Search Results: transgender people (1584)

[…] housing, turn a LGBTQ person away from a restaurant/other public place of business, deny employment benefits to the same-sex partner of an employee, and ban physically qualified transgender people from serving in the military Despite the lack of awareness about federal protections for LGBTQ people, a significant majority of non-LGBTQ people believe that it should […]

[…] community in advertising with GLAAD and the Association of National Advertisers New York, NY – Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced findings of the “LGBTQ Inclusion in Advertising and Media” study, conducted in partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G), […]

[…] we’re fighting for right now, and it was absolutely not possible to be out, to be queer, to say that you’re gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender. It just was not possible. Our conditions as a society did not allow for it. And one of the things I’m really proud of is how […]

[…] is no federal law that explicitly protects LGBTQ people from discrimination, and not all state and local nondiscrimination laws include protections based on gender identity (which protect transgender people, and sometimes protect nonbinary and/or gender non-conforming people) or sexual orientation (which protect lesbian, gay, and bisexual people). Federal protections The pending federal Equality Act would […]

[…] at birth, while other people may not discover they have intersex traits until puberty or later in life. Do not confuse having an intersex trait with being transgender. Intersex people are assigned a sex at birth — either male or female — and that decision by medical providers and parents may not match the […]

[…] million LGBTQ people live with one or more disabilities. One in four lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the U.S. has a disability, and two in five transgender adults have a disability. Further research done by UCLA via the California Health Interview Survey shows that trans people “are significantly more likely to report having […]

[…] highlights the challenges that the transgender community faces regarding HIV in the U.S. South. She also mobilizes empowerment, education, and opportunity as tools to prioritize and serve transgender people living with HIV. Matthew Rose is the Director of US Policy & Advocacy at Health GAP and an established HIV/AIDS activist. He has long worked on […]

[…] questions under the guise of concern without adequate attention paid to historical context spreads misinformation which is then assumed to be truth. What remains fact is that transgender people have always existed and news outlets should follow the lead of those most impacted by their reporting.” Erin Reed; Researcher, Content Creator, and Activist (She/Her): “The New […]