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Transgender writer & advocate Rebecca Juro has passed away
“The ‘T’ is not silent.”
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Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen to replace Mara Keisling at the National Center for Transgender Equality
He is a Cuban-American trans man and seasoned advocate poised to replace NCTE founder Mara Keisling.
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Trump administration memo explains how to spot a transgender woman
The memo says homeless shelters can use “factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam’s apple” to find suspected trans women.
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Trump administration will let homeless shelters refuse transgender people
Transgender people may be forced to sleep in the street as a result of the policy meant to “better accommodate religious beliefs of shelter providers.”
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Two major LGBTQ rights organizations endorse Joe Biden
“With Joe Biden, we know we will be engaged, we will be seen, and we will not be erased,” one major LGBTQ organizational leader said.
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Transgender people, “Come out, come out, wherever you are”
Harvey Milk told gay people to come out to get equality. Transgender people will have to do the same.
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Facing backlash from trans community and racism accusations, Mara Keisling won’t step down from NCTE
Despite saying she doesn’t know if the trans community trusts her, the founder of the embattled transgender organization isn’t leaving: ‘I can’t even express to you how frustrating this is to me.’
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Most of the staffers at one of the nation’s biggest trans organization just quit
NCTE started 2019 with 20 employees and now they’re down to seven — barely a year out from the presidential elections.
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Trump administration to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ people
The new rule stipulates that organizations receiving federal funds don’t have to recognize same-sex marriages either.
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Presidential candidate Julian Castro talks trans issues
Castro is hardly a household name, but he’s a party insider who has long been tagged as one of the rising stars of the Democratic party.