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Puerto Rico takes first step toward equal rights for all
The island’s socially-conservative governor said he wants to make the U.S. Territory more diverse and inclusive.
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News (USA)
UPDATED: Commerce Department walks back attempt to kill LGBT protections
The apparent rollback of explicit protections follows Donald Trump’s decision not to recognize Pride Month.
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News (USA)
Trump grants antigay clergy ‘free speech & religious liberty’ protections
The president declared he’s directed the Department of Justice to “develop new rules” to ensure religious free speech.
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News (USA)
10 LGBT orgs fighting Trump you should donate to on this Give OUT day
An online way to fight oppression with just a click of your finger.
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News (USA)
Which companies are celebrating North Carolina’s HB2 replacement?
The state faced strong economic pressure to repeal HB2, and its recent “compromise” effort appears to be wooing some companies and organizations back.
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Commentary
10 ways transgender service members led the fight for equality in 2016
Transgender Americans are two to three times more likely to serve in the military than their fellow cisgender civilians.
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Why you need to be a transgender ally now more than ever
Trans Americans are twice as likely to be poor, three times as likely to face harassment, and 30% are homeless.
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News (USA)
4 Steps to being a better transgender ally this Thanksgiving
Follow these simple steps when you learn someone trans is at your dinner table on this or any day.
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News (USA)
Why are transgender Americans so worried about Donald Trump?
Jennifer Finney Boylan says she fears conservatives will now seek to “isolate and marginalize transgender people.”
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News (USA)
New policy brings relief to transgender youth in military families
“If service members are concerned about their family members’ health, they can’t possibly be functioning 100 percent to fight a war.”
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News (USA)
Democratic Convention will include first openly transgender speaker
“I’m honored for this opportunity to share my story and to be the first transgender person to speak at a major party convention.”
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Commentary
Is this the true cause of the uptick in anti-trans laws?
“The success of gay marriage is not the counterpoint to the rise of legislative transphobia, it is part of the cause.”
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Commentary
State of the Transgender Union: Time for collective action toward racial justice
In this year’s State of the Union Address to Congress, President Obama is expected to acknowledge and focus on the inequality that is seemingly growing once again in the United States. As the President has been thinking about inequality among the 300 million people who live in the U.S., I wonder if he has thought about transgender people and the inequality we face—the disrespect, the discrimination, the violence, and other inequalities that affect us on an everyday basis…
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News (USA)
Jelly Belly chair supports campaign to repeal transgender student rights law
Transgender rights advocates are taking aim at the Chairman of the Jelly Belly company after learning that he donated thousands of dollars to the campaign to repeal California’s landmark transgender student rights law.
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Advocacy groups: CDC must revise cancer screening policy for transgender women
WASHINGTON — Two leading LGBT advocacy groups on Friday called on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to “investigate and change any discriminatory guidelines” that deny federally subsidized breast cancer screenings for transgender women.
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Report outlines harm facing transgender immigrants, asylum seekers, refugees
WASHINGTON — On the heels of the U.S. House introduction of an immigration proposal and ahead of the “National Day of Dignity and Respect” — a day of action scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 5 — the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) has issued a new report outlining the barriers and harms transgender immigrants face while navigating the U.S. immigration system.
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News (USA)
White House, Obama Administration mark 14th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance
WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday marked the 14th annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international day of remembrance of the people lost to anti-transgender fear, discrimination, and violence.
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NCTE: Tea Party group training poll watchers to target transgender voters
A right-wing, Tea Party organization called “True the Vote” is training their volunteer poll watchers to target transgender voters, claims the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE).
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Life
NCTE attorney, named among best LGBT lawyers, talks transgender issues
For the past three years, The National LGBT Bar Association has selected the best LGBT lawyers under the age of 40. This year’s list includes Harper Jean Tobin, the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Policy Counsel.
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News (USA)
Study reveals widespread discrimination against transgender people
A groundbreaking new study reveals that transgender people suffer widespread discrimination in a variety of fields, including education, employment, housing, health care, and more.