Search Results: transgender (1780)

[…] back the following day, when they were pronounced dead. Nex was born in El Paso, Texas, was out to friends and at school as 2STGNC+ (two spirit, transgender and gender nonconforming+) and is of Choctaw Nation ancestry. Despite Nex’s death on February 8, most local media outlets did not report on Nex’s death until a […]

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to a powerful statement of support against efforts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive books and books about race and racism. The statement, from the National Coalition Against Censorship, is the first national collective response to the wave of attempted book […]

By Katie Whitefield States that are targeting LGBTQ people are paying a price after South Dakota settles with, and apologies to, a transgender group that sued. A transgender and gender nonconforming advocacy group, The Transformation Project, sued the state of South Dakota for terminating a contract with the organization, as reported by the Associated […]

[…] extreme anti-LGBTQ policies in American history, such as a continually expanding bill to prohibit discussion of LGBTQ people, issues, or history in schools; a ban on allowing transgender students to play sports, be addressed by their proper names and pronouns, or use the appropriate restrooms; a ban on health care for transgender people that […]

[…] told.” Last February, a coalition of more than 150 organizations and leaders, including GLAAD, launched an open letter to the New York Times critiquing its coverage of transgender people and issues. In a wholly separate effort, hundreds of Times contributors launched a letter critiquing the Times’ trans coverage. One year later, the Times has […]

[…] of GLAAD “Time and time again, leaders in Oklahoma have showed that they don’t value Nex’s life, or the lives of other Indigenous and 2STGNC+ (Two Spirit, transgender, gender-noncoforming+) students. Everyone from  Superintendent Walters and Owasso High School to the unaccredited-since-2009 state Medical Examiner’s Office, the District Attorney, and Owasso Police Department have failed […]

[…] 6-4-18 The Verge YouTube is still restricting and demonetizing LGBT videos — and adding anti-LGBT ads to some 11-27-2018 The Verge Twitter has banned misgendering or ‘deadnaming’ transgender people 2-27-2019 The Verge AI won’t relieve the misery of Facebook’s human moderators 6-7-2019 The Verge GOOGLE’S LGBTQ EMPLOYEES ARE FURIOUS ABOUT YOUTUBE’S POLICY DISASTERS 6-3-2020 […]

[…] them suspended. This is absolutely shameful. Politicians and social media platforms can and must do better.” (Friday, March 18, 2022) GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to Twitter’s refusal to remove anti-trans content from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that misgenders Dr. Rachel Levine, […]