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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.

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Vic Relies on Planned Parenthood for Trans Health Care
Commentary
This Is How Planned Parenthood Saves Trans Lives

Vic relies on Planned Parenthood for compassionate, nonjudgmental health care. “I felt so comfortable and I felt excited to go back the next time. I felt empowered. I felt in charge of my health care.”

June 15 2017 11:08 AM
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Ohio Report Shows How to Move Voters on Trans Restroom Access
Transgender
How to Change Perceptions of Trans People in the Heartland

Sometimes it can be as simple as pointing out some simple facts of life, according to a new study by labor groups.

June 14 2017 1:08 PM
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Danica Roem
Politics
Trans Candidate Wins Virginia House Primary, Makes History

Danica Roem is the first trans person to win a Virginia state legislative primary and could be the nation's first out trans state lawmaker.

June 13 2017 10:16 PM
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Reading the Far Right: Homophobia, Veiled and Overt
Media
Reading the Far Right: Homophobia, Veiled and Overt

What we found in right-wing media this week: denunciation of the Resist March, virulently anti-LGBT rhetoric, and a call for more guns to avert tragedies like Pulse.

June 13 2017 1:07 PM
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Is Trans Over
Commentary
Is Trans Over?

The beginning of the end of the gender binary may have arrived.

June 13 2017 5:45 AM
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Trans Chorus of LA Sings at Dodgers LGBT Night
Sports
Trans Chorus Knocks It Out of the Park at Dodgers' LGBT Night

The Trans Chorus and Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles sang at the L.A. Dodgers' LGBT night on Friday.

June 13 2017 5:25 AM
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Chelsea Manning
Media
Chelsea Manning Has a Message for Obama: 'Thank You'

The transgender whistleblower gave her first post-prison television interview on ABC News.

June 09 2017 3:55 PM
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