by Beth Holmes | Apr 30, 2021 | Equality, Gender, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Caitlyn Jenner announced that she plans to run for the California governor’s seat. This isn’t an election year, but a recall election for current Gov. Gavin Newsom seems likely, and candidates are putting their hats in the ring already. Jenner has no...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 19, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Homophobia, Human Rights, International, LGBT community, News, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Back in July 2020, voters in anti-LGBT Russia passed a measure to amend the country’s constitution to redefine marriage and parenthood as a union between a “biological” man and woman. The measure passed with nearly 80 percent of voters in support, after years of...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 2, 2021 | Civil Rights, Equality, Featured, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
In July 2017, former President Trump casually ordered a ban on allowing transgender troops to transition while serving in the American armed forces via his Twitter account. A panel in the Defense Department drew up official regulations, and the ban fought through the...
by admin | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured, News, Power LGBT
In 2004, Janie Gullickson was in prison for drug use. She had lost the custody of her five children, lost her job, and lost her freedom to addiction. For her, prison led to a connection that dug her out of that pit. But for most, exactly the opposite happens. Today,...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Equality, Featured, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
For many transgender people, a visit to the doctor is a fraught experience. Whether it’s a teenager’s pediatrician, the nurse practitioner prescribing flu medication, or a trauma surgeon in the ER, trans people every day run into medical professionals who...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Homophobia, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
In 2016 in the wake of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, then-candidate Trump started calling himself a “real friend” to the LGBT Community, and promised he would fight for LGBT rights. It was a radical stance for a Republican candidate, but let’s be...
