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The U.S. asylum and refugee programs are a lifeline for LGBTQ+ individuals facing danger abroad. But LGBTQ+ Americans, especially transgender individuals, are increasingly seeking safety within our own borders, writes InReach's Jamie Sgarro.
"When we create environments for transgender people to thrive, we create a society where people can live the lives they deserve to live."
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in Ashley Diamond's case against the Georgia prison system, which she says failed to protect her from sexual assault and denied her health care.
The former ACLU director claims her daughters shared a bathroom with trans women and that experience led to her resignation.
Ashley Diamond, 36, has called the repeated rapes she's allegedly endured in men's prisons 'torture.' Despite her other legal victories, she's still not safe.
These trans women -- joined by Log Cabin president Gregory Angelo -- recently sat down with members of Betsy DeVos's team to discuss trans student safety.
As states move to exclude trans people from using certain public spaces, courtroom accessibility is key to ensuring that jury pools reflect the makeup of the country, experts say.
It may be time to institute some rowdy activism like America saw in the 1960s.
An organization claims a transgender teenager was harassing classmates, but it turns out the organization is responsible for the harassment.
Why is discrimination on anyone's agenda right now?
The federal regulations known as Title IX are supposed to protect trans students from discrimination, but that's hard to put into practice, writes Eri Svenson.
If passed, the law would see trans and gender-nonconforming people fined up to $1,000 and jailed up to a year for using the 'wrong bathroom' in public.
Data shows that even in states with trans-friendly policies, transgender and nonbinary people report high rates of harassment in public bathrooms. Advocates say everyday people can have a big impact in interrupting discrimination in gendered restrooms.
Few stories have helped inspire advocacy on behalf of incarcerated trans women more than that of 37-year-old Ashley Diamond. Today her attorneys announced a historic settlement in her federal lawsuit.
Writing in The New Yorker, a Harvard professor suggested North Carolina officials have good reason to object to federal guidelines banning anti-trans discrimination. Another Harvard professor and a trans activist take umbrage.
Transgender inmates in Pennsylvania will no longer be sent to solitary confinement based upon gender identity alone, and will be allowed to shower privately.
The Elon Musk-owned social media platform has once again found itself in hot water.
