6 transgender women have been killed in the past 5 weeks alone
Many of them were women of color.
By Casey Quinlan - May 12, 2020Many of them were women of color.
By Casey Quinlan - May 12, 2020Transgender people are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 due to the economic and social barriers they face.
By Casey Quinlan - April 23, 2020Gov. Brad Little signed two anti-transgender bills on the eve of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
By Associated Press - March 31, 2020Arizona Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill to effectively ban transgender girls from interscholastic sports.
By Josh Israel - February 27, 2020Progressives notched victories on voting rights in both Virginia and North Dakota, and the House of Representatives took steps forward on the Equal Rights Amendment.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 14, 2020Republican state Rep. Bruce Griffey wants to bar student athletes from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020Republican Skyler Wheeler called the Transgender Day of Remembrance tribute ‘one of the most egregious acts of political aggression I’ve ever seen.’
By Josh Israel - November 25, 2019From victories on protecting immigrants to the first step in legalizing marijuana on the federal level, progressives saw a slew of victories this week.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 22, 2019A new proposal by Republican state lawmakers would make it illegal for transgender individuals under 18 to obtain gender confirmation treatment or surgery.
By Emily Singer - November 22, 2019Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) let the group hold an event on Capitol Hill.
By Emily Singer - November 01, 2019Idaho wants to make it harder for transgender individuals to change the gender on their birth certificates, defying a court order against such barriers.
By Associated Press - October 26, 2019Parents of the slain gay teenager laced into Barr over his support of allowing individuals to be fired for being transgender.
By Associated Press - October 16, 2019Carson made some transphobic comments while visiting HUD’s San Francisco office. His clarification didn’t make things any better.
By Lisa Needham - September 23, 2019With a 4-3 vote, the school board in Stafford County, Virginia, adopted nondiscrimination and equal opportunity policies to protect LGBTQ students and faculty.
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2019The Trump administration is going to court to get trans people fired and force women to dress like Christian conservatives think they should.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2019A full 71% of Americans think transgender troops should be allowed to serve in the military, but Trump’s GOP remains firm in its commitment to bigotry.
By Lisa Needham - June 21, 2019In the middle of Pride Month, Republicans fought against LGBTQ equality on the House floor.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 19, 2019Trump falsely claimed transgender Americans could not serve in the military because of prescription drugs they would need.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 06, 2019A new draft rule from the Trump administration opens the door to doctors discriminating against millions of women and the transgender community.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 24, 2019Rep. Jennifer Wexton said Carson’s testimony was both ‘deceitful’ and ‘inept.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 23, 2019New proposed rules from Trump’s health department would let bigoted health care professionals discriminate against patients.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 25, 2019California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington state are defying Trump’s bigoted transgender ban.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 24, 2019The American Medical Association says there is ‘no medically valid reason’ for Trump’s transgender military ban.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 11, 2019In a congressional hearing, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos admitted that her actions could harm transgender students.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 10, 2019Republicans are fighting a bill that would ban discrimination ‘on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.’
By Emily Singer - April 02, 2019The House condemned Trump’s bigoted ban on transgender troops serving — but nearly every Republican sided against members of the military.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 28, 2019On the same night Sarah Huckabee Sanders got kicked out of Red Hen, two of my transgender friends were denied bathroom access. This is what real discrimination looks like.
By Emily Crockett - June 26, 2018Trump’s hand-selected military officials are pushing back on his bigoted proposed ban of transgender service members.
By Oliver Willis - February 23, 2018