Melania Trump attacks trans athletes in memoir as 'deepening the divisions in our society'
The former first lady singled out transgender athletes in her new book, Melania: A Memoir.
October 9, 2024
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France's first lady Brigitte Macron awarded nearly $9,000 in damages after transvestigation
A French court has ordered Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey to pay Macron €8,000 (about $8,864) over claims they made in 2021 that falsely asserted the first lady is actually her brother.
September 13, 2024
Think transgender women have an advantage in sports? A new study disputes the idea
The U.K. study, while using a small sample, cautions against blanket bans on trans women's participation in women's sports.
May 7, 2024
A Cisgender Lesbian's TDOR Message to Trans Women
Beverly Tillery of the New York City Anti-Violence Project wants her trans sisters to know she has their backs.
November 20, 2015
Op-ed: If BinderCon Was Just for White Cisgender Women, It Wouldn't Work
Mitt Romney's comment about 'binders full of women' spurred the creation of BinderCon, a symposium for female writers that works hard to include LGBT participants.
March 26, 2015
Trump Attacks Trans People at Alaska Rally
The former president claimed that letting trans women compete alongside cisgender women is "demeaning to women."
July 10, 2022
Chess Governing Body Bars Trans Women From Women's Competitions
This is an insult to both transgender and cisgender women, activists say.
August 17, 2023
Cricket’s Governing Body Restricts Transgender Women From Play
Mainstream science does not support the claim of athletic advantage in trans women over cisgender women.
November 24, 2023
STUDY: LGBT Women Among Most At-Risk for Poverty
A new study reveals that trans women are 3.8 times more likely to live in poverty than cisgender women.
March 14, 2015
Op-ed: Embracing Transgender Women
Why ignoring the differences between cisgender black women and transgender black women will lead to a less misogynist, less racist, less transphobic society.
January 28, 2014
Trans Cyclist Opens Up About Hate Mail — and Death Threats
Rachel McKinnon says the hate directed toward her for competing against cisgender women is based on misconceptions about trans women athletes.
December 6, 2019
Historic Sorority Bans Transgender Women
Zeta Phi Beta, begun in the 1920s at Howard University, specifically limits membership to cisgender women.
April 25, 2019
IRS Awards Tax Exempt Status to Transphobic Lesbian-Run 'Pussy Church'
The cisgender women-only faith requires adherents to provide "evidence of a consistent lesbian life" to join.
August 6, 2018
WATCH: Which First Lady Did Joan Rivers Call 'A Transgender?'
The insult comic continues a long tradition of joking that certain cisgender women are actually transgender as a way of putting trans women down, taking aim at First Lady Michelle Obama.
July 3, 2014
Attacks on Imane Khelif prove what we've long known: Transphobia hurts cis women, too
Transphobia is increasingly aimed at cisgender women. This discrimination extends beyond sports, creating new victims of anti-trans hate.
August 2, 2024
This Hate Group Is 'Testing' Target's Bathroom Policy
The hate group is sending cisgender men into women's restooms after the retail chain stood by its trans-supportive bathroom policy.
May 2, 2016
How a Former Advocate Editor and Judy Greer Are Easing Menopause
Gay entrepreneur Corey Scholibo chats with The Advocate about how he and several cisgender women friends created the company Wile to help ease natural hormonal changes.Â
May 16, 2022
Op-ed: Where Are Trans Women in Paintings?
Discover how straight, cisgender painter Janet Bruesselbach plans to change the future of art history with her portrait series, Daughters of Mercury, featuring trans women as subjects.
October 30, 2014
Voice Therapists Are Helping Trans People Sound Like Their True Selves
Rather than perpetuating what all men and all women -- trans and cisgender -- "should" sound like, Christie Block says she tries to help clients find a voice that feels right to them.
August 17, 2016
Don't Use 'TERF,' AP Stylebook Advises
"Trans-exclusionary radical feminist" and "TERF" are "vague and politicized," says the widely used style guide.
June 14, 2023
'Queer' Moniker Finds Favor Among the Young and Nonbinary
Young people may perceive "queer" as a more fluid identity than gay or lesbian, say researchers at the Williams Institute.
January 28, 2020