Poll Position: What Is The Most Pressing Issue Facing The LGBT Community? Vote Now!
It's Friday and that means time for another Poll Position question and your chance to sound off on a topic facing the LGBT community. It was a big ...
It's Friday and that means time for another Poll Position question and your chance to sound off on a topic facing the LGBT community. It was a big ...
Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.11.2012
In Argentina, "Senators approved the Gender Identity law by a vote of 55-0." 55-0? I can't imagine that unanimity happening with any positive legislature for the LGBT in this country.
Laverne Cox | Posted 05.10.2012
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.
Posted 05.10.2012
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...
AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 05.10.2012
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Adults who want sex-change surgery or hormone therapy in Argentina will be able to get it as part of their public or privat...
Mark Daniel Snyder | Posted 05.07.2012
The EEOC's ruling makes the case for feminine men, butch women, and really everybody who may be discriminated against because he or she is not behaving in a way that conforms to stereotypes about gender to unite in our cause for full equality.
Chi Mgbako | Posted 05.07.2012
There is a dearth of data regarding poverty within the LGBT community. This must change so that organizations can assist LGBT people who disproportionately suffer economic marginalization because of homophobia and transphobia.
Posted 05.02.2012
A black transgender Minneapolis woman pleaded guilty to second degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of a local man, but her supporters maintain s...
Posted 05.02.2012
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...
Posted 05.02.2012
Friends, family members and LGBT advocates are mourning the death of a California transgender woman who was gunned down in Oakland over the weekend. ...
Posted 05.01.2012
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...
Posted 05.01.2012
The ABC program "What Would You Do?" has never shied away from tackling controversial topics, and this week's forthcoming episode is no exception. ...
Wayne Maines | Posted 04.30.2012
We need to demand real change in our schools and in our communities.
Kyle Knight | Posted 04.24.2012
Since the 2007 decision in Pant v. Nepal, only two citizens, through relentless personal advocacy, have successfully received documents that reflect their true gender identity. Several international law arguments can support Nepali activists in their fight for legal recognition.
Posted 04.30.2012
In what has been hailed as a "landmark" move, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Monday that employers which discriminates against...
The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.13.2012
Transgender people face prejudice and fear in everyday life, but being transgender in prison puts you at an increased risk for violence, rape and emot...
Toni Newman | Posted 04.12.2012
During my lifetime I have never seen any President of the United States reach out so effectively to the LGBT community, especially the transgender community. My philosophy has always been "actions speak louder than words."
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 04.11.2012
It's been "happily ever after" for Jenna Talackova, the transgender contestant who was initially disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada pageant bu...
AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 04.10.2012
NEW YORK — A rule change that would allow transgender women to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant next year is a step forward for e...
Posted 04.03.2012
The transgender beauty queen who was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada pageant last month has broken her silence following news that she coul...
AP | By JEREMY HAINSWORTH | Posted 04.03.2012
-- The Miss Universe Organization announced Monday that it might reverse an earlier decision and allow a transgender woman to enter the Miss Universe...
Posted 04.02.2012
A transgender beauty queen who made international headlines after being disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada pageant has found an unlikely suppo...
Posted 03.23.2012
An Ohio-based transgender college student has filed a discrimination complaint against his university for assigning him to a women's dormitory for the...
Posted 03.22.2012
A new project created by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition and sponsored by GLAAD aims to raise awareness about the transgender commu...
Posted 03.22.2012
The first openly gay member of the Nepalese parliament is petitioning Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to create options for users who don't identify ...
Posted 05.11.2012