Scroll To Top

trans leadership

Stepping Out as Allies to Stop Anti-Trans Attacks

For Pride Month, SAGE, the world’s largest advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders, donated $75,000 to the three leading national trans organizations to help the trans community fight back

Ending the Trans Military Ban: 'Let's Just Get This Done'

The former Army captain and West Point graduate has a message for outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: End the military's ban on open service by transgender Americans.

These Trans Women of Color Will No Longer Accept the Status Quo

Merrique Jenson is bringing together trans women of the Midwest to first commiserate, then conquer.

The Many Dangers of Trump's Trans Military Ban

Civil rights lawyer, Chase Strangio, weeds through the Trump lies and spin.

Dear Media: Adopt Ronan Farrow's Model Trans Coverage

It's simple: When covering transgender people, include transgender people.

New York Times Decries Contributors Protesting Its Trans Coverage

Executive Editor Joe Kahn wrote in a staff memo that the paper wouldn't tolerate contributors who joined with adovacy groups to condem the organization.

LGBTQ+ and allied members of Congress introduce Trans Day of Visibility resolution

The resolution recognizes the accomplishments of trans people and commits to affirming their rights.

Black Trans Women Like Me Are Dying in Texas Due to Political Games

Misinformation about transgender people threatens our lives, but Lone Star State politicians keep lying.

The Biggest Takeaways from Transgender Hollywood on ScarJo Scandal

Here are the most salient points from transgender actors and creatives who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about seeing themselves on-screen. 

UK Government Blocks Scotland's New Pro-Trans Gender Recognition Law

The Scottish law would have moved toward self-determination for transgender people. 

Op-ed: Why We Shut Down the Castro

As the #BlackLivesMatter movement forges ahead, white LGBT people don't have to sit on the sidelines.

Lara Trump awkwardly blames Biden’s support of trans people for high gas prices and Israel-Hamas war

According to the co-chair of the Republican National Committee transgender people are to blame for everything, even Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Smithsonian Cancels AAPI Literature Festival Leaving Trans Authors Upset

Organizers say they expect a more forthcoming answer about why the event, which included a trans and nonbinary reading room, was suddenly scrapped.

Meet the transgender Lutheran pastor preaching acceptance: 'Nothing is wrong with you'

Drew Stever, a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is one of the few out transgender clergy members to be ordained by a Christian institution.

New Defense Sec. 'Open-Minded' on Trans Military Ban

Just five days after being sworn in, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter indicated that he wants everyone who is willing and able to serve to be able to do so -- and the White House agrees.

True

'Transgender biological men': Sherrod Brown’s Ohio ad signals the danger of Dems hesitating on trans rights

The ad is the second one from a Democratic candidate in a swing state responding to an onslaught of anti-trans advertising.

U.K. Far-Right Takes Lesson from U.S. Protests Against Drag Queens

(CNN) -- Covid-19 conspiracists and far-right supporters lobbed homophobic and transphobic slurs at parents and children to try to stop the kids from meeting drag queens.

Meet the First Out Trans Soldier in the U.S. Military

Army Sgt. Shane Ortega, a transgender man currently serving in Oahu, knows that 'administratively, I shouldn't exist.'

Black Trans Folks: We Are the Keepers of Our Future

The hurdles to happiness and longevity for African-American transgender people are intimidating but not insurmountable, says Lourdes Ashley Hunter.

Anti-Trans School Restroom Policies Unconstitutional, Court Rules

In the case brought by Virginia student Gavin Grimm, the Fourth Circuit says such policies violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.

Experts say that gender-affirming care bans amount to 'abuse.' Why won't lawmakers listen?

Despite medical professionals insisting bans on gender-affirming care for minors “amount to state-sanctioned medical neglect and emotional abuse," politicians won't relent.