Last July, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ended the policy of discharging soldiers who change their gender identity, and began drafting a plan for transgender soldiers to serve openly. With a greater proportion of transgender people in the armed forces as…
Last month, North Carolina’s state legislature passed HB2 -- a controversial bill that requires transgender people to use the bathroom correlated with the gender on their birth certificate and excludes gay and transgender people from anti-discrimination protections. Read how two…
Last month, North Carolina's lawmakers passed House Bill 2 which requires people to use the public bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. How are students and school communities affected by so-called transgender "Bathroom bills"?…
Apr 19

By Corinne Segal
An appeals court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a transgender student who says that his school violated anti-discrimination laws by not allowing him to use the bathroom that matches his gender.
Apr 13

By Corinne Segal
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an anti-discrimination executive order on Wednesday for LGBT state workers, marking the first time the state's government has provided protection for its transgender employees.
A 10-minute, face-to-face conversation can reduce transphobia, according to researchers at Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley.
Apr 05

By Laura Santhanam
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a state law that allows businesses to refuse gay couples services based on an owners' religious beliefs.
Mar 30

By Alexandra Sarabia
Want to train a voice to align with a gender that is different than the one assigned at birth? Try this clinic.
Days after North Carolina passed a bill that has been called the most anti-LGBT law in the U.S., members of the transgender community and their allies are not staying silent.
Mar 22

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
Big companies are pushing back against proposed federal rules they say would require their medical plans to cover gender transition and other services for transgender people.
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