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[…] CORPORATE ACTIONS Lionsgate was one of the companies that moved select productions out of North Carolina in 2016 in response to the discriminatory HB2 bill which targeted transgender people. Lionsgate received a 100 on the 2022 Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index with points awarded for workforce protection policies including sexual orientation and gender […]

[…] press reported a young trans actor named Zach Barack, would play one of Peter Parker’s classmates also named Zach. Tyler Luke Cunningham, another actor who is also transgender, was similarly reported to be a featured extra in the film. Since there was no indication of either character being transgender within the film itself, GLAAD […]

[…] all the coverage was supportive. When her school crowned her, Young told KCTV that she “saw this roar of people supporting” her. However, behind the scenes “‘ transgender Homecoming Queen’ was just blowing up on Twitter, Facebook and then Instagram,” she said.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Them […]

[…] landed a lead role in his high school’s production of Oklahoma! He had already been rehearsing for the play when he was met with devastating news. Because Hightower is transgender, he had lost his part in the show. The school’s principal contacted Hightower and his parents to inform them that there was a new policy in […]

[…] about the importance of keeping politicians out of private health care decisions and the power of the will of the people. Ohio’s extremist lawmakers are now targeting transgender health care with renewed vigor. Ohio GOP House lawmakers overrode GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of HB 68 on Wednesday, a bill that both bans health […]

[…] and executive produced by Laverne Cox, examines 100 years of transgender representation in television and film while showing how these images have impacted how Americans understand issues transgender people face and the ways media has taught trans people to feel about themselves. The documentary team also prioritized including the trans community in front of and […]

[…] and it was the first time I’ve ever said that in front of a group of people. About five years later, Wagenblast publicly shared that she was transgender in a late December Facebook post. It was her time. A single Facebook post to her friends, coworkers, and family signified one thing: Wagenblast was ready […]

[…] include out stars Margaret Cho, Alia Shawkat and Blue Del Barrio. Watch the trailer below and catch The Listener at a theater near you! 2.) Coinciding with Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later is set to premiere on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME on March 30. The GLAAD Media Award-nominated documentary is […]