Search Results: transgender people (1585)

[…] attacks, imprisonment, and family and societal rejection of LGBTQ people. In at least 26 countries, authorities public order, vagrancy and misdemeanor offenses to harass, arrest and prosecute transgender people. Blackmail, extortion, and physical and sexual violence is commonplace. Still, in recent years, social acceptance of LGBTQ people has increased around the globe. Many nations have […]

[…] of a group defined by the gender identity of its members.” Read GLAAD’s full statement here. The post was an egregious example of anti-trans hate advocating for transgender people to commit suicide, featuring an image of a striped curtain in the blue, pink, and white colors of the transgender flag with a text overlay in […]

[…] a promo for his interview with the president of The Heritage Foundation, a longstanding anti-LGBTQ national organization that continues to advocate against marriage equality and acceptance of transgender people, and has promised continued targeting of LGBTQ Americans and youth in public education. —Says Edmond Public Schools is fighting to keep “pornography” in the classroom. In […]

GLAAD denounces the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ new policy which targets transgender young people for rejection and exclusion in all areas of school life. The archdiocese’s “Policy and Complementary Norms on Sexual Identity in School Ministries of the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis” is signed by Archbishop Charles C. Thompson and Chancellor Annette […]

[…] 2020 STUDIO RESPONSIBILITY INDEX HERE.  GLAAD found that of the 118 films released from major studios in 2019, 22 (18.6%) included characters that were lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ). This represents a slight increase from the previous year’s report (18.2%, 20 out of 110 films) and the highest percentage of inclusive films […]

A reported 41 percent of Black transgender people say they have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives, which is more than five times the rate of the general U.S. population, according to a report conducted by the National LGBTQ Task Force.  That study goes on to reveal that Black transgender people lived in […]

[…] said Ellen’s coming out “blazed a trail for her. It really did.”  Ellen Chats with Transgender Military Couple Logan & Laila Ireland  Shortly after Donald Trump banned transgender people from serving in the military, Ellen found Logan and Laila Ireland, a transgender couple who both served in the military. Ellen thanked them for their service […]

[…] State of the Union address on February 7, 2023, included LGBTQ families as guests and urged Congress to pass the Equality Act “to ensure LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender young people, can live with safety and dignity.” In his address, President Biden included LGBTQ people and issues important to LGBTQ Americans saying, “I have signed […]