A transgender activist was detained by San Diego Police (SDPD) Saturday, July 7 at a downtown protest against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free trade compact many have likened to NAFTA. according to activists. Several other protestors were detained at the march and later let go, according to a press release issued by…
Most folk who aren’t part of the T of the LGBT community aren’t aware of the divides between some of those who identify as transsexual, but not as transgender, and those who identify as both transsexual and transgender. To me, the divide seems to be about whether or not one embraces diversity as a value…
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in a series of legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, upholding the historic law passed in the last Congress to reform our nation’s healthcare system. As part of that reform, the Act created or paved the way for important new protections…
HRC‘s groundbreaking new survey of LGBT youth in the U.S. is a call to immediate action. Thousands of youth who don’t feel accepted by their parents or classmates reported being verbally harassed – twice as many as their straight peers. What’s more, only 37% of LGBT youth say they’re happy, compared to 67% among their…
I am not a monster. I am not a creature of tooth or claw, scales or deformity – I am not any sort of monster that is an evil antagonist bent on chaos and destruction. My transgender peers and I don’t prey on women and children in public restrooms or classrooms as some imagine. My…
Seattle, WA (KCPQ) — Seattle’s gay pride parade is Sunday, but there will be no rainbow-colored flag atop the Space Needle this year. Or at least that’s what Space Needle management was saying Wednesday. The Space Needle released this statement: “As we don`t raise any flag but the American flag on a regular basis, there…
Late night comedian Conan O’Brien apologized Tuesday after his so-called joke against transgender people turned decidedly sour. During the June 12 edition of the “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show’s week in Chicago, O’Brien noted that one of the city’s nicknames is “the City of the Big Shoulders,” then quipped that that name “…was better…
Massillon, OH (WJW) — A recent sign in front of Hype Ultra Dance Club in Massillon, Ohio has caused quite a stir. The sign posted Friday read, “It’s a straight bar. Under new management.” It’s a sign that made many people do a double-take. “The sign was part of a re-branding of our new dance…
Mitt Romney has some explaining to do following a report from the Boston Globe that reveals the former Massachusetts governor failed to publish anti-bullying materials on the merit that they contained the words ‘bisexual’ and ‘transgender’. At the time of distribution, then-Governor Romney said he had delayed the publication’s release due to the need for…
A transgender man and his partner are headed to the alter after he proposed marriage to his partner at the LGBT Pride reception held at the White House Friday. Scout – whose legal name stands as the one word – had planned to propose to his wife-to-be Liz Margolies at the White House despite his…
