Two instances of anti-transgender murders occurred in Orlando, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland over the last 24 hours. Both were transgender women of color. And when the media doesn't tell their story correctly, it perpetuates misleading stereotypes about transgender people.
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02/02/12
GLSEN announced Wendesday that its "Think Before You Speak" PSAs will air at Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, Feb. 5.
02/01/12
Ridgefield school officials are investigating a Twitter account that used an anti-gay slur that may have been used t
02/01/12
Montclair State University are investigating three incidents in the past week in which someone wrote anti-gay threat
01/31/12
The New Yorker: "Dharun Ravi grew up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, in a large, modern house with wide expanses of wood flooring and a swimming pool out back. Assertive and athletic, he used 'DHARUNISAWESOME' as a computer password and played on an Ultimate Frisbee team..."
01/26/12
Dennis Shepard, father of Matthew Shepard, on Wednesday spoke to Tennessee legislators and criticized the recent int
01/25/12
Four of the six Anoka-Hennepin school board members said Tuesday that they would support the district's latest propo
01/25/12
A writer for the Boy Scout of America's Scouting magazine blog recently wrote a piece in support of "No Name-Calling
01/24/12
The group's Tony Perkins said, "Someone else has their hand in the Girl Scouts cookie jar--and it's not who you think. Hello, I'm Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. There are plenty of politics behind that box of Thin Mints, and you should know what they are before you go buying one. As sweet as the girls are, a lot of that cookie dough goes to straight to the group's political agenda. When they aren't partnering with Planned Parenthood, they're promoting sexual 'diversity.'"Last year, the Girl...