I hear it all the time … I wish I was more like you. I wish I had the discipline and the genetics and the time and the metabolism and the body that you have. Wow! Maybe some strapping verdant genie will show up and grant you some freakin’ wishes and you’ll be on your…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has announced that the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Barbara Satin has been appointed to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships. Satin is the first transgender woman to serve on this presidential body. “I am both honored and humbled to be selected to serve on the President’s advisory…
Pink & Baby Blue 140108 from Catrin Hedström on Vimeo. A film by Catrin Hedström, which played at the Slamdance Film Festival 2014 and Female Eye Film Festival 2014 is a very timely reminder to the gender neutral bathroom discussion happening right now in states across the country. The film shows a transgender woman deciding…
Last October, the anti-LGBT hate group World Congress of Families (WCF) held its ninth international congress in Salt Lake City, a gathering that attracts thousands of anti-LGBT and anti-abortion speakers and activists from around the globe, reports the Southern Poverty Law Center. The gathering traditionally functions as a key site of right-wing strategy development to…
Today, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the United States Department of Justice issued guidance on Title IX and the right of transgender students to attend school free from discrimination based on sex. The guidance affirms that schools, colleges, and universities must provide transgender students with a safe and…
SAN DIEGO — Friday, May 20 Family Health Centers of San Diego’s (FHCSD) Spirit of the Barrio luncheon will feature a panel of guests from our very own San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Athletic Department. The luncheon will take place at Logan Heights Family Health Center (1809 National Avenue, San Diego, CA 92113) from 11:30am…
WASHINGTON– Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statement after Donald Trump declined this morning to support the Obama Administration’s important announcement that school districts should ensure that transgender students are treated with dignity and allowed equal access to facilities, such as restrooms, consistent with their gender identity. “Trump’s reckless anti-LGBT suggestion is to turn the…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has implemented a regulation that provides explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex stereotyping, including for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, in healthcare and insurance under the provisions of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)….
The Massachusetts State Senate has voted to extend commonsense non-discrimination protections to the state’s transgender residents and visitors. While Massachusetts state law already prohibits anti-transgender discrimination in housing and employment, the new legislation will extend the same crucial protections to public accommodations. Following expected approval by the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the bill will head…
The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Lew Ebert spoke out Wednesday about the state’s controversial new anti-discrimination law, House Bill 2. In an interview with local TWC News, Ebert said that the Chamber doesn’t think that House Bill 2 will be repealed and that the chamber is suggesting ideas to bring HB2 in line…
