Washington D.C.

August 11, 2014

by Andy Kang

Washington, D.C. faces second anti-trans hate crime within a week

Only three days after a transgender teenage girl was stabbed on the Washington, D.C. metro, a 30-year-old trans woman was robbed at gunpoint.

June 10, 2014

by Caroline Ruocco, Youth Issues and Social Media Intern

VIDEO: Wilson High exceeds expectations with counter-protest against WBC

WBC promised to protest Wilson High School for holding a Pride Day, but the students and faculty showed their spirit couldn't be stifled.

February 27, 2014

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

DC Medicaid to cover trans-inclusive healthcare, while NY continues discriminating

Washington, D.C. joins states like California and Minnesota in requiring Medicaid to cover trans-inclusive healthcare, but other states like New York continue to enforce discriminatory exclusions.

June 5, 2013

by Ryan Houlihan

Film "No Place for Me" and publication "Blind Alleys" launch from ORAM

ORAM (Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration) will sponsor “Pathways to Protection,” the official launch its new publication “Blind Alleys” and groundbreaking documentary film “No Place for Me.”

April 16, 2013

by Mari Haywood

Women's shelter in Washington D.C. will now welcome transgender women after court order

Transgender women in Washington D.C. can now utilize the facilities in the John L. Young Shelter for Women. D.C. after superior court judge Geoffrey Alprin issued an order which requires the city funded shelter to stop denying transgender women access to the facility.

January 11, 2013

by Dani Heffernan, Senior Media Strategist at GLAAD

DC Police Officer Accused of Firing Weapon At Trans Women Gets Probation

Washington, DC police officer Kenneth Furr was sentenced in the District's Superior Court for allegedly shooting his weapon while off duty at a car of five passengers, including two trans women.