Something as simple as booking a flight can be painful if you identify as trans.
On Tuesday, United Airlines announced that they would be changing their booking options to be more trans-inclusive. Instead of forcing their customers to choose be…
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Ally Moms provide a critical lifeline for trans youth and their parents
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When 17-year-old transgender teen Leelah Acorn committed suicide in 2014, it made national headlines — and hit some parents painfully and particularly hard.
Roz Keith was one of those parents. Keith’s teenage son had just come out to her as trans a year earlier. She was in the middle of her own parenting journey, and it was “devastating and heartbreaking,” Keith told Mashable, to think that Acorn may have committed suicide “in part because she didn’t have parent support.” Acorn’s parents wouldn’t refer to Leelah as a girl. They had sent her to conversion therapy to help correct her gender identity. Read more…
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These stunning posters will help you mark Trans Day of Resilience
At least 22 transgender people have been killed in 2018, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign. Eighty-two percent of them were women of color. It’s likely more lives were lost because anti-trans violence is often unreported or mis…
View More These stunning posters will help you mark Trans Day of ResilienceHow to be an ally who stands with transgender people
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There are many reasons you should learn how to be an ally to trans people. First, transgender rights are human rights — it’s that simple. Trans people regularly encounter discrimination in everyday settings, such as workplaces, schools, and doctor’s offices. They face much higher risks for experiencing homelessness, developing anxiety, and being physically harassed or violently attacked.
Especially now, in this current political moment, people need to step up in solidarity with the trans community. The Trump administration has a long record of attacking the rights of transgender people. It moved to ban transgender people from serving in the military, and now the administration wants to use federal bureaucracy to deny transgender people’s existence. Read more…
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View More How to be an ally who stands with transgender peopleTransgender rights activists are flooding Twitter with helpful tips for allies
Sometimes social media is a good thing.
The anger over a Trump administration plan to curtail the rights of transgender citizens is still palpable. But the Sunday morning eruption that followed the revelations aired in a New York Times report came wi…
Transgender rights at risk as Trump weighs a narrowed legal view on gender
In one of the Donald Trump administration’s most flagrant acts of evil to date, a narrowed legal definition of gender that is currently under consideration could jeopardize the rights of 1.4 million transgender Americans.
A Sunday report from the New…
One year after Trump tweeted he’d ban transgender troops, the fight to stop him continues
One year ago, President Trump used Twitter to announce a ban on transgender troops. Today, the fight to protect transgender service people is still very much alive.
LGBTQ civil rights organizations and activists across social media are using the hash…
Her tweet echoed Sarah Huckabee Sanders, but her story had a much different ending
They both got kicked out of different Washington, D.C. area restaurants on Friday. But only one suffered unjust treatment.
While White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders used her government Twitter account on Saturday to criticize a private…
‘My government just told me I don’t matter’: Trans students on Betsy DeVos’ school bathroom decision
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Grace Dolan-Sandrino, a 17-year-old transgender high school student, was prepared for the Department of Education to let her down.
The federal agency had done so already a year ago, she says, when it rescinded an Obama-era guidance advising schools to allow trans students use of bathroom facilities that matched their gender identity.
Dolan-Sandrino, however, didn’t expect the department to openly abandon students like her by refusing to investigate or take action on complaints filed by children and teens whose schools implement discriminatory bathroom policies. But, as of Monday, that became the agency’s official position. Read more…
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View More ‘My government just told me I don’t matter’: Trans students on Betsy DeVos’ school bathroom decisionLaverne Cox makes history as the first trans woman on the cover of Cosmo
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Actress and producer Laverne Cox just made history as the first ever trans covergirl for Cosmo.
Set to appear on Cosmopolitan South Africa‘s February 2018 cover, the Orange Is the New Black star offered up an inspiring message to the magazine’s readers for the issue.
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— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) January 22, 2018
“Trans women deserve to be loved out in the open and in the light,” she said in a pre-issue interview posted to Twitter. “Let go of fear and live a fun, fearless life. If I can do it, you can do it. Read more…
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View More Laverne Cox makes history as the first trans woman on the cover of CosmoDave Chappelle just dropped two Netflix specials, but there’s a problem
Dave Chappelle is widely considered to be a comedic genius. So when Netflix announced it had released two Chappelle stand-up specials, people freaked. A little comedy to wrap up this bitter year has to be a good thing, right?
Well, maybe. But maybe n…
Rihanna has given serious thought to casting transgender models for Fenty Beauty campaigns
Rihanna’s new Fenty Beauty line has been heaped with praise about its countless shade range and diverse ads.
But one fan had something to say about it all and took his questions straight to Riri herself.
On Twitter, @lbertootero asked the singe…