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Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes bill to repeal sodomy ban & anti-trans laws
While other states are attacking LGBTQ+ rights, Massachusetts is supporting equality.
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Police are four times more likely to stop transgender people for “reasonable suspicion”
About half the time trans people were stopped by police, they were stopped for “reasonable suspicion” alone —instead of a specific violation or clearly unlawful behavior.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill ending “walking while trans” law
The bill’s sponsor says, “We shouldn’t criminalize trans people and Brown and Black people for quite literally walking around or dressing in a certain way.”
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Thousands marched in support trans youth & people of color in Brooklyn
This year’s march had a clear emphasis on defending trans youth and trans people of color, who are facing a record number of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country.
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Cecilia Gentili has been instrumental in the trans rights movement. This is her story.
In 1999, Cecilia Gentili moved from Argentina to the United States in search of a better, safer life as an out transgender woman. She found it.
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New York Democrats try to repeal state’s “Walking While Trans” law
The law is used to target transgender women of color “simply because an officer takes issue with [their] clothing or appearance.”
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This transgender woman almost got 3 months in jail for telling the police her name
They held her in pink handcuffs and repeatedly called her an ugly “man.”