by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Equality, Featured, LGBTQ, Politics, Power LGBT, trans, 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 6, 2021 | Equality, homophobia, News, Politics, trans, Transgender
In 2017, Addison Perry-Franks was running a computer repair shop in Scurry County, Texas, when the Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, tried to force a ‘bathroom bill’ through the state lawmakers, even conducting a special session (on the taxpayer...
by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Bisexual, Education, family, Featured, gay, Health, International, Intersex, lesbian, LGBT, LGBT Youth, LGBTQ Youth, News, Politics, queer, same-sex marriage, Sexuality, trans, Transgender
“Today’s children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. In this environment, children and young people...
by admin | Sep 2, 2020 | Featured, Human Rights, Intersex, Politics, trans, Transgender
While no one is having a good time in prison, for transgender women and men it is a particularly grueling ordeal. More than half of trans women in California prisons (59%) reported some manner of sexual assault, according to a 2007 research study. Trans women in...
by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured, trans
American actor and entertainment reporter Mario Lopez has apologized for the anti-trans statements he made last month. “The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now have a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were,” Lopez said in a statement...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Featured, trans, Transgender
On Saturday, May 25, the governing body of the World Health Organization (WHO) voted to declassify gender nonconformity as a mental illness. They also decided replace the term “gender identity disorder” with “gender incongruence.” “The WHO’s removal of ‘gender...
