transgender rights

A federal judge has thrown out a discrimination lawsuit by a former Georgia fire chief who says she was fired because she’s transgender.

One in five transgender people have experienced homelessness in their lives. Ceyenne Doroshow is the founder of G.L.I.T.S., an advocacy organization that opened the first Black trans-owned housing community in New York City. Doroshow talked to NBCLX’s Ngozi Ekeledo about why it’s so important to give trans youth a place to call home.

One in five transgender people have experienced homelessness in their lives, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality, and for the more than 1.6 million homeless youth in the United States, an estimated 20 to 40 percent identify as LGBTQ.

Hateful messages against transgender people being spread on New York City streets are concerning activists as hate crimes against the community continue to soar. Simon Chartrand tells NBC New York he was walking down West 144th Street in Hamilton Heights on Sunday when he noticed two women posting stickers with hateful messages towards transgender people. So he and his partner…

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The law was said to have been enforced discriminatorily, particularly against transgender women of color — with the repeal noting that between 2012-2015, 85 percent of arrests under the law were Black or Latina people

President Biden directed the Pentagon last week to lift former President Trump’s ban on transgender military service members. Zeke Stokes, a producer of the documentary TransMilitary, joined LX News to discuss why this move is important for all trans Americans.

President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military.

The New York Police Department will have to give its force more training on protecting the rights of transgender people as part of a deal announced Tuesday that settles a civil rights lawsuit accusing officers of mocking a transgender woman by putting her in pink handcuffs. The settlement also requires the city to pay Linda Dominguez $30,000 over allegations that…

Taylor Small made history when she became Vermont’s first openly transgender state legislator. Small joins LX News to discuss what her progressive win means for all young queer and trans people across the country and how she will continue her work on health equity and non-citizen voting.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring California to house transgender inmates in prisons based on their gender identity

The film “Breaking Fast” explores an LGBTQ relationship with a Muslim character as the protagonist and is receiving much acclaim. We had a chance to chat with starring actors Haaz Sleiman and Michael Cassidy, who pull back curtain on the award-winning movie.

Ko Bragg, a reporter for the 19th, breaks down how suffragette is still a work in process in the fight for equal rights for Black and transgender women.

Transgender people have more visibility in America than ever before, but that visibility has come at a deadly cost in 2020.

At least 22 transgender or gender non-conforming people have been killed in the United States so far this year. That puts 2020 on track to be the most deadly year for the trans community since the Human Rights Campaign began tracking violence against them.

Three tweets. It took just three tweets in 2017 to change Nic Talbott’s world… three tweets to say he was unworthy to serve his country.