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Oklahomans to Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik: 'Stay out of our state'

Parents and organizations have released an open letter to the hate-spreader ahead of her potential Oklahoma visit.

LGBTQ+ Cold Case Files: What Really Happened to Marsha P. Johnson?

More than three decades after her murder, Johnson’s case remains unsolved.

Rachel Pollack, Acclaimed Author and Trans Activist, Dies at 77

Pollack was an award-winning author of speculative fiction and created a trans superhero for the Doom Patrol comic.

Thai Transgender Activist Wins Provincial Election

Yollada "Nok" Suanyot has won election as the top financial officer in Thailand's Nan province, making her the nation's highest-ranking transgender politician.

Anti-Transgender Activists Call for Ulta Beauty Boycott

Because the beauty retailer decided to feature a transgender woman and gender-fluid host in a promotional video, right-wing influencers are calling for a boycott.

Trans Activists Join GLAAD for National Voter Registration Day

Jamie Clayton, Jazz Jennings, Elliot Fletcher, and other trans icons urge their community to make their voices heard this November.

$20M Global Effort to Aid Trans Activists and Causes

The Arcus Foundation and NoVo Foundation announced a five-year funding project aimed at supporting trans people in the U.S. and in developing nations.

Lynn Conway, pioneering transgender computer scientist and activist, dies at 86

Conway was fired by IBM in 1968 for transitioning, but she went on to make major advances in her field, such as revolutionizing the chip design process.

Activist Protects Transgender Witness From Texas Senate Officials

Sometimes heroes aren’t wearing capes, but they’re wearing pink and rainbow colors.

Henry Berg-Brousseau, Transgender Rights Activist, Has Died at 24

After advocating for years as a teenager, Berg-Brousseau currently worked at the Human Rights Campaign as deputy press secretary.

Trans Activists Unfurl 150-Foot Transgender Flag at Lincoln Memorial

The National Center for Transgender Equality backed the demonstration in protest of the Trump administration's increased terrorization of trans people. 

Florida's Transgender Bathroom Ban Challenged in Court by Group of Activists Ahead of March

The group of activists will be in Orlando for a march in support of trans youth in the state.

Trans Activist: Lyft Apology for Outing 'Not Enough'

Monica Jones tells The Advocate Lyft's apology for its driver posting insinuations that she was a prostitute, outing her as transgender, and naming where she was is 'not enough.'

Rep. Ro Khanna and transgender activist put Nancy Mace on blast at tech summit

The confrontation came at the end of a week when Mace introduced measures in Congress targeting transgender people.

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Video: Transgender activists stage die-in at Florida driver's license offices across the state

It comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration criminalizes changing one's gender on an I.D.

Ted Cruz Calls Colorado Suspect 'Transgendered Leftist'

The only 'evidence' is an election record identifying the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood office as female.

Far-Right Trans YouTuber Said an Activist Drove a Woman to Suicide—But No One Died

Blaire White (left) said Eli Erlick (right) pushed another trans woman to end her life. However, the woman in question is alive and now White is being sued.

Chess Governing Body Bars Trans Women From Women's Competitions

This is an insult to both transgender and cisgender women, activists say.