Following the cancellation of a reading of her book I Am Jazz at a Wisconsin school, transgender activist and HRC Youth Ambassador Jazz Jennings has written a powerful op-ed on the importance of creating safe spaces for all children. Mt. Horeb Primary Center principal, Rachael Johnson had chosen to read Jennings’ book to her students….
A court in the Philippines has convicted a US Marine of killing a transgender woman. Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton was found ghttps://lgbtweekly.jeffjungblut.com/wp-admin/post-new.phpuilty of homicide and not murder over the killing of transgender woman Jennifer Laude, reports the Philippine Star. Pemberton will face imprisonment from six to 12 years. Witnesses had testified that Pemberton squeezed…
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a suit from the family of a transgender activist that was challenging instructions in her will that she be cremated. May Peleg, who was chair of the Jerusalem LGBT organization Open House, committed suicide earlier this month. She had been concerned that her ultra-orthodox parents, whose beliefs forbid cremation, would…
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed a new rule change requiring all programs that receive funding from the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to give equal access to transgender people. “Transgender people face rampant discrimination and harassment across the country – a tragic reality that forces…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National LGBTQ Task Force has condemned the treatment of transgender activist Jes Grobman by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. Grobman was arrested during last night’s “Transgender Week of Action” protest in DC. Police have now dropped charges against her. At the time, activists were blocking an intersection next to…
On the National Day of Action to End Trans Detention, Transgender Law Center, along with members of the #Not1More campaign, announced a new national initiative, Honor Trans Immigrant Lives, to build leadership and capacity within transgender immigrant communities. While there has been significant work to end the detention and abuse of transgender people being held in immigration…
NEW YORK – The Department of Justice has filed a brief in Chelsea Manning’s case against the United States government challenging her request to grow her hair beyond the two inches allowed by military regulation. Chelsea Manning is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. In…
The Pfeffermans are back and and it’s about to get messy. In this sneak peek of season 2, the family gathers for a wonderfully chaotic wedding photo. Amazon yesterday released a new teaser trailer that shows the Pfefferman family in its usual state of dysfunction. The whole family’s trying to get together for a wedding photo…
Today, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved language strengthening the city’s ordinance for transgender residents and visitors. While transgender people were already protected in the city’s ordinance under a broad definition of sexual orientation that included an “individual’s real or perceived gender identity,” today’s vote in favor of equality appropriately separates the definition of gender…
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan is leading a national study to learn more about how transgender and gender nonconforming youth navigate the health care system for HIV prevention services and care. The U-M School of Public Health Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities study, Affirming Voices for Action, will help identify optimal HIV services to…
