Transgender / Transsexual

/ /

US Supreme Court Votes to Allow Trans Military Ban to Go Ahead

The US Supreme Court has voted to issue a stay of injunction that will allow President Donald Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the military to go ahead. The US’ highest court delivered its decision early on Tuesday morning (22 January). However, it will continue to debate the matter before making a final decision on the issue. High Court Justices voted along party lines issuing a 5-4 win in Trump’s favor. Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kegan dissented from the vote. LGBTI advocates have started speaking out against the decision. ‘Allowing Trump and Pence’s trans military […]

/ /

Conservative Group Sues to Block Trans Women from Using Faith-based Shelter

A conservative Christian group in the US has urged a district judge to block trans women from using a faith-based women’s shelter. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sued the city of Anchorage in Alaska to stop the authorities from applying a gender identity law to the Hope Center women’s shelter. The ADF – which has been labeled an anti-LGBTI ‘hate group’ by some rights organizations – argues that issues of privacy and religious freedoms are at risk. The case was brought about after a trans woman was turned away from the shelter last year. ADF attorney Ryan Tucker argued that a number […]

/ /

Teen, 17, Charged with Murder of Transgender Woman in Chicago

A 17-year-old was charged with the murder of Dejanay Stanton (Dejanay Stanton/Facebook) A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of 24-year-old transgender woman Dejanay Stanton in Chicago. The teenager, who was charged as an adult, was identified in local news outlets such as the Chicago Sun Times as Tremon T. Hill. Speaking at a bail hearing on Sunday (January 13), prosecutors said Hill knew Stanton and the two had been involved in a sexual relationship since July. Investigators found a text Hill sent Stanton the morning of her death, asking her to meet him in a lot in […]

/ /

First Trans Woman Murdered in US in 2019

An Alabama woman has become the first reported murder of a trans person in the US in 2019. Dana Martin was shot dead on Sunday (January 6) near the 3900 block of Brewer Road, Montgomery, reports local paper the Montgomery Advertiser. Police were called to a shooting at 11pm on January 6, where they found Martin with a fatal gunshot wound in a car in a ditch. The paper did not mention Martin’s gender. However, LGBT+ activists in Montogmery told Attitude that she was a trans woman. Meta Ellis and Harvey McDaniel, who work for Montgomery Pride United, told the […]

/ /

Lesbian Magazines Unite to Issue Statement of Support for Trans Women

Husband and wife Jake and Hannah Graf are both trans | Photo: Paul Grace 18 December 2018    19:07 GMT Six leading publications aimed at lesbian and bisexual women have issued a joint statement in support of trans people. Representatives of DIVA, Curve, Autostraddle, LOTL, Tagg and Lez Spread The Word signed the statement. They state, unequivocally, ‘That trans women are women and that trans people belong in our community. ‘We do not think supporting trans women erases our lesbian identities; rather we are enriched by trans friends and lovers, parents, children, colleagues and siblings.’ It said it was issuing the statement […]

/ /

Trans Boy ‘Bullied in School Bathroom by Assistant Principal’

An assistant principal bullied a trans boy and challenged him to prove his gender by using a urinal, according to a complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The student at Liberty High School in West Virginia was using a stall on November 27 when he was allegedly confronted by the senior staff member, Wave 3 News has reported. “When he came out of the stall, the principal was essentially blocking him in so he could not leave.” — ACLU West Virginia executive director Joseph Cohen ACLU West Virginia executive director Joseph Cohen said: “He misgendered him, at […]

/ /

Transgender person shot dead in Detroit, Michigan

A 35-year-old transgender person was fatally shot on the East Side of Detroit. According to the Detroit Free Press, the unidentified person was found around 6 AM on Friday, 7 December. No other details about the victim have been released at this time. The body was found on E. McNichols Road, between Brush and Omira. The street remains closed for the investigation. Police are currently investigating the incident, but do not consider it a hate crime. Authorities are looking into a claim by a man who was allegedly robbed in the area and fired a self-protection shot. He was unsure […]

/ /

Transgender Miss Universe Contestant Angela Ponce Has Message for Trump

Transgender Miss Universe contestant Angela Ponce has said that her victory would send a message to the contest’s former owner, US President Donald Trump. Angela Ponce is set to represent Spain in the Miss Universe 2018 pageant, which is set to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 17. Her participation is particularly poignant as the contest was owned by Donald Trump until 2015, when he offloaded the business in the run-up to his run for president. Speaking to TIME, the 27-year-old Miss Spain said: “I’m showing that trans women can be whatever they want to be: a teacher, a mother, a doctor, a […]

/ /

Trump Administration Guts Transgender Rights Guidance

The Trump administration has quietly gutted transgender rights guidance for federal employees, telling agencies to treat people based on “biological sex.” ThinkProgress reports that revisions were made to public guidance on the website of the government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to remove transgender rights protections. The previous guidance, drawn up under President Barack Obama, instructed federal agencies to “review their anti-discrimination policies to ensure that they afford a non-discriminatory working environment to employees irrespective of their gender identity or perceived gender non-conformity.”A revision apparently made in the last week removed all mention of the words “transgender” and “gender non-conforming” while inserting […]

/ /

Mourning Transgender Lives Lost so Far This Year

Photo: Facebook. Viccky Gutierrez, 33, was stabbed and had her body set ablaze inside her Los Angeles home on January 10. The transgender community is still one of the most targeted minorities in the United States. Not only are gender-nonconforming individuals being harassed and attacked on the streets, but the government is attempting to erase their entire identity out of existence. With National Transgender Day of Remembrance coming up on November 20, the City of West Hollywood is planning a ceremony for the trans lives lost this year at Jeremy Hotel from 6 – 9 p.m. In total, there were 29 […]

«‹ 104 105 106 107›»