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How Kelly Clarkson and her trans producer Caragh Donley are championing transgender lives

Donley talks to The Advocate about working on The Kelly Clarkson Show, which has featured segments celebrating Transgender Awareness Week.

Ohio Gov. DeWine signs anti-trans school bathroom law

The Buckeye State becomes the 11th state restricting trans bathroom rights.

Trucks Took to the Texas Streets With Signs Supporting Trans Lives

The vehicles displayed signs reading "trans lives are precious."

Raquel Willis Shares Her Southern Trans Journey in Memoir ‘The Risk It Takes to Bloom’

Discussing her memoir with The Advocate, Willis opens up about her life as a Black trans woman from the South looking to change the world.

The Top 10 Trans-Friendly Colleges and Universities

With improvements made across the country, for the first time ever, Campus Pride can assemble a list of the most welcoming places for trans students to go to college.

Meet the Point Foundations Class of 2010

The Point Foundation searches for the best and brightest LGBT students.

9 Tweets to Celebrate Trans Awareness Week

See how these trans advocates, students, and allies brought visibility to their trans community members this week.

7 Uplifting Transgender Films That You Should Watch and Enjoy

From love stories to vampy teens, these films celebrate everything that is trans joy.

It's Transgender Awareness Week — Here's How to Observe It

It's a time to highlight the challenges trans people face and what they've overcome -- and to participate in a national survey.

Hillary Clinton Responds to Criticism of Her Transgender Statements

The former secretary of State and presidential nominee emphasized her longtime support for trans equality after being critiqued for comments that some took as anti-trans. 

For Transgender Awareness Week, a Look at the Reality of Health Care for Trans Youth

The National Center for Lesbian Rights is telling the real stories of trans youth and their families through the new #HealthcareIsCaring campaign.

How to Keep Trans Voters From Being Disenfranchised

As Transgender Awareness Month arrives, the League of Women Voters is ensuring all trans people get their say at the polls next week.

WATCH: Trans People Share Their Stories

In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, GLAAD released a new series of videos highlighting diversity within the transgender community called I AM: Trans People Speak

Trump's D.C. Hotel Lights Up With Protest for Trans Awareness Week

The National Center for Transgender Equality lit up Trump's hotel with messages protesting his administration's anti-transgender actions. 

What It's Like to Get Through School as a Trans Teen

In time for Trans Awareness Week, this short film portrays the reality faced by gender-nonconforming youth.

Transgender Awareness Week: Why It Matters and How to Observe It

The week highlights not only the challenges faced by trans people but also their resilience and joy.

Transphobic 'Parody' of Bathroom Signs Pollute U.K. Campus

The sign, which misgenders and leans on tired myths about trans women as inherently 'threatening,' has been swiftly denounced and removed as its creator remains anonymous.

Black Trans Woman Angel Naira Shot to Death; 47th Victim This Year

Friends are remembering her as a "great person" and a "beautiful soul."

J.K. Rowling Funds Sex Abuse Crisis Center That Excludes Trans Women

The author's crisis center excludes trans women as both employees and service users.

For the Trump Family, LGBTQ+ People Are Nothing but a Joke

Like his grandmother and father, Donald Trump Jr. uses LGBTQ in a disparaging way.