Trans activists march on Florida capital as erasure bill dies
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
March 1, 2024
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Video: Transgender activists stage die-in at Florida driver's license offices across the state
It comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration criminalizes changing one's gender on an I.D.
February 9, 2024
Thai Transgender Activist Wins Provincial Election
Yollada "Nok" Suanyot has won election as the top financial officer in Thailand's Nan province, making her the nation's highest-ranking transgender politician.
May 28, 2012
Anti-Transgender Activists Call for Ulta Beauty Boycott
Because the beauty retailer decided to feature a transgender woman and gender-fluid host in a promotional video, right-wing influencers are calling for a boycott.
October 17, 2022
Trans Activists Join GLAAD for National Voter Registration Day
Jamie Clayton, Jazz Jennings, Elliot Fletcher, and other trans icons urge their community to make their voices heard this November.
September 25, 2018
$20M Global Effort to Aid Trans Activists and Causes
The Arcus Foundation and NoVo Foundation announced a five-year funding project aimed at supporting trans people in the U.S. and in developing nations.
December 8, 2015
Lynn Conway, pioneering transgender computer scientist and activist, dies at 86
Conway was fired by IBM in 1968 for transitioning, but she went on to make major advances in her field, such as revolutionizing the chip design process.
June 12, 2024
Activist Protects Transgender Witness From Texas Senate Officials
Sometimes heroes aren’t wearing capes, but they’re wearing pink and rainbow colors.
March 27, 2023
Henry Berg-Brousseau, Transgender Rights Activist, Has Died at 24
After advocating for years as a teenager, Berg-Brousseau currently worked at the Human Rights Campaign as deputy press secretary.
December 21, 2022
Trans Activists Unfurl 150-Foot Transgender Flag at Lincoln Memorial
The National Center for Transgender Equality backed the demonstration in protest of the Trump administration's increased terrorization of trans people.Â
October 29, 2018
Florida's Transgender Bathroom Ban Challenged in Court by Group of Activists Ahead of March
The group of activists will be in Orlando for a march in support of trans youth in the state.
October 3, 2023
Trans Activist: Lyft Apology for Outing 'Not Enough'
Monica Jones tells The Advocate Lyft's apology for its driver posting insinuations that she was a prostitute, outing her as transgender, and naming where she was is 'not enough.'
March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz Calls Colorado Suspect 'Transgendered Leftist'
The only 'evidence' is an election record identifying the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood office as female.
November 30, 2015
Far-Right Trans YouTuber Said an Activist Drove a Woman to Suicide—But No One Died
Blaire White (left) said Eli Erlick (right) pushed another trans woman to end her life. However, the woman in question is alive and now White is being sued.
February 9, 2023
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
#WontBeErased Offers Hopeful Messages In Wake of Anti-Transgender Memo
Transgender activists and allies are weaponizing their visibility against bigotry.
October 22, 2018
NYC Monument Will Honor Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera
Transgender activists before the term transgender was used, the two were key figures in the Stonewall riots.
May 30, 2019
WATCH: Activists Picket Calif. Group Targeting Trans Kids
Transgender activists hosted a demonstration outside the Southern California office of the Pacific Justice Institute to protest the Christian organization's ongoing harassment of a transgender teen in Colorado.
November 22, 2013