More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.
Emerson College fraternity raises money for trans brother
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 3:18pm by Brendan Davis, Digital Content Manager at GLAAD
The brothers of Emerson College’s Alpha Chapter of Phi Alpha Tau in Boston are helping out one of their own in a big way: by raising money for his surgery. Phi Alpha Tau brother Benjamin Lindsay wrote about helping their trans brother Donnie Collins in a piece posted on Out.com.
Donnie, who pledged to Phi Alpha Tau earlier this school year, came out as transgender while attending a boarding school in Windsor, Conn., when he was 17. Because of lack of coverage on his mother's insurance, Donnie has had to pay most for most of his transition-related expenses out of his own pocket.
Though Donnie is now on Emerson College's insurance policy, the policy is still trans-exclusionary. His petition for a trans-inclusive policy was denied by the college's insurance plan, and his personal Chipin fund will cease when the crowd-funding site shuts down next month. That's why his fraternity brothers have stepped in and set up an Indiegogo fund to help Donnie out. Watch them talk about it here:
And Check out Donnie's thank you message:
Marriage Equality at the Supreme Court
This month the United States Supreme Court will issue decisions on two cases critical to marriage equality. GLAAD is working with media outlets and couples around the country to push for marriage. Follow GLAAD for up to date news about the Supreme Court's decision at www.glaad.org/marriage