... on the transgender community, with 66 percent expressing “favorable feelings” toward transgender people, as opposed to 13 percent of people who do not know a transgender person. But transgender identity is still widely misunderstood. We spoke with experts and activists within the transgender community to address some common misconceptions. 1 ...
... gender. “It is the right of every human being to choose their gender,” the court said. The decision ordered the government to institute quotas for transgender people in jobs, education, and other amenities. Transgender people, transsexuals, cross-dressers, and other gender non-conforming Indians are commonly referred to as hijras ...
... Executive Director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, discussed efforts to help transgender youth with Hari Sreenivasan. To learn more about these resources, visit: The Trevor Project GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) PFLAG(Parents, Families, Friends and Allies United with LGBTQ People) National Center for Transgender Equality
A petition to ban gender-conversion therapy, created in response to the death of transgender 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn, has garnered more than 200,000 signatures in two days. The petition from the Transgender Human Rights Institute asks President Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi to ...
On Tuesday, transgender rights advocate and comedian Red Durkin started the hashtag #RealLiveTransAdult -- a conversation that encouraged transgender men and women to share their stories with transgender teenagers. https://twitter.com/RedIsDead/status/549977788678041600 https://twitter.com/JustineSmithies/status/549993445507743747 https://twitter.com/eiridescent/status/550002511868747776 Durkin -- who came out ...
... gay and transgender government employees or contractors. Gay rights advocates applauded the DOJ’s reversal on the issue. “This is a huge step forward for transgender litigants and will have an extremely positive impact in cases involving discrimination against transgender employees,” said Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center ...
... country -- that trans women do belong in women's spaces like Mount Holyoke," said Ochteriski. Now that the college has formalized its policy on admitting transgender students, it's grappling with certain realities -- like bathrooms, dormitories, and educating students about transgender issues. That's why Ochteriski is writing a weekly ...
... time for the U.S. to join them," said Allyson Robinson, the group's policy director and a former Army captain. A military review of transgender issues could occur as it also deals with questions about how to treat transgender prisoners. Chelsea Manning, a former Army private serving a 35 ...
A state board in Virginia on Wednesday approved a new policy that will allow transgender high school student-athletes to play a given sport based on the gender with which they identify. According to U.S. News and World Report, at least 10 other states no longer restrict athletic participation ...
Maine's highest court Thursday that school officials who prevented a transgender student from using the girls' bathroom violated state anti-discrimination laws. In the first ruling of its kind, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court concluded that a transgender person should use the bathroom consistent with the gender with which ...
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