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Pregnant Florida Trans Man Killed by Partner in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Camdyn Rider, 21, of Winter Haven, died after being shot several times.

Grindr, Scruff Used to Arrest 60 on Drug Charges in Sting Operation

"We discovered exactly what we were told: that they were selling dope. A lot of dope. A lot of street dope on these dating apps."

Black Woman Claims Iowa Police Arrested Her for Being Trans

Meagan Taylor, 22, was arrested Monday after hotel staff wrongly accused her of prostitution. Now the county jail doesn't know where to house her.

Bail Money Raised for Black Woman 'Arrested While Trans'

A minister with Midwestern roots hopes to raise even more money for Meagan Taylor, to pay an outstanding fine.

Profiled as Sex Worker, Black Trans Woman Sues Iowa Hotel

Black trans woman Meagan Taylor has filed a civil rights complaint against an Iowa hotel that falsely accused her and a friend of being sex workers, leading to Taylor's harrowing eight-day incarceration. 

#FreeMeaganTaylor Movement Grows for Jailed Trans Woman

As the #FreeMeaganTaylor movement takes off, activists say the prison system has thrown up roadblocks in bailing the 22-year-old out of a segregated Iowa jail cell.

35 transgender and nonbinary people who died by violence in 2023

The epidemic of fatal violence against transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people continues.

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Did the Mom Whose Son Was Assaulted in Walmart Make It Up?

Online outrage reached a fever pitch in response to a mother who said her two-year-old son was assaulted by a man unhappy that the child was wearing a pink headband. But a police report calls into question the original accusation.

Georgia police searching for man convicted of killing trans woman Skyler Gilmore

Davonte Fore was found guilty of the 2021 murder of Skyler Gilmore but fled before jurors reached their verdict.

Free at Last: Meagan Taylor Speaks

The black trans woman tells The Advocate about facing transphobia daily, her battle ahead, and the unusual part a county jail played in working toward justice.