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Drew Stever, a minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is one of the few out transgender clergy members to be ordained by a Christian institution.
The right-wing representative launched a campaign following Angela Carini's loss to Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who conservatives were falsely claiming is a transgender woman.
Peter Vlaming, a former French teacher at West Point High School, filed a lawsuit in 2019 after he was fired for discriminating against a student by refusing to use his pronouns.
The candidate emphasized that transgender athletes are not a concern to women in sports, who are continuing to fight for equal pay and equal resources.
Online reactions ranged from shocked and horrified to expected.
They can’t seem to get their bigotry right.
LGBTQ+ adults are at a 15 percent higher risk of composite brain health outcomes — including dementia, strokes, and late-life depression, according to a new study.
Suicide attempts among trans youth increased anywhere from 7 percent to 72 percent in states that enacted anti-trans laws.
DaShawn Watkins, 29, has pleaded not guilty to the brutal killing and dismembering of 14-year-old Pauly A. Likens.
Two Canada Post workers were suspended and others took personal days to avoid delivering the offensive materials.
Daniel Trujillo is one of several trans people featured who are living their life to the fullest. For many trans people, their joy is their resistance.
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
At least two thousand protestors filled the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the Gender Liberation March. See the moving images here.
37-year-old Kesaria Abramidze was murdered in her home Wednesday night, just one day after the Georgia Parliament passed a law restricting LGBTQ+ rights.
Shane was a soul and R&B singer in the 1950s and 1960s credited with helping to pioneer the Toronto Sound.
“You don’t treat them babies like that," said the actor, whose son is transgender.
The Jackass star planned to get the surgery done as a joke, until he actually had a conversation with a transgender person.
A French court has ordered Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey to pay Macron €8,000 (about $8,864) over claims they made in 2021 that falsely asserted the first lady is actually her brother.
The group most likely to report hearing anti-LGBTQ + language were students who play sports — particularly straight, cisgender boys.
Meta has guidelines to protect against anti-trans content. GLAAD says the company is ignoring them
The social media company has failed to protect LGBTQ+ users from bigoted harassment, GLAAD says.