Pulse Nightclub transitions to interim memorial

ORLANDO, Fla. –  The Pulse Nightclub Memorial site will soon undergo temporary design improvements to create a more inviting and comfortable venue to reflect and remember the tragedy that occurred there on Sunday, June 12, 2016. After a detailed presentation about the design plans from club owner and onePULSE Foundation Executive Director Barbara Poma, Orlando’s…

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Anti-LGBTQ extremists tapped for major roles on President-Elect Trump’s transition team

The Human Rights Campaign has reported that leaked documents have indicated that President-Elect Donald Trump is considering for his transition team candidates with histories of anti-LGBTQ animus, including Ken Blackwell of the Family Research Council, which has been designated a hate group. “Ken Blackwell is a man who has spent his entire career going after…

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Bruce Jenner’s mother confirms transition speculation

For months supermarket tabloids have speculated on Bruce Jenner’s appearance with one even publishing a crudely Photoshopped picture of Jenner as a woman. Now in an interview with AP Bruce Jenner’s mother, Esther Jenner, 88, has confirmed her son’s transition to a woman. Pink News reported that when asked whether Bruce had raised their gender…

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Discovery Life Channel explores lives in transition with transgender series ‘New Girls On The Block’ premiering April 2

PASADENA, Calif.—Discovery Life Channel has announce that New Girls On The Block, previously announced under the working title Those Girls, will premiere April 2. New Girls On The Block follows a group of highly inspirational and entertaining women from Kansas City, Mo. – all friends, some couples – who just happen to be transgender. After…

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Italian couple, one of who is transgender, remains married after court ruling

The media continues to lavish both praise and criticism on Italy’s treatment of the LGBT community after it reported in TheDailyBeast.com that Italy’s High Court has allowed a couple to remain married even though one of them has successfully completed his transition to a woman.  “For 20 years, [Alessandro] Bernaroli struggled openly with gender dysphoria,…

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‘Queerly Beloved:’ How a couple survived transition and kept their queer identities

Imagine if, after fifteen years as a lesbian couple, your partner turned to you and said, “I think I’m really a man.” What would you do? How would you respond? For Diane and Jacob (née Suzy) Anderson-Minshall this isn’t a hypothetical question. It’s what really happened. Eight years later, the couple not only remains together,…

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