Study: No Link Between Nondiscrimination Law & Restroom Crimes
No Increase in Public Safety Incidents in Restroom Facilities Since Transgender Protections Law Passed 2 Years Ago BOSTON – A new study released today by the Williams…
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Study: Efficacy Of Interventions For Young Transgender Women In Reducing HIV Infection Risks
BOSTON—A new HIV prevention study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that Project Lifeskills—a culturally specific, empowerment-based, and group-delivered behavioral prevention intervention—significantly reduced sexual risk for HIV acquisition…
Judge To Gov.: Produce Docs Related To Trans Military Ban Implementation Plan
Trump insists On Trans Military Ban Without Evidence WASHINGTON—This weekend, Federal District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a ruling ordering the Trump administration to disclose information about…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempts to Quash Trans Military Ban Lawsuit & to Dissolve Preliminary Injunction
District Judge Kollar-Kotelly denies Trump admin motions to dismiss Doe v. Trump and to dissolve the preliminary injunction preventing the trans military ban from going into…
Rights Orgs. Respond To Potential Kavanaugh Confirmation As Next SCOTUS Justice
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Progressive advocacy groups are mobilizing to oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the next U.S. Supreme Court…
Transgender Military Ban, A Year After Trump’s Tweets
Transgender Military Ban was a major blow to Trans ServiceMembers “One of our plaintiffs, Jane Doe 3, served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and said…
Fenway Health On Passage Of Bill Requiring LGBT Elderly Awareness Training For Providers
There Are Not Many LGBT Elderly Awareness Programs in the Country BOSTON—Last week, the Massachusetts Legislature passed “An Act Relative to LGBT Awareness Training for…
Missouri Lesbian Couple Sues Senior Housing Community for Discrimination
ST.LOUIS—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, and co-counsel filed a lawsuit today on behalf of married lesbian couple Mary Walsh, age…
LGBTQ News Briefs From Around The World, July 2018
Scarlett Johansson backs out of transgender movie role Amid extensive backlash, actress Scarlett Johansson has withdrawn from her role as a transgender man in an…
Delaware: 14th State To Protect LGBTQ Youth From Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy survivor and NCLR Born Perfect Strategist Mathew Shurka says, “Delaware is now a safer place for LGBTQ youth, and we are one step…
4th Transgender Woman of Color Murdered in FL; Media, Law Enforcement Still Misgender Victims
ORLANDO, FLA.—Yesterday, Equality Florida and GLAAD mourn the death of Sasha Garden, a transgender woman of color murdered in Orlando on Thursday, July 19. Sasha…
Lambda Legal, OutServe-SLDN: Stop Pentagon From Discharging HIV-Positive Service Members
“Soldiers, sailors, fighter pilots and marines are seeing their promising careers cut short, their dreams of service shattered and their health jeopardized due to antiquated…
FAQs To Trump Admin Plan to Roll Back ACA Trans Nondiscrimination Regulation
By: National Center for Transgender Equality— The Trump Administration has announced that it is planning to roll back an important regulation about Section 1557 of…
Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference Returns August 2 – 4
The 2018 edition of the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference (PTWC) is scheduled for August 2 through 4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City…
Reactions to Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh To The Supreme Court
Last night Pres. Trump announced that he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court,…
New Stay Proud Project To Keep LGBTQIA+ History Front & Center
Stay Proud Project; from a rejection idea to its inception By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Andrew Putschoegl is convinced that LGBTQ youth are destined to repeat…
Family Separation Protest underway in Boston, National Day of Action
BOSTON, Mass.—Thousands of protesters gathered this morning at Boston City Hall Plaza as a part of the National Day of Action, a nation-wide protest to…
Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Orgs. React
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced yesterday, June 27, that he will be retiring as of July 31. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Legal…
Serial Killer May Be Targeting Jacksonville’s Transgender community
Community calls for transgender training for law enforcement to aid in the investigation; respect and use right pronouns JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Equality Florida mourns the murder of…
Trans Candidate Sharon Brackett Makes History In Maryland!
Sharon Brackett becomes first trans woman elected to public office in the State of Maryland BALTIMORE, Md.—Last night, Sharon Brackett became the first trans woman…
High Court Upholds Trump-Pence Admin’s Muslim Ban, More
Today is a Muslim Ban tomorrow it could be anyone WASHINGTON—Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, released the following statement from…
Transgender No Longer Classified A Mental Disorder
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday, June 18, that it will no longer classify transgender as a mental disorder in a new historical…
Trans Star Ryan Cassata: An Exclusive Interview With This Award-Winning Performer
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— At just 23 years old, Ryan Cassata has already left a footprint big enough to last a lifetime. This internationally acclaimed…