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The protester shoved by an Orlando police officer in a viral clip tells The Advocate what happened at the Queers for Palestine rally, and what comes next.
The trans guard supervised a strip search of Rufus West, an inmate at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez, Wis., in 2016.
The mother and daughter were flying out of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
A Maryland judge ruled that transgender woman Sandy Brown's rights were violated by jail officials who locked her in solitary confinement for 66 days and sexually harassed her.
A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.
The whistleblower opens up about the intimate reality of being a trans woman in a men's prison.
Makyyla Holland's lawsuit said she was housed with men, beaten, and denied medication while jailed in Broome County, N.Y.
San Francisco County Sheriff's Department officials have promised changes in how the jail houses trans people, but they have been slow in coming.
The GOP's concern with civil liberties begins at the Second Amendment and ends somewhere near a public restroom.
In her new book, Invisible No More, Andrea J. Ritchie dissects the forgotten stories of police violence against transgender women of color. Read an exclusive excerpt below.
She said she was subjected to a body-cavity search by a male officer, among other humiliations.
'No, seeing a transgender person is not a reason to call the police,' writes the American Civil Liberties Union when releasing audio of the Drury Inn & Suites manager's 911 call after two black trans women checked in.
Women have come forward saying they received severe punishments at River View Christian Academy for even discussing being gay.
Massachusetts -- viewed as a bastion of tolerance -- only recently began recognizing the humanity of trans prisoners.
The California politician may be Trump's most vocal critic in Congress, but fearlessness has long been a trait of this trailblazer.
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.
California is taking action to ensure that trans immigrants are treated with dignity at detention centers. The state's proposed legislation is a bold model for the nation, say Adam Frankel and Bamby Salcedo.
