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San Diego Police Department’s LGBT community liaison stepped down after a decade in the role following similar exclusions for uniformed officers implemented by San Diego Pride and the San Diego LGBT Community Center. The former liaison, Lt. Daniel Meyer, in an open letter published last week said the exclusions “quite simply provides for giant leaps backward in history.” Earlier...

The Trump administration is supporting Idaho’s new law banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports

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“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is facing backlash after being accused of making transphobic comments on social media.

A Virginia school board is defending its policy of blocking transgender students from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity

Dwyane Wade’s love for his kids knows no bounds.

YouTube star Nikkie de Jager, who is best known online as NikkieTutorials, opened up about a personal topic on Monday.

J.K. Rowling is facing widespread criticism from the transgender community and other activists after tweeting support for a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex.

A transgender woman convicted of insurance fraud is serving time at a men’s prison in North Carolina despite her repeated requests to transfer to women’s housing. The News and Observer reports 37-year-old Kanautica Zayre-Brown is believed to be the state’s only post-operative transgender prisoner. But the state recognizes her as a man and by her birth name, which was legally...

A controversial sign at a popular Oklahoma City restaurant is raising eyebrows and concerns, NBC News Affliate KFOR in Oklahoma reported. For about 10 months, a sign has been posted at the Steak and Catfish Barn that tells patrons they do not have a transgender bathroom “so don’t be caught in the wrong one.”

Far more U.S. teens than previously thought are transgender or identify themselves using other nontraditional gender terms, with many rejecting the idea that girl and boy are the only options, new research suggests. The study looked at students in ninth and 11th grade and estimated that nearly three percent are transgender or gender nonconforming, meaning they don’t always self-identify as...

Democrat Danica Roem made history Tuesday with her win for Virginia’s 13th District House of Delegates seat. She will be the 1st out transgender member of the House of Delegates and the 1st out transgender person to win and serve in a state legislature. Roem defeated long-serving GOP incumbent Bob Marshall, who refused to debate Roem during the campaign.

“The thing that’s different about ‘As One’ is that at first, it seems like an issue opera. But it is not an issue opera. It is a human story,” said Mark Campbell, who co-wrote the Libretto.

Some of Ally Lee Steinfeld’s burned remains were found in a bag in a rural southern Missouri chicken coop. Authorities say both of the transgender teen’s eyes had been gouged out and she had been stabbed in the genitals. As questions swirl about why the quiet 17-year-old was killed in such a ghastly manner, authorities aren’t saying what led to...

The surprise announcement drew immediate support and criticism across the region.

In a series of tweets on July 26, President Donald Trump said transgender people are no longer allowed in the military. In the past, Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have promoted their support of the LGBT community.

The San Diego Police Department’s first Transgender officer opens up.

Officer Christine Garcia shares with NBC 7’s Chris Chan how she was met with overwhelming support from her department when she decided to make the transition.

A controversial sign at a popular Oklahoma City restaurant is raising eyebrows and concerns, NBC News Affliate KFOR in Oklahoma reported. For about 10 months, a sign has been posted at the Steak and Catfish Barn that tells patrons they do not have a transgender bathroom “so don’t be caught in the wrong one.”