National Center for Transgender Equality
Trump Falsely Links Trans People to Terrorism as Community Faces Escalating Threats
This article originally appeared in Uncloseted Media and is republished with permission.In December, Kathy Brennan was in San Francisco on a video call with her [...]Read more about Trump Falsely Links Trans People to Terrorism as Community Faces Escalating Threats
Meet 10 LGBTQ+ Candidates Running for Office in Michigan
The old adage “representation matters” may not be more important anywhere than it is in government. People elected to state, local and federal positions hold a [...]Read more about Meet 10 LGBTQ+ Candidates Running for Office in Michigan
Ramaswamy and Pence Get Naked on Debate Stage (About How Much They Hate Trans People)
I care about my well-being. And so I did not watch the second GOP presidential debate (or the first one). But because I only care about my well-being so much, I [...]Read more about Ramaswamy and Pence Get Naked on Debate Stage (About How Much They Hate Trans People)
Trans Violence in Detroit Is All Too Common. These Advocates Are Working to Change the Narrative.
Hayden Davis. DeDe Ricks. Ray Muscat. Naomi Skinner. Four lives lost to violence in the Detroit area in 2022. Other than the abrupt and horrifying way their [...]Read more about Trans Violence in Detroit Is All Too Common. These Advocates Are Working to Change the Narrative.
Should You 'Rush $5 Now!' to Your Favorite Political Candidate? Read This First.
Without looking at the date on the calendar, it wouldn’t be hard to know it’s election season from the number of solicitations from candidates and related [...]Read more about Should You 'Rush $5 Now!' to Your Favorite Political Candidate? Read This First.
8 Ways You Can Commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance
Saturday, Nov. 20, marks the annual commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). It's a day that nationally celebrates the lives of the transgender [...]Read more about 8 Ways You Can Commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance
Michigan Residents Can Now Select Gender Neutral Option on State IDs. Here's How.
Michiganders who identify outside the male/female binary can finally hold a state ID or driver's license with the correct gender marker thanks to a new [...]Read more about Michigan Residents Can Now Select Gender Neutral Option on State IDs. Here's How.
8 Local and National Inspirational Transgender Leaders (Who Aren't Caitlyn Jenner)
With Caitlyn Jenner busy upholding the bashing of trans folk by comedian Dave Chappelle, Pride Source thought it would take a look at some kinder, gentler but [...]Read more about 8 Local and National Inspirational Transgender Leaders (Who Aren't Caitlyn Jenner)
Equality Act, Contorted as a Danger by Anti-LGBTQ+ Forces, Is All But Dead
Despite having President Biden in the White House and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, efforts to update federal civil rights laws to [...]Read more about Equality Act, Contorted as a Danger by Anti-LGBTQ+ Forces, Is All But Dead
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Trans Hero Building Trans Women Homes Who Gal Gadot Calls a 'Woman of Wonder'
Home is where the heart is, but sadly too many people are heartless when it comes to those who are homeless. Especially when those people are trans women of [...]Read more about EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Trans Hero Building Trans Women Homes Who Gal Gadot Calls a 'Woman of Wonder'
Michigan Trans Woman Forced to Bunk With Male Cellmate Says She Was Raped
An incarcerated trans woman has filed a lawsuit alleging the Michigan Department of Corrections failed to keep her safe and, in fact, put her in a position to [...]Read more about Michigan Trans Woman Forced to Bunk With Male Cellmate Says She Was Raped
LGBTQ Groups Condemn Capitol siege, Back Trump Removal From Office
LGBTQ rights groups on Wednesday were quick to condemn the siege of the U.S. Capitol. "Today's violence is revolting and nothing short of insurrection, a coup [...]Read more about LGBTQ Groups Condemn Capitol siege, Back Trump Removal From Office
New 'Blueprint' Lights way for Biden to Reverse Trump Policies on LGBTQ Rights
With LGBTQ advocacy organizations eager for change in the new Biden administration, the Human Rights Campaign has laid out proposals lighting the way forward [...]Read more about New 'Blueprint' Lights way for Biden to Reverse Trump Policies on LGBTQ Rights
Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools
In a decision that undermines LGBTQ teachers at religious schools, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed for Catholic schools an expansive ministerial exemption [...]Read more about Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools
HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-Trans Rule for Homeless Shelters
In apparent defiance of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against anti-LGBTQ discrimination, the Trump administration has announced plans to change [...]Read more about HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-Trans Rule for Homeless Shelters
LGBTQ Athletes Urge NCAA to Nix Events in Idaho Over Anti-Trans Sports Law
Lesbian athletes Billie Jean King and Megan Rapinoe are calling on the National Collegiate Athletics Association to move a major basketball competition from [...]Read more about LGBTQ Athletes Urge NCAA to Nix Events in Idaho Over Anti-Trans Sports Law
Trans care, Trans Rights and COVID-19
I'll admit: as I write this, I am quite out of sorts. Last week, a friend of mine died due to complications from COVID-19. Another friend's mom passed of the [...]Read more about Trans care, Trans Rights and COVID-19
CDC Now has Data on HIV Infections for Trans People — and They're Going Up
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is including data on transgender people in its reports on HIV infections — and the results [...]Read more about CDC Now has Data on HIV Infections for Trans People — and They're Going Up
Nat'l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund Endorses Biden
Joseph Biden has obtained the official support from a leading transgender rights group, which has endorsed him in his bid to unseat President Trump from the [...]Read more about Nat'l Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund Endorses Biden
LGBTQ Groups Seek Safeguards Against COVID-19 Discrimination
At least 170 national, state, and local LGBTQ and allied organizations on April 21 released a joint open letter to health care and public policy leaders [...]Read more about LGBTQ Groups Seek Safeguards Against COVID-19 Discrimination
2020 Kicks Off with Slew of Anti-LGBTQ Bills in State Legislatures
The start of the new year means the start of state legislative sessions around the country — and the annual emergence of anti-LGBTQ legislation is right on [...]Read more about 2020 Kicks Off with Slew of Anti-LGBTQ Bills in State Legislatures
Trump HHS Reverses Obama-Era Non-Discrimination Policy
The Department of Health and Human Services' press release announcing a change in the administration of its grants had an innocuous-sounding title, one that [...]Read more about Trump HHS Reverses Obama-Era Non-Discrimination Policy
Trump Admin to Allow Adoption Agencies to Refuse Placement in LGBTQ Homes
The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposed regulation that will allow taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to refuse placement to LGBT families [...]Read more about Trump Admin to Allow Adoption Agencies to Refuse Placement in LGBTQ Homes
Creep of the Week: Alex Azar
And so, Azar wants to scrap protections for LGBTQ people so he can protect the "religious freedom" to discriminate against people based on sexual orientation [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Alex Azar
Data at Forefront of Congressional Hearing on Anti-LGBT Bias in Housing, Credit
As LGBT rights advocates continue to press the Equality Act to ban anti-LGBT discrimination, data was at the forefront of a congressional hearing Tuesday as [...]Read more about Data at Forefront of Congressional Hearing on Anti-LGBT Bias in Housing, Credit
Trans March on DC Called 'First Major Step' in Visibility Campaign
Organizers and observers said between 1,500 and 3,000 people turned out on Saturday for the first-ever National Transgender Visibility March on Washington in [...]Read more about Trans March on DC Called 'First Major Step' in Visibility Campaign
UK Designer Carmen Liu is Empowering Transgender Women One Pair of Panties at a Time
Picking out an outfit for the day can be a highlight, a dreaded ritual, or a dealt-with-and-forgotten routine. Whatever one's relationship with clothes, [...]Read more about UK Designer Carmen Liu is Empowering Transgender Women One Pair of Panties at a Time
Lawmakers, Medical Experts Speak Out Against Anti-trans Health Proposal
A coalition of 125 House Democrats and the American Medical Association submitted but two of the hundreds of thousands of comments to the Trump administration [...]Read more about Lawmakers, Medical Experts Speak Out Against Anti-trans Health Proposal
LGBT Advocates Raise Alarm Over 'Facial Recognition' Technology
LGBT people, especially transgender people, could be subjected to discrimination, harassment, and identity theft if careful government controls are not placed [...]Read more about LGBT Advocates Raise Alarm Over 'Facial Recognition' Technology
HHS Says 'Conscience Rule' Won't Impair HIV Work — but Others Disagree
A top health official within the Department of Health & Human Services insists a "conscience rule" recently instituted by the Trump administration will have no [...]Read more about HHS Says 'Conscience Rule' Won't Impair HIV Work — but Others Disagree
Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
The Trump Administration has declared war on transgender people. This isn't a new revelation, but they have succeeded in dismantling every protection the Obama [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Trump Administration
Fighting Despite the Fear
Bridget, better-known as LaKyra, Butts has faced violence and discrimination in every aspect of her life as a transgender woman of color. For her, it's a harsh [...]Read more about Fighting Despite the Fear
Trans Woman Shot to Death Near D.C.-P.G. County Line
Police in Fairmount Heights, Md., a small town in Prince George's County just across the border from D.C., are appealing to the public for information about [...]Read more about Trans Woman Shot to Death Near D.C.-P.G. County Line
DOD Unveils Plan to Initiate Trump Transgender Policy on April 12
With court orders barring President Trump from enforcing his transgender military ban out of the way, the Defense Department late Tuesday unveiled its plan to [...]Read more about DOD Unveils Plan to Initiate Trump Transgender Policy on April 12
Equality Act Returns — with House Democrats in Majority
Optimistic about the prospects of enshrining a prohibition on anti-LGBT discrimination into federal law with a new Democratic majority in the U.S. House, [...]Read more about Equality Act Returns — with House Democrats in Majority
South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBT Bills for 2019 Session
As legislative sessions continue across the country, South Dakota is leading the way with anti-LGBT bills through its recent advancement of a 'Don't Say Trans' [...]Read more about South Dakota Leads the Way in Anti-LGBT Bills for 2019 Session
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad president. This is something that has been clear to the majority of Americans from the get-go. Trump's [...]Read more about Creep of the Week: Donald Trump
Warren's Newfound Support for Surgery for Trans Inmates Could Impact 2020 Race
Transgender advocates cheered Elizabeth Warren for coming out this week in favor of transgender inmates having access to gender reassignment surgery, which [...]Read more about Warren's Newfound Support for Surgery for Trans Inmates Could Impact 2020 Race
With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
After a disappointing election night in 2016 and two years of President Trump in the White House, Democrats came back with an important win Tuesday night and [...]Read more about With Democrats Winning the House, LGBT Advocates Have Great Expectations
Nov. 6 Opportunity to Amplify Voices of Trans, Gender Non-Conforming People
With the midterm elections coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 6, millions of LGBTQ people are preparing to cast their ballots for politicians who are prepared to fight [...]Read more about Nov. 6 Opportunity to Amplify Voices of Trans, Gender Non-Conforming People
Outrage Over Report of Sweeping Trump Administration Anti-Trans Plan
Transgender advocates were vocal in their indignation Sunday over a report in the New York Times about a sweeping anti-transgender plan within the Trump [...]Read more about Outrage Over Report of Sweeping Trump Administration Anti-Trans Plan
It's Official: Senate Confirms Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing to an end a tumultuous confirmation process for President [...]Read more about It's Official: Senate Confirms Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
Kavanaugh Hearings to Begin Tuesday Despite Trump Scandals
Despite objections to holding confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court amid the withholding of documents from his time at the Bush [...]Read more about Kavanaugh Hearings to Begin Tuesday Despite Trump Scandals
16 States Urge Supreme Court to Rule Workers Can be Fired for Being Trans
A coalition of 16 states led by Nebraska Attorney General Douglas Peterson is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court decision in [...]Read more about 16 States Urge Supreme Court to Rule Workers Can be Fired for Being Trans
New Trump Administration Memo on Obama Order Alarms LGBT Advocates
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Trump administration has issued new guidance that seeks to uphold [...]Read more about New Trump Administration Memo on Obama Order Alarms LGBT Advocates
Their Past, Our Present
I recently happened upon a photo from 1921. In it, a quartet of people stands outside an imposing stone structure. All four look as if they were in [...]Read more about Their Past, Our Present
Fierce Warriors' Rally Against Trump Plan to Undo Trans Health Rule
Transgender rights advocates rallied Tuesday night in defiance of Trump administration plans to roll back a rule under Obamacare barring health care providers [...]Read more about Fierce Warriors' Rally Against Trump Plan to Undo Trans Health Rule
