Transgender

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catherine lizette gonzalez  Nov 7, 2018 10:42AM EST

Trans Candidates Made History by Running—and in Some Cases Winning—In the Midterms

As the Trump administration works to eliminate transgender rights, trans candidates ran for office in record numbers—and had a few notable victories.
Tanya Walker. Black transgender activist holds black megaphone while wearing grey shirt behind brown podium with pink and light blue transgender transgender pride flag with letters reading "RESIST" and surrounded by other people with multicolored signs
Sameer Rao  Oct 22, 2018 3:45PM EDT

Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Activists and Allies Vow to Fight Legal Erasure

Social media responds to a new federal report that seeks to rigidly define gender as determined by biology at birth. 
Miriam Zoila Pérez  Nov 17, 2017 12:27PM EST

5 #TransWeek Tweets That Highlight the Experiences of Trans People of Color

Transgender Awareness Week seeks to “raise the visibility of transgender and gender nonconforming people, and address the issues the community faces.”
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Kenrya Rankin  Oct 6, 2017 9:45AM EDT

Jeff Sessions Says Civil Rights Act Doesn't Protect Trans Workers From Discrimination

National Center for Transgender Equality: “We’ll see him in court.”
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Kenrya Rankin  Aug 30, 2017 9:56AM EDT

3 Transgender Rights Orgs to Support While the DOD Decides How to Block People Who Want to Serve

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is doing exactly what he was ordered to do—and the lives and livelihoods of trans people are still at risk.
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Kenrya Rankin  Aug 10, 2017 2:25PM EDT

Military Service Members Sue Trump, Armed Forces for Transgender Ban

“Trump’s directive to exclude transgender people from military service has created a tidal wave of harms that have already been felt throughout our armed services.”
Person in colorful outfit, text on screen reads: "Being Two Spirit"
Kenrya Rankin  Mar 31, 2017 1:23PM EDT

WATCH: Video Explores History and Contributions of Two Spirit People

Fusion’s video comes just in time for International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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Miriam Zoila Pérez  Mar 16, 2017 5:20PM EDT

REPORT: Women Who Are of Color, Trans and HIV-Positive Must Fight Overlapping Oppressions

Research by the Transgender Law Center highlights the major economic, social and health challenges facing trans women of color living with HIV.
Text: If in 2015 all Americans had the same risk of murder as young Black trans women there would have been 120,087 murders instead of 15,696 murders.
Kenrya Rankin  Dec 8, 2016 12:18PM EST

New Database Tracks Deaths of Transgender Homicide Victims

Mic reports: Fully 75 percent of the trans and gender-nonconforming Americans killed because of their identities since 2010 were Black women.
Miriam Zoila Pérez  Nov 17, 2016 10:03AM EST

Trans Folks: Everything You Need to Know About Updating Your IDs Before Trump Takes Office

The bottom line: Don’t panic. But if you’re ready to update your ID documents, do it now.
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Miriam Zoila Pérez  Nov 3, 2016 4:36PM EDT

REPORT: Hundreds of Videos Showing Transphobic Violence Are Uploaded and Circulated as Entertainment

WITNESS Media Lab analyzed over 300 eyewitness videos of violence against transgender people, many of color, and found that many of them have garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and hateful comments.
Kenrya Rankin  Jul 19, 2016 3:52PM EDT

Ben Carson Says Being Transgender 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'

The former presidential candidate is set to speak at the Republican National Convention tonight.
Miriam Zoila Pérez  Apr 25, 2016 1:53PM EDT

WATCH: Pakistani Student Asks President Obama How He's Supporting Non-Binary People

Non-binary Muslim student Maria Munir spoke to President Obama at an event in London over the weekend.
Kenrya Rankin  Jan 25, 2016 2:30PM EST

These New Guidelines Make it Easier for Transgender Athletes to Compete in the Olympics

But the final decision still rests in the hands of individual sports federations.
Kenrya Rankin  Aug 20, 2015 1:23PM EDT

Tamara Dominguez is 17th U.S. Trans Woman Killed in 2015

The Mexican-American transgender woman’s body was found in a church parking lot.
Kenrya Rankin  Jun 15, 2015 5:18PM EDT

New Series Explores Relationships of Black Transgender and Queer Couples

The first video in a new series explores why love is revolutionary for black transgender and queer couples.
Jamilah King  Sep 18, 2014 7:00AM EDT

'Queer People Don't Have the Luxury to Stop Telling Our Stories'

Christopher Soto, editor of the new queer poetry journal “Neptanla,” isn’t satisfied with mere visibility. He thinks the LGBT community deserves more.

new journal by and for queer people of color,
Aura Bogado  Jul 31, 2014 11:46AM EDT

Trans Girl's Friend Helps Stop Stabbing Attack on D.C. Metro

She’s expected to make a full recovery.
Jamilah King  Jul 14, 2014 9:13AM EDT

R. Kelly's Ex-Wife Has the Most Wonderful Things to Say About Their Transgender Son

“All I can say about Jay is he makes it so easy to be a proud mom.”
Aura Bogado  Jul 11, 2014 4:26PM EDT

New York's New Municipal ID Draws Criticism

The card is intended to provide identification for marginalized people–but not everyone’s convinced it’ll be a good thing.