Search Results: transgender people (1589)

Advocacy

350+ LGBTQ, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS, NOTABLE PUBLIC FIGURES URGE REMOVAL OF OKLAHOMA SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION RYAN WALTERS, AND D.O.E. INVESTIGATION

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LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS ILLUSTRATE FAILURE OF WALTERS AND OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE MONTHS PRECEDING THE DEATH OF NEX BENEDICT, A 16-YEAR-OLD 2STGNC+ (Two Spirit, transgender, and gender nonconforming+) STUDENT OF CHOCTAW HERITAGE KRISTIN CHENOWETH, DEMI LOVATO, CYNTHIA NIXON, JONATHAN VAN NESS, TOMMY DORFMAN, ALOK, PEPPERMINT, EMMA ROBERTS, AMY SCHNEIDER, K.D. LANG […]

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News

CPAC, Trump spread falsehoods and exploit ignorance about transgender youth

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[…] beyond measure about how my life as a gay American was trivialized and exploited. Nearly twenty years later, here we are again, this time conservatives are targeting transgender people with phony panic about “saving girls sports.” Last week as conservatives took to the House floor to repeat these nonsense claims, none spoke up on behalf of […]

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GLAAD and Northwest Arkansas Equality Condemn Discriminatory New Law Targeting Girls’ Sports; Urges All in Arkansas To Demand the Legislature Reject Bill Denying Lifesaving Health Care for Transgender Children

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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB354 into law on March 25th banning transgender girls and women from participating in sports, despite recognition from lawmakers that there has been no instance of trans participation being an issue in their state. 

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GLAAD Statement for Pride Month: “Full LGBTQ acceptance cannot be achieved until we protect the most vulnerable among us”

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[…] rhetoric, and direct violence. In 2021 alone, there have been over 250 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures across the United States, most of which specifically target transgender people and youth. Many of these laws target the rights of trans youth to play school sports or criminalize doctors for providing life-affirming care to trans youth […]

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Meet the Amplify Your Voice! Youth

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In partnership with New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, GLAAD’s Amplify Your Voice! PSA campaign features four young people who have experienced bullying while at school because of their perceived or lived sexual orientation or gender expression/identity. Read more about their stories below. Name: Antonio Age: 18 1. Describe a time […]

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Resources

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EqualityResources For transgender people and families with transgender kids: Download the TLDEF “Know Your Rights” guidance. Join Families for Trans Equality. Share your experience in the U.S. Trans Survey. For supporters: What do nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans mean? Bust myths about transgender people. Read true stories of LGBTQ Americans and the people who support […]

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Television

GLAAD Report: Record-high percentage of LGBTQ regular characters on broadcast TV, with more LGBTQ people of color than white LGBTQ people for the first time among regular and recurring LGBTQ characters

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[…] Additional representation that is up this year across all platforms tracked (broadcast, cable, streaming) includes: the total number of bisexual+ people is up to 117 from 93; transgender people is up to 26 from 17; and characters who are HIV-positive are up to seven from two. “With anti-LGBTQ policies being debated here and abroad, the […]

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