https://youtu.be/ImhHvumkanY A transgender woman who slashed two men with a box cutter on a New York City subway train was arraigned on assault charges Wednesday. A friend of the woman said that she was provoked with anti-gay slurs. “The other guy spit on her and called her a fa—t,” Kimball (Kimy) Hartman told reporters after…
Best-selling author and journalist Janet Mock stopped by Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul Sessions talk series Sunday at the University of California, Los Angeles. In the session, titled The Path of Authenticity — Embracing the Otherness, Mock talked about her transition into the woman she is today. “I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish, but most…
Dec. 21, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final blood donation guidelines. The policy updated blood donor deferral recommendations, which they stated would reflect “the most current scientific evidence and to help ensure continued safety of the blood supply by reducing the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by blood and blood products.”…
View More: Travel News|Live News|More News Videos A new directive by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued last week means the provision to opt-out of full body scanners is no longer a guarantee when going through security screening at airports in the U.S. The Advocate reports that at the discretion of TSA agents, some transgender…
In a conversation with HuffPost Live today, trans actress and model Hari Nef said that “some recognition is always better than no recognition,” when it comes to the depiction of the transgender experience onscreen, but she hopes to see more trans individuals telling their own stories. Nef: “I feel like the clock is ticking in…
I remember some aspects of when I first came out, back in early 2003, which have really stuck in my memory. Many of those experiences have contributed to how I approach my life as a trans woman now, almost 13-years later. It’s not lost on me how my transgender peers are treated when we stand…
In the past, a transgender voter interested in ordinary equality and civil rights for transgender people could have found reasons to vote against a Democrat and for a Republican. Such as in 2002, when then Assemblymember Judy Chu introduced AB 2651, the Nondiscrimination in Foster Care bill, in the California State Assembly. AB 2651 would’ve…
Every Nov. 20, here in San Diego we memorialize those people who’ve been killed due to anti-transgender hate. The day we do this is called the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, often referred to by the acronym TDOR. Originally, the list of the dead was Americentric as Gwen Smith, who is credited with beginning that…
Nov. 15, 2010, is the anniversary of when I participated with GetEQUAL in handcuffing myself to the White House fence for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT). I’m not sure I’d do it now because of something someone said on my Facebook timeline this week that says something about them that is anathema…
An active anti-LGBT hate group is part of a coalition that’s raising money on GoFundMe to limit transgender people’s public use of restrooms in California. Privacy For All is the coalition behind the proposed Limits On Use Of Facilities In Government Buildings And Businesses Initiative Statute (which they’re referring to as the “Personal Privacy Protection…
