Only a few hours had passed after 17-year-old Brandon McInerney had pled guilty to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King at E.O. Gre...

K-12 schools and colleges must take the lead in recognizing and educating about gender diversity. They must implement nondiscrimination policies inclusive of gender identity and expression to protect transgender youth.

This is the child to whom I gave a girl's name, imbued with my own girlish hopes, nurtured the mother-daughter bond that I had with my own mother. What was my relationship with this person if he is my son?

On Nov. 20 we grieve the deaths and memorialize and celebrate the lives of persons who have died at the hands of those whose hatred and prejudice toward transgender people has led to acts of unspeakable violence.

How could a 17-year-old trans woman from a town just 30 miles from San Francisco, America's queer holy land, be murdered and buried in a shallow grave by the side of the road by her supposed peers?

Every Transgender Day of Remembrance, I wonder how many more transgender people will have to be murdered in acts of hate-fueled violence before the politicians finally get it.

We dishonor the memories of all those trans people before us who have lost their lives if we don't find our own ways to fight back. If each of us doesn't find our own way to fight this war against us, we surely will lose.

A trip to transcending boundaries, something that rarely happens in a heterosexual-based society, is a way to push the envelope. Built on a growing community, there is something for everyone who has ever been viewed as "different."

There are many organizations that espouse to support the transgender community, but in light of Shelley Hilliard's charred torso, the actual amount of money and human resources that most LGBT organizations devote to transgender services is insulting.

A Tennessee-based transgender woman says she went topless in the parking lot of a local DMV in an effort to fight for her rights. As WATE.com is r...

Anderson Cooper is set to discuss the social and emotional issues faced by both transgender children and their parents on today's installment of his d...

The Pakistani transgender community celebrated a huge victory this week as the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to register them as voters...

After being glitterbombed for the second time in a month, sex columnist and gay rights advocate Dan Savage has fired back against reports alleging he ...

In what many have deemed a historic measure, the Internal Revenue Service announced this week that it would allow transgender taxpayers to deduct the ...

Two Colorado teens say they feel they are being punished by their high school for identifying as transgender. As Colorado's 9 News is reporting, D...

There's a part of me that's always been envious of Jamie Clayton. You see, Jamie is one of those trans women who has never had trouble passing as a nontrans woman. This has never been the case for me.

Dan Savage may be one of the most high-profile gay rights advocates in the nation -- but that didn't prevent him from reportedly being glitterbombed d...

Those who saw Ed Shultz's segment and took it as accurate and representative of the reality of transgender lives would likely be led to believe that all transgender people are gay, that being transgender is just another form of homosexuality.

A California nursing student claims she was expelled from a private Christian university after revealing herself as transgender on an MTV reality prog...

As a reporter, I hope that new media will grow to encompass transgender and gender-variant expressions as varied as my own. Awareness of trans issues is expanding, and we deserve expansive news sources, too.

CANBERRA, Australia -- Two transgender people won an appeal in Australia's highest court Thursday giving them legal recognition as men despite not hav...

Nine years ago gay and lesbian activists made a decision. To get a non-discrimination bill they desperately wanted past New York's state legislature, ...