Search Results: transgender people (1590)

Amy Schneider, a transgender woman from Oakland, California, talks with Alex Schmider, GLAAD’s Associate Director of Transgender Representation, about how she’s navigating her newfound fame, when she got the Jeopardy! call, and the message she hopes transgender people can take from her success on the game show.

[…] Michaela Jaé has become the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe, naming her 2021’s Best Actress in a Drama Series. She was also the first transgender person ever to be nominated for this honor. Her stellar performance as Blanca also  earned her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series […]

This report found a transgender character in major studio film for the first time in five years, though there was a decrease in percentage of LGBTQ characters of color, LGBTQ women, and zero LGBTQ characters living with disabilities or HIV. All seven studios receive “Insufficient,” “Poor,” or “Failing” grades as GLAAD includes new evaluation […]

[…] lawmakers would restrict or ban lifesaving healthcare for transgender Texans, ban or impose heavy penalties on drag artists, or take other actions to harm LGBTQ and particularly transgender people in Texas. The all-day event was organized by six statewide Texas organizations over the past six months: Equality Texas, Transgender Education Network of Texas, Texas Freedom […]

In the early days of video games, depictions of transgender characters were mainly limited to crude examples of gender ambiguity, surrounded by endless discourse and debate. Birdo in Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) and Poison in Final Fight (1989) are often cited as the first trans characters to be featured in games, but their […]

[…] other GLAAD Campus Ambassadors reading their own suggested and compelling questions for Justice Kavanaugh including “Do you believe doctors have a right to deny medical services to transgender patients,” and “Do you think an employer should be able to fire one of their employees just because they identify as LGBTQ?” GLAAD is also encouraging […]

[…] Reuters, NASDAQ, and American Eagle billboards in Times Square, and many others New York, NY, Wednesday, October 14, 2020 – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced that TikTok, Jonathan Bennett, Ednita, Kany García, Jack Galinsky, Ty Herndon, Natalia Jiménez, Lali, Bright Light Bright Light, […]

[…] raising children. 11% of LGBTQ people in North Carolina are Latinx/Latine, 22% are Black. Six years ago, North Carolina received widespread criticism after passing HB2, which prohibited transgender people from using restrooms that aligned with their gender. HB2 was fully repealed on December 1, 2020, and since then, ordinances protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination have […]