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Read the latest news about transgender issues. Learn more about how transgender public figures, including Chelsea Manning, Jen Richards, Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, and others are shaping and pushing forward the agenda of the LGBT rights movement. Whether it’s in the spheres of entertainment, politics, education, media, government, or international or local coverage, The Advocate is the leading source for news that is important to transgender, gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals around the world.

Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, both transgender women, gain victories in state championship for girls track and field in Connecticut.
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Transgender Student Athletes' Success Stirs Uproar in Connecticut

Some parents and students contend that trans girls shouldn't compete against cisgender girls unless they've taken hormones.

1 hour 37 min ago
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98 Photos of Trans Pride Power In Portland

Oregon is a hotbed of self-esteem and gender revolution. Who knew?

June 18 2018 5:00 AM
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Federal Court Again Refuses to Let Trans Military Ban Take Effect

The Trump administration keeps trying and failing to persuade judges to unblock the ban.

June 15 2018 5:45 PM
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How Gaming Helped a Trans Woman Find Community

Cetine Dale, the cohost of the podcast Bit Different, recounts how video games provide a support network for the LGBT community.

June 15 2018 3:26 PM
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Trans Women and Cis Women Are Different, And That's OK

Trans and cis women have very different experiences of womanhood — as TERFs love to point out — but that doesn't make either experience any less valid.

June 15 2018 6:31 AM
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Stepping Forward: China’s Transgender Find Themselves
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China’s Trans Community Takes a Step Out of the Closet

One of the changes is a rise in gender-confirmation surgeries, according to doctors.

June 14 2018 5:02 PM
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Transgender Woman Stabbed in Los Angeles

Police are investigating the assault as a hate crime.

June 14 2018 1:57 PM
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