Search Results: transgender people (1585)

[…] Jones Imara Jones is the creator of Translash Media, a cross-platform, non-profit journalism and narrative organization, which produces content to shift the current culture of hostility towards transgender people in the US.  Jones does the work that legacy papers have failed to do: hold the truth to account when anti-LGBTQ activists and legislators use their […]

[…] of Joe Biden for President and in key battleground states. Best Practices Stories about or that mention LGBTQ people should include LGBTQ voices.  In stories specifically about transgender people, seek and include a transgender person. GLAAD can connect you.  Prioritize facts, expertise and LGBTQ lived experience over candidate and campaign opinion in your reporting. If […]

[…] collaboration with GROUND Media, an award-winning strategic storytelling studio, launched Here We Are, a campaign that aims to combat misinformation about the transgender community. The campaign features transgender people from Ohio and Florida alongside supportive family members. This is especially important in a time when anti-transgender rhetoric from politicians and some in the media continues […]

[…] Lutheran Church in America, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) have all adopted policies of LGBTQ inclusion. Their leaders are often vocal supporters of marriage equality, employment nondiscrimination, transgender inclusion, and other LGBTQ issues. Other religious institutions, churches, and denominations continue to debate issues of LGBTQ inclusion, the blessing of same-sex couples’ unions, and the […]

[…] transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today responded to Vanity Fair’s July 2015 cover, featuring Caitlyn Jenner. “By sharing her journey with the world, Caitlyn Jenner is accelerating acceptance of transgender people everywhere and reminds us all how important it is to live as your most authentic self,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “For a transgender […]

[…] “child abuse.” The Texas governor issued a subsequent directive ordering the agency to oblige. Last month, Florida became the 11th state to ban health care coverage for transgender people under Medicaid. Narrower bans on health care for transgender youth have also been passed in Arizona and Tennessee. Best practice medical care for transgender youth is […]

[…] at the Stonewall Inn – a New York city bar that was a frequent target of police raids because it catered to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community – fought back against police brutality and harassment. Their uprising set in motion a wave of activism among LGBT people that put the issue […]

[…] or health insurance coverage) to an employee’s same-sex partner. 55% of non-LGBTQ respondents and 53% of LGBTQ respondents believe it is currently illegal to ban physically qualified transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. 59% of non-LGBTQ respondents and 50% of LGBTQ respondents believe it is currently illegal to deny transgender people the right […]