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Read the latest news about transgender issues. Learn more about how transgender public figures—Chelsea Manning, Jen Richards, Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, Caitlyn Jenner, Chaz Bono, and others—are shaping the agenda of the LGBT rights movement, and showing the world that gender is not so simple a thing after all. 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.

Martina Navratilova
Sports
Martina Navratilova: Trans Athletes Competing Is 'Insane & 'Cheating'

The lesbian trailblazer and multiple Grand Slam winner wrote a column in the Sunday Times of London that leans into transphobic rhetoric.   

February 17 2019 5:54 PM
Don Cheadle
television
Don Cheadle Supports Trans Kids with Powerful Message on SNL

The Saturday Night Live host also wore a Soviet hockey jersey that read "Trump." 

February 17 2019 12:37 PM
Traveling While Non-Binary
Commentary
It Just Became Less Terrifying to Travel While Nonbinary

No one should be terrified to go through airport security.

February 16 2019 8:03 AM
julia beck
Transgender
Lesbian TERF Spreads Anti-Trans Agenda on Fox News

Julia Beck was kicked off of a Baltimore city commission because of her anti-trans views. Then she appeared with Tucker Carlson, who welcomed her ideas.

February 15 2019 2:24 PM
Gavin Newsom
Transgender
Gov. Gavin Newsom Appoints California's Highest-Ranking Trans Official

JP Petrucione will be the governor's director of digital media, one of several LGBTQ appointees named by Newsom.

February 15 2019 5:23 AM
Merrill Nelson
Transgender
Utah Anti-Transgender Birth Certificate Bill Withdrawn

The measure would have made it essentially impossible to change the gender on a birth certificate.

February 14 2019 4:02 PM
South Dakota classroom
Transgender
South Dakota Moves to Ban Discussion of Trans Identity in Schools

The House of Representatives voted to make the term "gender dysphoria" illegal in elementary schools — it's just the latest assault on trans people in South Dakota.

February 13 2019 3:04 PM
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