All posts tagged "transgender"
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HIPS holds volunteer orientation for supporting sex workers and other vulnerable populations
The D.C.-based sex worker advocacy organization holds two orientation sessions per year
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Teenager sues New York for preventing transgender minors from amending their birth certificates
Minor at center of lawsuit has been able to change almost all of his identification documents, except his birth certificate
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Gavin Grimm elected to ACLU Board of Directors
The ACLU represented Grimm while he was suing his school district over its trans-exclusive restroom policy
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2019 in Review: The Age of Push-and-Pull
In unsettled times, progress for the LGBTQ community is often measured by a string of triumphs and pitfalls. Such was the story of 2019.
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Oklahoma transgender activist shot to death while working as a taxi driver
Friends of Dustin Parker have started a fundraising campaign on Facebook to help his family
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Transgender woman dies from gunshot wounds following shootout in Southeast D.C.
Police believe the woman was shot during an exchange of gunfire with security guards
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Federal court orders Illinois prisons to overhaul how they deal with transgender inmates
A federal judge has ruled that the state of Illinois must overhaul all of its procedures and protocols dealing with how it processes, books, and...
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Former Olympic athlete claims drag is ‘like blackface’
Sharron Davies called drag shows a "parody of what a real woman is, like black face"
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3 states introduce bills to restrict transgender athletes to competing based on their birth sex
Spate of bills targeting transgender athletes shows social conservatives believe they've found a salient wedge issue
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Chicago trans woman wins lawsuit to allow strippers to perform topless
Bea Sullivan-Knoff sued the city, arguing that its policy prohibiting women from performing topless was discriminatory
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Elizabeth Warren pledges to honor transgender victims, reinstate protections as president
Bernie Sanders pivoted to Medicare for All when asked about the epidemic of violence against trans women of color
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Washington man accused of killing teen after learning she was transgender
Nikki Kuhnhausen's remains were found in a remote part of Clark County six months after she went missing
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Texas judge removed from trans child custody case due to Facebook posting
The judge in a highly-publicized and controversial Dallas child custody case has been removed from the case after posting about it on Facebook. Dallas County...
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Blind transgender woman in Washington State assaulted in possible hate crime
Woman claims four teenagers made threatening and derogatory comments toward her
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Transgender mural in Dallas defaced with mustaches
The mural honoring Stonewall legends Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera will be repainted
