Police across the US are overwhelmingly using the birth names of transgender murder victims, it has been revealed. Transgender women, and specifically trans women of colour, are one of the demographics most at risk of being murdered in the US. Despite the frequency with which they are killed, their deaths are often handled in an(…)
For possibly the first time in history, LGBT+ issues will be on the agenda at an event organised by the Catholic Church. And the priest giving the talk, Father James Martin, says it was proposed by the Vatican. This would mark a historic step by the Catholic Church to embrace the LGBT+ community. Martin will give(…)
As use of PrEP continues to grow, epidemiological evidence is starting to show a link between increased use and declines in new HIV infections. A study presented at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam shows an association between higher PrEP use and lower HIV incidence in the U.S. These figures highlight ongoing disparities in PrEP use, with(…)
An estimated 78,000 transgender Americans may be barred from voting in the upcoming US elections due to strict voter ID laws, according to a new report. Research by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law found people without identification or documentation that accurately reflects their gender identity are at risk of losing their ability(…)
The international telecommunications company Verizon presented a check on Monday for $250,000 to PFLAG, which advocates for families and allies of LGBT people, at the group’s headquarters in Washington. PFLAG said in a statement that the donation came at the conclusion of a month-long campaign by Verizon in support of PFLAG that included the release of a(…)
Facing increasingly hostile immigration policies and rhetoric from the current administration, undocumented people in the U.S. are leading lives filled with fear and uncertainty. Fear of deportation or prosecution is preventing people from seeking social services including medical care, with potentially dire consequences for people living with chronic diseases such as HIV. “I think that(…)
New legislation introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) seeks to improve the screening process for transgender passengers, who report a high level of invasive practices at security checkpoints. The bill, known as the Screening With Dignity Act, would require the Transportation Security Administration to develop procedures to screen transgender passengers that take into(…)
Christine Hallquist leaned back in her swivel chair inside a private room at the Northshire bookstore and dialed up potential donors, trash-talking the plummeting approval numbers of Vermont’s incumbent Republican governor and touting her chances against her Democratic rivals. “It’s clear it’s for us to lose, which I won’t, ’cause I’m disciplined,” she assured one(…)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released from its custody 14 transgender women who are seeking asylum in the U.S.The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts in a July 31 press release that announced the trans women’s release said they had been detained at the Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, N.M. The press release(…)
According to the Mexican news site ContraMuro.com and Forbes Mexico, a 248-room LGBT resort featuring five bars and three restaurants will open next year on or near (this is unclear) Cuba’s resort island Cayo Guillermo. The “luxurious five-star” hotel is reportedly the project of MGM Mutha Hotels, which currently operates about two dozen resorts in(…)