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Transgender

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.

Athletes
Sports
New NCAA Policy on Trans Athletes Raises Concerns

The group will now let each sport's governing body set standards for trans inclusion, but some fear this will create a confusing patchwork of policies.

January 20 2022 3:17 PM
Elliot Page and Lilly Wachowski
News
Elliot Page & Lilly Wachowski Help Fight a Trans Health Care Ban

The Arkansas bill legally prohibits medical professionals from offering gender-affirming health care to trans youth.

January 20 2022 11:48 AM
Leslie Grace as Batgirl
Arts & Entertainment
'Batgirl' Star Leslie Grace Teases the DCEU’s First Trans Character

It sure looks like trans character Alysia Yeoh will be making her live-action debut in the highly anticipated HBO Max movie.

January 19 2022 2:27 PM
Kai Shappley
Transgender
Texas Trans Girl Is Finalist for Time's Kid of the Year

Kai Shappley won national fame with her testimony against anti-transgender legislation last year.

January 19 2022 1:24 PM
Elliot Page
Arts & Entertainment
Elliot Page Has an Italian Trans Documentary on the Way

The transmasculine star is producing Nel Mio Nome, which follows a group of four trans men.

January 19 2022 11:50 AM
Max Kadel and Julia McKeown
Transgender
North Carolina Health Care Discrimination Suit Can Move Forward

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court's decision that the state employees' health plan can indeed be sued over anti-transgender discrimination.

January 19 2022 1:24 AM
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Transgender
Texas Anti-Trans Sports Law Goes Into Effect

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a far-right, anti-LGBTQ+ Republican, signed the bill into law in October.

January 18 2022 6:46 PM
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