Search Results: transgender people (1587)

[…] is happening with people in the building instead of online, so it’s wonderful.”  Lee made history at the Tony Awards this year by becoming the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an acting category. She is also the first openly transgender actor to originate a role in a Pulitzer-winning piece of theatre also Off-Broadway.    […]

[…] has been an outspoken advocate for the transgender community for many years. She has used Twitter as a platform to speak on issues, like the discrimination against transgender people amid the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. “I think it’s courageous and brave for these people to have an identity […]

[…] Show is an annual fundraising event to support the life-saving supportive services that The TransLatin@ Coalition provides in Los Angeles through the Center for Violence Prevention & Transgender Wellness. It also supports the GARRAS Scholarship, which aims to support TGI individuals pursuing careers in healthcare. The event is on Saturday, November 19th from 7:00 […]

[…] would hold the vote on the bill until after the election.  The “Marriage Threat” and “Protect Our Families” (re-introducing Americans to the Briggle family of Texas and their transgender son) ads are part of GLAAD’s ongoing work to ensure voters know the stakes and the key issues affecting LGBTQ people. LGBTQ voters made the deciding difference […]

[…] unsafe in school. 76% experienced in-person verbal harassment (e.g., called names or threatened) and 31% were physically harassed. Earlier this year, The Trevor Project reported 85% of transgender and nonbinary youth say that recent debates around anti-trans bills have negatively impacted their mental health. GLAAD’s 2022 Social Media Safety Index found severe harassment for […]

[…] The disproportionate burden of HIV in the South is among certain populations, such as Black women, Black and Latinx gay, and bisexual men, and Black and Latinx transgender women.  Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee rank in the top 15 states with the highest rates of HIV in the […]

[…] chronicles the life of Jazz Jennings, a YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television star, LGBTQ rights activist and one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. After her first year at Harvard on her own, Jazz returns home to Florida for the summer and asserts her new-found independence. I Am Jazz: Tuesdays […]

[…] The Stroll, which made its premiere at the fest. The panel titled “The Stroll to Sundance: How One Documentary Came to Be and a Path to Reclaiming Transgender Narratives” was an in-depth discussion about the HBO documentary, the history of trans sex workers in NYC’s Meatpacking District, gentrification and the overlooked contributions that trans […]