’s gender marker on their birth certificate, a move…
Trump Administration Puts Transgender Kids at Risk Thanks to Bigoted Rollback of Obama-Era Order
The Trump Administration’s upcoming roll back of the protective guidance for transgender students puts kids at risk. White House Press…
Jess Herbst Becomes First Texas Transgender Mayor
When election time came around in New Hope, Texas, the current mayor was reelected, but sadly had suffered a heart…
New York City Issues Gender Binary Birth Certificate
New York City issued a birth certificate with the gender listed as “intersex.” The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene…
Texan Businesses Warn Against Anti-LGBTQ Bathroom Bill
As Texas prepares for the upcoming legislative session, many businesses are warning against the economic consequences that could arise from…
Judge Overturns Minnesota Coverage Ban For Gender Reassignment
A district judge in Minnesota has just overturned a ban on gender reassignment surgery under Medical Assistance (also known as Medicaid). The…
Indonesia Holds A Secret Miss Transgender Pageant
In Indonesia, a country that remains socially conservative and widely homophobic, the LGBT community has secretly organized a Miss Transgender national…
HBO Releases New Trailer For Film ‘The Trans List’
HBO has just released a new trailer for their upcoming film The Trans List, which offers in-depth portraits of 11 transgender…
GLAAD and Google Release #transvoices Short Films
It’s Transgender Awareness Week, and LGBT media monitoring organization GLAAD is celebrating by collaborating on a new project with Google.…
Jamaican Transgender Women Star In Music Video
British singer RAY BLK just released the music video for her new song “Chill Out”, and it is stunning. As the dreamy…
One Million Moms Launches Attack on H&M Featuring Transgender Woman, but Chooses Image of Cisgender Woman
We fell in love with H&M’s new ad featuring a range of everyday modern women, but the women over at…
Philippines’ First Transgender Congresswoman Gives her First Powerful Speech
Calling her election a “paradigm shift,” the first transgender congresswoman in the Philippines, Geraldine Roman gave her first speech in…
Laverne Cox Pays Tribute to Three Icons, Including ‘The Best’ Tina Turner
“The pain, pleasure, and agony of all she’s been through is in her voice. Her story is the story of…
YouTube Makeup Artist Gigi Gorgeous Denied Entry into Dubai because She’s Transgender
YouTube Star Gigi Gorgeous, most famous for her makeup tutorials, was allegedly denied entry into Dubai when border patrol saw…