Kim Petras - LGBT Weekly

Primetime Nightline will feature My (Extra) Ordinary Family: Transgender Kids

The issues of acceptance and love are explored in Primetime Nightline as the TV show explores the lives of three families who “struggle to do the right thing” for their transgender children. As part of the show’s theme, host Cynthia McFadden will uncover challenges families face as children transcend genders in this truly reality-based documentary….

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Dan Choi - LGBT Weekly

Gay activist Dan Choi was ”treated differently,” says lawyer in protest trial

A former army lieutenant and West Point graduate was arrested November 2010 for handcuffing himself to a White House fence in protest of the ‘Don’t ask, Don’t Tell’ (DADT) policy. Now facing trial, his lawyer said Monday his arrest “is being treated differently because he is a prominent voice for gay rights,” the AP reports….

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Chaz-Bono LGBT weekly

Dancing with the Stars warmly welcomes transgender, gay contestants

After last night’s announcement of this year’s Dancing with the Stars lineup, GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, issued praise to ABC for including transgender and gay contestants Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley in season 13. “With both gay and transgender contestants represented on this upcoming season, ABC will send viewers a strong…

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