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[…] middle school audience, stars young Australian trans actress Evie Macdonald as Hannah, and Macdonald’s performance adds a beautiful authenticity to the well-written scripts. As Hannah, Evie becomes the first transgender actor to be cast in the lead role of an Australian television series. You can see an interview with Evie here and here. (The series also features […]

[…] the life of jazz musician Billy Tipton, which reclaims Billy’s life as an important part of trans history, while providing a broader look at the lives of transgender men today. Tickets are on sale now for the festival and can be purchased here. If you’re not familiar with Billy’s story, this documentary is an […]

[…] of registered LGBTQ voters turned out to vote–and 25% were first time voters! Roughly 3.6 million LGBTQ adults live in the South, including over half a million transgender adults—more than in any other region. And, in Georgia, at least 425,000 people identify as LGBTQ. The most important issues to them in deciding how to […]

[…] media outlets in North Carolina including The Jacksonville Daily News and CBS-affiliate WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina, repeatedly and knowingly misgendered and deadnamed 34-year-old Jenna Franks, a transgender woman who was found dead in Jacksonville, North Carolina, last Wednesday.  These local media outlets failed to revise their initial reporting when contacted by local LGBTQ+ […]

[…] artists Dominique Jackson (“POSE”), Rain Valdez (“Razor Tongue”), and Scott Turner Schofield (“The Conductor”) participated in an intimate and honest conversation moderated by GLAAD’s Associate Director of Transgender Representation and documentary filmmaker Alex Schmider about the complicated and changing nature of transgender visibility and representation in the entertainment industry. For each person who attended […]

[…] his administration. The poll of 800 LGBTQ adults also shows their concern about the closely-divided Senate’s ability to pass pro-equality legislation, and about the wave of anti- transgender bills proposed in dozens of states.  The poll was conducted by Pathfinder Opinion Research, April 15-20, 2021. Read the Pathfinder Opinion Research memo on the poll […]

The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees include diverse and compelling stories about transgender and nonbinary people, including three shows created by transgender people.

[…] court’s history. As special counsel to the New York Solicitor General in 2015, Thomas filed an amicus brief in federal court challenging North Carolina’s since-overturned law banning transgender and nonbinary people from using the restroom aligned with their gender identity. Congratulations to Judge Holly Thomas on her confirmation as Circuit Judge with the U.S. […]