Search Results: transgender (1789)

[…] the game’s roster. Blizzard Entertainment also announced in May that they would be donating the net proceeds from their 2023 Pride Collection to the National Center for Transgender Equality. Though 2023 marks the first year that Overwatch 2 is celebrating Pride Month, it likely won’t be the last considering Blizzard Entertainment’s current desire to […]

[…] they did not believe the school would do anything to address the bullying. The officer discouraged Nex and their family from reporting the incident. Statement from the Transgender Advocacy Coalition of Oklahoma: “We continue to mourn the tragic loss of our community member, Nex Benedict, whose life was cut short by the devastating effects […]

[…] be themselves, be safe and belong in their school and communities.” (New York, NY – Thursday, February 22, 2024) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is elevating urgent information from the family of 16-year-old Nex Benedict, a nonbinary student from Owasso, Oklahoma, who was beaten […]

[…] leader accountable for their words and behavior, and speak up for everyone’s fundamental freedoms.” (New York, NY, January 8, 2024) – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the removal of Christian Ziegler as Chairman of the Florida Republican Party. Ziegler was previously suspended and asked […]

[…] work and gets fired, that’s sex discrimination.” The third case, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, involves the firing of a transgender woman named Aimee Stephens. Stephens worked as an embalmer and funeral director at R.G. & G.R. Funeral Homes in Michigan. Funeral home owner Thomas Rost fired […]

[…] is lost on most Americans. This shows in GLAAD’s 2023 Accelerating Acceptance report. According to the report, 71% of Americans claim they’ve never met someone who is transgender. This is alarming especially as anti-transgender rhetoric from politicians and some in the media continues to rise. Algorithms, for instance, are the language of social media […]

[…] various women at the beach. Their luck changes when an attractive beachgoer finally returns their interest, before an unshaven hair on her chin outs her as a transgender woman. The scene is played purely for shock value and laughs. The male characters are subsequently disgusted with themselves, not for repeatedly harassing women on the […]

[…] officials will continue to organize for the LGBTQ people of their state and beyond. For instance, this May, Kansas City Council declared itself a “Sanctuary State” for transgender medical care, before the state’s trans medical ban for youth under 18 took effect in late August. The state also legalized discrimination against trans athletes’ participation […]