March 31, 2016
GLAAD observes International Transgender Day of Visibility
Today is the 6th Annual International Transgender Day of Visibility, created by transgender advocate Rachel Crandall.
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April 6, 2016
Interview: GLAAD talks to Nicole Garcia, a transgender Latina and future Lutheran minister
In an effort to continually raise awareness and celebrate transgender people. GLAAD has conducted interviews with transgender people of faith as part of an on-going series.
March 9, 2016
Celebrities show support for Lilly Wachowski on social media
In response to her statement, many celebrities and artists have publicly come forward to support Lilly Wachowski.
March 8, 2016
GLAAD responds to Lilly Wachowski's statement about her transition
Today, Lilly Wachowski issued a statement to the Windy City Times confirming that she is transgender.
March 14, 2016
Advocates say new TSA rule perpetuates harassment for transgender flyers
Following an order by an appeals court to review its full body scanners, the TSA has finalized a new rule that maintains the widespread use of body-scanning technology.
March 7, 2016
NYC Mayor signs executive order on transgender nondiscrimination in city facilities
Today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order requiring all city agencies to ensure that their employees and members of the public have access to bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity or expression.
The National Hispanic Latino Agenda demonstrates their deep support for LGBTQ Latinos in their policy statements
On Monday a coalition of 40 Latino organizations operating as the National Hispanic Latino Agenda sent out a press release highlighting their policy priorities which include strong support for issues that impact lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Latinos. Although some of the member organizations, significantly the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), have demonstrated their vocal support of LGBTQ issues in the past, this announcement is important both because of the broad cross-section of support that each of these leading organizations represent but also because of the specificity and comprehensiveness of the policy initiatives they included.
March 1, 2016
'Transparent' producer Rhys Ernst premieres trans history docuseries
'We’ve Been Around,' a new short film series by Emmy-nominated director Rhys Ernst, celebrates transgender people in history whose stories are not well known by the general public.
March 1, 2016
South Dakota's Gov. Daugaard vetoes anti-transgender bill
Governor Daugaard of South Dakota vetoed HB 1008, a harmful bill that would ban transgender students from using the bathrooms or locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
February 29, 2016
Caitlyn Jenner partners with MAC to raise funds for transgender organizations
On Friday, MAC announced a partnership with Caitlyn Jenner to raise funds for transgender advocacy work.
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