Much like the general population, most people in the gay and lesbian community did not understand people who are transgender, while the prejudices were similar, the underlying issue is quite different.
As a group within the LGBT community, transgender women face unique barriers, and they're part of a group that's typically left out of the conversation.
Few parents have heard about transgender issues, and some react so strongly to their child's gender nonconformity that they force their child to leave home.
"He" seems thrilled with his results, but he is still a girl where it counts, so it is very confusing. And does this make him gay, or what?
The long-awaited film Becoming Chaz captures not only the arduous trek of coming out as transgender, but it also captures the universal experience we all face of coming out as our true selves.
Massachusetts cannot afford to discriminate against its transgender residents, morally or financially, and it doesn't need to.
This dad's daughter looks and acts "all-girl" to those who know her. The problem arose when an adult, who knows the girl's history, forced her school to deny her access to the girls' room.
Last week saw the release of an important new resource for medical providers serving transsexual and gender-variant patients: The Primary Care Protocol for Transgender Patient Care.
Fox News has once again sparked an insane and hate driven debate about gender identity and sexuality.
But for those in the part of the transgender population who feel the need to bring their anatomy in line with their deeply held belief of being the opposite gender, this is a challenging question that's increasingly important.
NEW YORK -- Some transgender people say New York City is making it too difficult for them to change their birth certificates to reflect the people the...
David, known as the finest immigration lawyer of his generation, crossed boundaries in his personal as well as professional life.
Mirroring the old saying about what's most important in real estate, the three most important themes in the national conversation right now are jobs, ...
Critics cry that introducing all children to the concept of transgender people will cause them to "become transgender," but schooling has little impact on gender identity development in children.
The New York Times has reported that over 30 Gay-Straight Alliance school clubs have formed across the state of Utah in 2010. This comes on the heels...
Even if they are out to their families, an LGBTQ youth still may feel like an outsider, that they don't belong, or that they are somehow wrong for who they are.
A study by Iowa State University researchers Warren Blumenfeld and Robyn Cooper found about half of "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and al...
After 10 years of their "queer" children being together, the parents met only a few months ago during the month of Ramadan.
Deen's transformation from female to male posed a dilemma for Elizabeth, because it could strip away her queer identity. The girl-girl couple would look like a girl-boy couple.
This weekend is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, and many of us will be memorializing transgender Americans murdered because of their gender identities or gender expressions.
May these thanks be a step on my path to creating a world where the list of the murders shortens and the list of joys, equalities and sources of ease for transgender people grows ever longer.
Medicare, Medicaid, VA and private health insurance generally do not cover transgender health, and especially not surgery.
We should follow the advice in Carlos Ball's post to accommodate the differently gendered.
Less traditional acts of passing are about much more than mere disguise. They are about reopening a space to understand how identities are constructed within specific situations.
Because suicide is the third leading cause of death in young people ages 15 to 24 and it is the second leading cause of death among college students, it is vitally important for everyone to learn about suicide in relation to our youth.
