Utah House passes bill that restricts all trans people's use of bathrooms in the state — and threatens jail
H.B. 257 would not only ban transgender folks from many public facilities but also call for jail time.
January 24, 2024
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Las Vegas School Cop Sues for Anti-Trans Discrimination
Bradley Roberts was harassed and barred from using the men's bathroom at work unless he provided 'proof' that he'd had gender-affirming surgery, his lawsuit claims.
February 8, 2016
Trans New Yorkers Can Now Update Birth Certificates More Easily
The New York City Council approved legislation that removes an old requirement that transgender people undergo gender-confirming surgery before they can amend their birth certificates.
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December 8, 2014
Hong Kong's Highest Court Considers Trans Woman's Marriage
A transgender woman in Hong Kong is asking the city's highest court to overturn a lower court's ruling that she cannot marry her boyfriend because she was assigned male at birth.
April 15, 2013
Media Loses It Over Tasmanian Law That Could Make Misgendering a Crime
The Australian press went into a frenzy over proposed changes would afford broad protections for trans people.
December 10, 2018
Japan’s Supreme Court Issues Landmark Trans Rights Ruling
The ruling had far-reaching implications in a country that is still hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, including marriage equality.
July 12, 2023
Will Italian Court Decision Pave Way for Marriage Equality?
A precedent may have been set by a same-sex couple, where one of the women is transgender.
April 22, 2015
Traveling While Trans: Women Share Their Stories
Transgender women have been reaching out to The Advocate to share their experiences in the four weeks since Shadi Petosky was detained, delayed, and humilated in Orlando.
October 21, 2015
Survivors of Army major's sexual assaults include a trans woman left bloodied. She and others speak out
Jonathan Batt, a major in the Army Rangers, has been sentenced to 53 years in military prison for his crimes.
July 23, 2025
Trans Marathoner Places 6,159th in Women's Category, Right-Wing Media Throws a Fit
Glenique Frank is being blasted for her participation in the London Marathon, even though she didn't come close to winning.
April 27, 2023
Trans Woman Dies in U.K. Men's Prison
Vicky Thompson had vowed to kill herself if she was sent to a men's prison.
November 20, 2015
Tennessee's Anti-Trans 'Bathroom Bill' Goes Down the Drain
A legislative committee voted today to send the bill to a summer study session, killing it for this year.
March 22, 2016
Here's what queer, transgender, and intersex people should know about prostate cancer after Biden's diagnosis
After President Joe Biden's stunning cancer diagnosis, The Advocate asked medical experts what the LGBTQ+ community should know about this disease.
May 20, 2025
Op-ed: Trans, Intersex Visibility and the Myth of Scarcity
Despite the media’s current obsession with Caitlyn Jenner, there are more stories to tell — and the space to tell them does in fact exist, says this intersex scholar.
June 22, 2015
Marco Rubio, Jim Banks Introduce Bills for New Transgender Military Ban
The Senate bill, called the Ensuring Military Readiness Act, would bar service for anyone who had transitioned anytime in the past 36 months before service.
February 16, 2023
This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages
Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.
July 22, 2024
Black Woman Claims Iowa Police Arrested Her for Being Trans
Meagan Taylor, 22, was arrested Monday after hotel staff wrongly accused her of prostitution. Now the county jail doesn't know where to house her.
July 17, 2015
Aide to N.J. GOP governor nominee states opposition to marriage equality and to 'taking money from Jews'
Ibrar Nadeem, candidate Jack Ciattarelli's executive director for Muslim relations, made the remarks at a recent event.
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October 20, 2025
Bail Money Raised for Black Woman 'Arrested While Trans'
A minister with Midwestern roots hopes to raise even more money for Meagan Taylor, to pay an outstanding fine.
July 20, 2015
N.C. Amends HB 2 -- So It Doesn't Impact Straight People
The state has also requested a half-million dollars from its disaster relief fund to cover the legal costs of defending the anti-LGBT law.
July 2, 2016
Pope Francis's LGBTQ+ record: the good and the bad
Pope Francis may not have been as progressive as some of us want, but he made a lot of progress for LGBTQ+ acceptance in the church.
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December 22, 2023