Today, the board of directors of OutServe/SLDN issued a statement through Outservemag.com explaining that “the Board and staff are in the process of transforming the organization from primarily a legal services organization into a membership services and advocacy organization.” Board Co-Chair Josh Seefried went on to apologize for the events of the last few days stating…
The turmoil at OutServe/SLDN continues following the firing of Executive Director Allyson Roberts after a board coup orchestrated by board co-chair Josh Seefried. The Bilerico Project, who first broke the news yesterday, reported that OutServe-SLDN still has not issued a statement more than 24 hours after the news of Robinson’s firing. Multiple sources say this…
NEW YORK – GLAAD, today announced along with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) that the Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of six-year-old Coy Mathis, whose school had barred her from using the girls’ bathroom at her elementary school because she is transgender. This is the first ruling in the nation…
OAKLAND, Calif. — A new report produced by a coalition of global advocacy organizations shows that the International AIDS Conference (IAC) program continues to lack meaningful coverage of populations most-at-risk for HIV, including men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender people, people who inject drugs (PWID), and sex workers. Over 220 organizations from more than…
In a brief, succinct and unsurprising response to Think Progress reporter Scott Keyes’ query about workplace discrimination protections for the LGBT community, the conservative Florida senator and possible 2016 presidential contender bluntly told the reporter, “I’m not for any special protections based on orientation.” The exchange, which took place in an office and elevator in…
Retired Senior Chief Kristin Beck’s book Warrior Princess was recently released about her 20 years in the Navy and the beginning of her transition from male to female. I won’t presume I can editorialize about or retell her personal story found in the pages of her book better than others have – I’m certainly not…
BANGOR, Maine — Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) represented a transgender girl before Maine’s highest court, arguing that her school had failed in its responsibility to treat her the same as other students. Following the argument before the Law Court, Jennifer Levi, director of GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project, said, “I was pleased…
Christopher Beck served as a U.S. Navy SEAL in some of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the world, including Iraq and Afghanistan and earned medals and commendations including the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. But for 20 years while Beck was fighting for his country, he was also fighting an inner battle over his…
The case of Leyland v. Orr was argued and decided in 1987 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Jane Anne Leyland was a reserve officer who had served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves for a total of 15 years, and shortly after being selected for lieutenant colonel she had a vaginoplasty…
For Chris Beck, now Kristin Beck, the journey from childhood to war-decorated Navy Seal to gender reassignment is the basis of her forthcoming memoir Princess Warrior: A U.S. Navy Seal’s Journey To Coming Out Transgender (written with Anne Speckhard Ph.D.). It’s an improbable tale of one man’s struggles to adapt to conventional notions of masculinity…
