Search Results: transgender people (1590)

[…] this election, and the freedoms all Americans want to preserve and protect.” (New York, NY – July 15th, 2024) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to Donald Trump’s announcement of U.S. Senator J.D. Vance from Ohio as his vice presidential running mate. GLAAD’s […]

[…] groundbreaking figures of the past. This week we are looking at the impact Marsha P. Johnson has had on actress, Jari Jones (@IAMJARIJONES). Jari is a Black Transgender actress, curve model, activist and creative. With her career start in theater, she has graced some of New York’s greatest stages, such as The Public Theater’s […]

[…] live in poverty, as compared to 16% of non-LGBTQ people. For some subsets of LGBTQ community, this gap is even more profound; nearly one in three (29.4%) transgender people and cisgender bisexual women live in poverty. The letter calls on federal, state and local public health authorities, health care institutions, and government officials to: Take […]

[…] of Texas that early voting is ongoing through October 30th. “So much is on the line,” Lovato says. “Marriage equality, adoption, the safety and the dignity of transgender Americans, racial justice. Let’s use our voices to create a landslide for equality. We can do it, if we do it together.” Lovato, who was raised […]

Citibank has announced an initiative for transgender and non-binary cardholders to update their chosen name on eligible credit cards.

[…] supports “religious liberty” legislation that allows private organizations the right to deny services to LGBTQ people. Loeffler introduced a bill in her months in the Senate targeting transgender athletes to prevent them from competing consistent with their gender identity, which could force transgender students to undergo invasive screenings of their genitals. Her bill was […]

[…] numbers still lean toward women, with 65 women and 33 men, and one character who is non-binary.  Across all three platforms, there are 29 regular and recurring transgender characters. These characters include 15 trans women, 12 trans men, and two non-binary trans characters. There are a further two lesbian non-binary characters who are not trans. […]

[…] and those who care for them. Where the anti-LGBTQ movement used to be focused on prohibiting marriage equality, it is now almost entirely committed to attacks on transgender Americans. Especially, and most insidiously, on trans children and teens. 2021 brings forth a slate of increasingly hostile bills that propose restrictions not just on trans […]