Netroots Nation, the annual convention of progressive bloggers and activists that took place over the weekend in Providence, Rhode Island, for the fir...

CeCe McDonald's experience seems to show that being caught in the wrong place at the wrong time can somehow turn someone who very much appears to be a black, transgender victim and survivor of a hate crime into a criminal.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Transsexuals lined up Monday to be the first to take advantage of Argentina's groundbreaking gender-identity law, which ena...

Janet Jackson is kicking off her Pride month in an extra-special way: by announcing plans to executive produce a documentary about transgender people ...

The singer-guitarist of punk band Against Me! made her live debut as Laura Jane Grace in San Diego last week. Grace, 31, joined the band as Tom Ga...

BANGKOK — Lady Gaga has met Thailand's premier "lady boys" at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way. Diving in...

I've never heard a woman say, "I shouldn't eat those fries they're bad for my inner peace." No guy checking himself out in the mirror ever tells himself, "Your values and morals are looking hot today."

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates in 95 countries around the world are honoring the International Day Against Homophobia ...

The FTM (female-to-male) community cannot gloss over the fact that we who are genderqueer and identify as men, dress as men, bind, pack, etc. are not "less-than" because we don't take testosterone. We are not less than any man because of our choice not to have surgery.

Leslie Feinberg stood up for native people so many years ago and showed me solidarity. I am writing today to ask you to show solidarity with CeCe McDonald and to pay attention to her trial.

While I am a huge supporter of marriage equality, as a transgender woman of color, I recognize that there are arguably bigger issues for my trans brothers and sisters, like employment and health-care discrimination and violence against transgender people.

A transgender British teen who transitioned at the age of 16 is hoping to make history by winning the Miss England beauty pageant. As the Internat...

A black transgender Minneapolis woman pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of a local man, but her supporters maintain s...

A Texas-based transgender woman said she was humiliated after being ticketed for using the ladies' room at a Dallas hospital. As MSNBC is reportin...

Friends, family members and LGBT advocates are mourning the death of a California transgender woman who was gunned down in Oakland over the weekend. ...

The National Geographic channel is set to air "American Transgender," an hour-long documentary that takes a no-holds-barred look at the lives and stru...

The ABC program "What Would You Do?" has never shied away from tackling controversial topics, and this week's forthcoming episode is no exception. ...

A New Jersey-based transgender woman has successfully appealed a decision made by her health insurance company to deny her coverage for a mammogram, e...

In what has been hailed as a "landmark" move, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Monday that employers which discriminates against...