• The history behind International Transgender Day of Visibility

    The history behind International Transgender Day of Visibility

    Mar 31, 2021 10:48 PM EDT

    ... days with near disbelief. Millions of people now recognize March 31 as a day to celebrate transgender people worldwide. Every major LGBTQ+ rights organization recognizes Transgender Day of Visibility with community gatherings, panels and celebrations. Skyscrapers across the nation light up with light pink, blue and white — transgender pride colors ...

  • Reversing Trump order, Pentagon to release new policy for transgender people in military

    Reversing Trump order, Pentagon to release new policy for transgender people in military

    Mar 31, 2021 04:44 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday will sweep away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition, defense officials told The Associated Press. The new department regulations allow transgender ...

  • South Dakota governor kills transgender sports bill, but orders restrictrions

    South Dakota governor kills transgender sports bill, but orders restrictrions

    Mar 30, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

    ... faster and bigger than those born female. The bill had included enforcement mechanisms and required schools to annually gather documentation of athletes' sex at birth. Transgender advocates said efforts to bar transgender girls and women from sports deprive transgender children of a chance to belong to a sports team when ...

  • U.S. Senate confirms transgender doctor for key health post

    U.S. Senate confirms transgender doctor for key health post

    Mar 24, 2021 10:47 PM EDT

    Levine replied that transgender medicine "is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research and standards of care" and said she would welcome discussing the issues with him. In the past, Levine has asserted that hormone therapy and puberty-blocking drugs can be valuable medical tools in sparing some ...

  • For transgender people, finding housing has become even harder during the pandemic

    For transgender people, finding housing has become even harder during the pandemic

    Mar 12, 2021 10:08 PM EDT

    ... we’re living in times of pandemic,” she said via translator. “I had hoped the landlord would be understanding if we pay late.” For the transgender community, coping with the stresses of housing discrimination will require them to rely on one another. Figgins said especially in times of crisis, the ...

  • Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender athletes from competing

    Mississippi governor signs bill banning transgender athletes from competing

    Mar 11, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

    ... president of the LGBTQ civil rights organization Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement Thursday that the Mississippi law could lead to more bullying of transgender people. “This law is a solution in search of a problem, and legislators in Mississippi have not provided any examples of Mississippi transgender athletes ...

  • Mississippi governor to sign bill limiting transgender athletes' ability to compete

    Mississippi governor to sign bill limiting transgender athletes' ability to compete

    Mar 04, 2021 08:34 PM EDT

    ... most Republicans supporting it and most Democrats either opposing it or refraining from voting.Republican legislators who pushed the bill gave no evidence of any transgender athletes competing in Mississippi schools or universities. A Mississippi mother with a transgender daughter spoke Thursday during the Human Rights Campaign news conference. Katy ...

  • Biden repeals Trump ban on transgender people in military

    Biden repeals Trump ban on transgender people in military

    Jan 25, 2021 04:36 PM EDT

    ... members could be discharged from the military for being transgender, but that changed during the Obama administration. In 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that transgender people already serving in the military would be allowed to serve openly. And the military set July 1, 2017, as the date when transgender ...

  • Transgender athletes look hopefully to White House transition

    Transgender athletes look hopefully to White House transition

    Jan 15, 2021 08:33 PM EDT

    ... administration intervened in support of a lawsuit filed by several non-transgender girls in Connecticut who were seeking to block a state policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in line with their identity. The plaintiffs argued transgender female runners had an unfair physical advantage. But the two transgender runners ...

  • 'All my love, Elliot': 'Umbrella Academy' actor comes out as transgender

    'All my love, Elliot': 'Umbrella Academy' actor comes out as transgender

    Dec 01, 2020 09:53 PM EDT

    ... Page has given us fantastic characters on-screen, and has been an outspoken advocate for all LGBTQ people," said Nick Adams, GLAAD's Director of Transgender Media. "He will now be an inspiration to countless trans and non-binary people. All transgender people deserve the chance to be ourselves and ...