Search Results: transgender people (1585)

[…] Azel on The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy, and James on Netflix’s Heartbreak High. “We know the impact that television can have on cultural acceptance for transgender people. Especially with the public’s lack of personal familiarity with us and the escalated level of anti-trans attacks and rhetoric targeting our community, this year’s dramatic decrease […]

[…] who have voted for candidates in both parties) agree. 2023 election returns in Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio show that voters supported pro-equality candidates over candidates who targeted transgender people in their campaigns. GLAAD has documented the records of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on the top issues for LGBTQ voters: the economy (Harris, Trump), abortion […]

[…] In fact of the ten scripted television episodes catalogued in 2012 so far which contained transgender content, six have been largely defamatory.  “We hope that representations of transgender people on television evolve to become as diverse, nuanced, and inspiring as the community those images reflect,” said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick.  “Media has a history of […]

[…] of us. I think we have moved dramatically towards it already but I think we still need to move towards like the immigrant lesbian story, the immigrant transgender story, that isn’t about her being (worried about being) killed in her native country so she flees here so she can be respected as a trans […]

Every major medical association and leading world health authority supports health care for transgender people and youth as safe, effective, and lifesaving. GLAAD is compiling their statements of support, counting at least 30 organizations in our recently updated list. The medical community is speaking up to explain the care and defend their patients and profession […]

[…] Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released a report profiling a spike in violence against LGBTQ people during the 2019 Pride season, May-June 2019, showing that people of color and transgender people are disproportionally targeted. NCAVP reported that 91% of all LGBTQ homicide victims were Black, and 64% of homicide victims were Black transgender women. In June 2019, […]

[…] unfair and unsustainable,” she said. “Access to lifesaving health care is a fundamental right that should not be denied to anyone in America, and especially not to transgender people who already face so much discrimination and violence. The government should stay out of the business of private health care decisions between patients, their families, and […]

[…] issued new regulations that: Eliminated LGBTQ nondiscrimination provisions in health care under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Rolled back additional federal health care protections for transgender people, making it more difficult to fight against discrimination by doctors, medical facilities and health insurance providers and making it easier for health care workers to object […]