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American Apparel, GLAAD offer equality tees; ad features transgender model
LOS ANGELES — Just in time for LGBT Pride Month, U.S. clothing retailer American Apparel has teamed up with GLAAD on a new line of equality tees, featuring an openly transgender model.
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Janet Jackson to produce film on transgender lives, struggles for equality
NEW YORK — Grammy award winning artist Janet Jackson has signed on to be executive producer of a documentary covering the lives and struggles of transgender people around the world.
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Arkansas university changes restroom policy for transgender students
FORT SMITH, Ark. — An Arkansas university has changed its restroom policies after a transgender student filed a complaint with the U.S Department of Justice.
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New Jersey man found ‘not guilty’ in fatal shooting of transgender woman
A New Jersey man has been found not guilty in the fatal 2010 shooting of a 28-year-old transgender female that he had met in a nightclub.
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Transgender teen allowed in boys’ graduate procession after TV station steps in
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A Las Vegas high school student, who came out as transgender male to family and friends last year, will be able to walk in his high school graduation ceremony with the rest of his male classmates after a local television station interceded with school officials.
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School refuses comment in dismissal of transgender student-teacher
WILMINGTON, Ohio — When an area school district dismissed a Wilmington College transgender senior in January on the second day of a student-teaching placement at Hillsboro High School, the district may have broken federal law.
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Transgender woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A transgender woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a man who witnesses claimed incited the attack using racist and transphobic slurs.
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Friends say murder of transgender woman in Oakland was a hate crime
OAKLAND, Calif. — A transgender woman was shot to death in downtown Oakland, Calif., over the weekend, and friend believe her killing was a hate crime.
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EEOC ruling protects transgender workers from discrimination
In a historic ruling, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that job bias against transgender employees on the basis of gender identity amounts to sex discrimination under existing law.
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Fox’s O’Reilly, Carlson: ‘Glee’ makes kids experiment with homosexuality, gender identity
During the April 19 edition of Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor,” Bill O’Reilly hosted a segment attacking this week’s episode of Glee for featuring a storyline about a transgender teenager struggling with her gender identity.