Search Results: transgender people (1585)

[…] actually created in 2009 by Rachel Crandall-Crocker, a transgender activist and the founder of Transgender Michigan. Taking to Facebook, she called for a day dedicated to recognizing transgender people and urged people worldwide to organize events in their hometowns. Since then, millions worldwide observe Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st to celebrate the lives […]

[…] increases were most pronounced among LGBQ+ (47 percent), Black/African American (38 percent), and Muslim (38 percent) respondents. The rate of harassment ever experienced was exceptionally high among transgender people, at 76 percent. Jewish respondents reported an increase to 26 percent in the past 12 months, up from 21 percent in 2022. “We’re confronted with record […]

[…] knows a member of the LGBT community is much more likely to be accepting,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO & President of GLAAD. “At a time when transgender people still face staggering rates of discrimination, poverty, and violence, it is crucial that we continue to increase visibility and accelerate acceptance of trans people everywhere.” “Though […]

[…] Stigma with New Hires and $9 Million Multi-Year Grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. New York, NY, July 27, 2020 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the findings of the State of HIV Stigma Study, a national survey among U.S. adults conducted by research […]

[…] heterosexual marriages); financial stress or poverty; and poor behavioral, psychological, or educational outcomes.’ (Their data on the length of marriages is false).” Project 2025’s Lies vs. Facts: Project 2025 lie: Transgender people are an “ideology” and their existence is linked to pornography and the “sexualization of children.” Fact: Trans people are people, not an ideology. There is no […]

[…] events at state legislatures to oppose proposed anti-LGBTQ bills being debated. At least 122 anti-LGBTQ bills are being considered across the country, including 56 bills to prohibit transgender participation in sports in more than 30 states, and 35 bills in 22 states targeting transgender youth access to transition-related care. Newly-released research shows the healthcare […]

[…] (R) Incumbent Record of inaccurate and harmful rhetoric and baseless policy proposals against LGBTQ Americans is tracked in the GLAAD Accountability Project, and includes absurd claims, misgendering transgender people, smearing LGBTQ people and allies with vile “groomer” rhetoric, embrace of violent QAnon conspiracy theories, and targeting colleagues who are parents of transgender children Removed from […]

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