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San Diego County Buildings to Light Up For Transgender Day Of Remembrance
The pink, blue and white colors of the Transgender Flag will fly over the County Administration Center and the San Diego Convention Center Sails Pavilion at sundown Friday in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Human Rights Campaign reports that so far in 2020 “at least 36 Transgender or gender non-conforming people have been killed by violent means, the…
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Meet Taylor Small: Vermont's First Trans State Legislator
Taylor Small made history when she became Vermont’s first openly transgender state legislator. Small joins LX News to discuss what her progressive win means for all young queer and trans people across the country and how she will continue her work on health equity and non-citizen voting.
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California Will House Transgender Inmates by Gender Identity
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring California to house transgender inmates in prisons based on their gender identity
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Binge This: How the ‘Breaking Fast' Film Is Breaking Down Barriers
The film “Breaking Fast” explores an LGBTQ relationship with a Muslim character as the protagonist and is receiving much acclaim. We had a chance to chat with starring actors Haaz Sleiman and Michael Cassidy, who pull back curtain on the award-winning movie.
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Her Complicated Legacy: Susan B. Anthony Pardon Overlooks Voting Issues That Remained for Women of Color
Ko Bragg, a reporter for the 19th, breaks down how suffragette is still a work in process in the fight for equal rights for Black and transgender women.
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A Most Deadly Year: Black Transgender Americans Are Being Killed at an Alarming Rate
Transgender people have more visibility in America than ever before, but that visibility has come at a deadly cost in 2020.
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Transgender Americans Are More Visible—and More Vulnerable—Than Ever
At least 22 transgender or gender non-conforming people have been killed in the United States so far this year. That puts 2020 on track to be the most deadly year for the trans community since the Human Rights Campaign began tracking violence against them.
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Dreams Deferred: The Battle for Transgender Military Rights Marches On
Three tweets. It took just three tweets in 2017 to change Nic Talbott’s world… three tweets to say he was unworthy to serve his country.