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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.

Kaylee Tuck
Transgender
Florida House Passes Trans-Exclusionary Sports Bill, Sends to Senate

Florida is advancing the bill amid threats of repercussions from the NCAA.

April 14 2021 6:39 PM
trans girl
Youth
Meet Rebekah, a Trans 14-Year-Old Who Just Wants to Play Sports

She and her mother are highlighted in a new video from the Human Rights Campaign.

April 13 2021 4:30 PM
College basketball players
Transgender
States With Anti-Trans Laws Might Not Get to Host NCAA Championships

The NCAA issued a warning on the matter Monday.

April 12 2021 8:35 PM
Dominque Lucious
Crime
Dominique Lucious, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Missouri

A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

April 12 2021 3:24 PM
Leiomy
Business
Trans Star Leiomy Maldonado Personifies Beauty in New Campaign

The ballroom fixture is the new star of Black Opal Beauty.

April 11 2021 3:44 PM
Mary Bentley
Politics
Sponsor of Arkansas Anti-Trans Bill Says Kids Might Identify as Cats

Rep. Mary Bentley's bill would let teachers ignore students' preferred names and pronouns, and she says the state should do more in case a youth identifies "as a cat, as a furry."

April 09 2021 8:36 PM
WV
Transgender
West Virginia May Be Next State to Ban Trans Athletes

The state's Senate approved a bill with such a ban Thursday, after the House of Delegates OK'd a slightly different version; they must be reconciled before going to Gov. Jim Justice.

April 08 2021 7:09 PM
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