Senators Gillibrand and Collins Draft Amendment to Protect Transgender Military Service Members
A new amendment, lead by senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Susan Collins aims at protecting transgender service members from discrimination in…
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…
Greater Fort Lauderdale Will Host the Southern Comfort Transgender Conference this August
From August 15th through 17th, Greater Fort Lauderdale will be home to the Southern Comfort Transgender Conference for the fourth year…
United Airlines Becomes First in the USA to Offer Non-Binary Booking Options
United Airlines made history by becoming the first airline in the US to offer non-binary booking options for its passengers.…
New York State Bans Conversion Therapy to Protect the LGBT Community
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) as well as legislation protecting LGBTQ…
CVS Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Hormone Prescription for Transgender Woman
A transgender woman was refused her hormone replacements from a CVS pharmacy. The worker at a Phoenix, Arizona store said…
Judge Refuses Transgender Name Change Because of Caitlyn Jenner
An Ohio family is an a court battle with a judge who denied their teen son’s request to legally change…
Transgender Professor Awarded Over $1 Million in Historic Wrongful Termination Case
Dr. Rachel Tudor, who holds a doctorate in English from the University of Oklahoma, was awarded 1,165,000 in a federal…
Trump Administration Appeals Judge’s Decision to Block Transgender Military Ban
The Trump administration filed an appeal in Doe v. Trump, the first lawsuit filed to stop Trump’s transgender military ban. On…
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…
Oregon Governor Ensures the Rights of all Transgender People in Signing HB 2673
Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law House Bill (HB) 2673 — legislation that streamlines the process for transgender people to…
Virginia’s Anti-Gay ‘Bathroom Bill’ Heads to Governor to Sign
The Virginia House of Representative voted (54 to 38) to pass House Bill (HB) 2025 —discriminatory legislation seeking to give taxpayer-funded agencies…
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…
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.…
New York City Tops 2016 Municipal Equality Index
New York City has, for the fifth year in a row, has achieved a perfect score on HRC’s 2016 Municipal…
A Mother’s Heartbreak, Mom Files Civil Suit Against Hospital After Staff Repeatedly Misidentifies Transgender Son
A mother is suing a hospital after hospital staff continuously mislabeled her son a girl while he was in the…
Target to Spend $20 Million to Ensure Transgender Customers Have a Safe Space to Pee
To continue their commitment to the LGBT community, particularly to the transgender community, Target will spend $20 million to install…
Oklahoma Legislature Introduces Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill
Between passing a bill to criminalize abortion and now they’ve introduced anti-transgender bill, when does Oklahoma’s legislature have time to balance…
Attorney General’s Speech Being Called a Transgender ‘I Have a Dream’ Moment
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers remarks at a press conference announcing the complaint against the State of North Carolina…
Hillary Clinton Pens Letter to New York Transgender, ‘You Are Loved’
A viral video of a transgender New Yorker getting verbally and physically attacked by a fellow subway straphanger caught the…
US Department of Justice Says North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Bill Violates the Federal Laws
The US Department of Justice today notified North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that HB 2 has placed the state in…
Jessica Lynn, Changing the World’s View of the Trans Community
Jessica Lynn, whose engagement with students over the last three years has shot her from relative obscurity as a roving community college speaker to…
South Dakota Governor to Meet with Transgender Teens Ahead of Decision on Signing Anti-Trans Bill into Law
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard will meet with transgender students before making his decision on whether to sign HB 1008—legislation…
Transgender Airline Passenger ‘Forced To Remove Prosthetic Penis’
A transgender passenger has opened up about an incident at airport secruity in which he was forced to remove his prosthetic…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Takes Action to Protect Transgender New Yorkers
Governor Cuomo recently extended non-discrimination protections to transgender New Yorkers. The Governor’s administration will be clarifying regulations that incorporate gender…
Ireland’s Board of Education Works to Accommodate Trans* Students with Uniforms and Restrooms
The Department of Education in Ireland is currently looking to provide transgender students with both suitable uniforms and restroom facilities…
White House Hires First Openly Transgender Staff Member
The White House as confirmed the appointment of Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, the first openly transgender person to work at the White…
Transgender Bill Goes “Beyond the Pale,” Says Chris Christie
On Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights advocacy organization,…
Laverne Cox Graces the Cover of ‘Entertainment Weekly’
Laverne Cox graces the cover of this month’s special Pride-version of Entertainment Weekly. In the magazine, the Orange is the New Black star…