National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)

The island’s socially-conservative governor said he wants to make the U.S. Territory more diverse and inclusive.

The apparent rollback of explicit protections follows Donald Trump’s decision not to recognize Pride Month.

The president declared he’s directed the Department of Justice to “develop new rules” to ensure religious free speech.

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The state faced strong economic pressure to repeal HB2, and its recent “compromise” effort appears to be wooing some companies and organizations back.

Transgender Americans are two to three times more likely to serve in the military than their fellow cisgender civilians.

Trans Americans are twice as likely to be poor, three times as likely to face harassment, and 30% are homeless.

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Jennifer Finney Boylan says she fears conservatives will now seek to “isolate and marginalize transgender people.”

“If service members are concerned about their family members’ health, they can’t possibly be functioning 100 percent to fight a war.”

“I’m honored for this opportunity to share my story and to be the first transgender person to speak at a major party convention.”

“The success of gay marriage is not the counterpoint to the rise of legislative transphobia, it is part of the cause.”

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

A groundbreaking new study reveals that transgender people suffer widespread discrimination in a variety of fields, including education, employment, housing, health care, and more.