Gwen Araujo
1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Trans Rights in America
This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet.Related read: 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Lesbian, [...]Read more about 1776-2026: The Moments That Defined Trans Rights in America
What's at Stake for LGBT Americans on Election Day
As voters head to the polls on Nov. 6 for the 2018 mid-term elections, they will decide a number of races (and one ballot question) that will directly impact [...]Read more about What's at Stake for LGBT Americans on Election Day
LGBT Candidates Could Produce Rainbow Wave in November
With the 2018 congressional mid-terms fast approaching, a record number of LGBT candidates are seeking election to all levels of government ranging from [...]Read more about LGBT Candidates Could Produce Rainbow Wave in November
Biden Urged to Run in 2020 at HRC Dinner
Attendees at the annual Human Rights Campaign national dinner Saturday night urged Joseph Biden to challenge President Trump in 2020 amid speculation the [...]Read more about Biden Urged to Run in 2020 at HRC Dinner
LGBT Candidates Hoping to Ride Democratic Wave
With President Trump facing low approval ratings, signs continue to point to a political wave against him in this year's mid-term elections — and LGBT [...]Read more about LGBT Candidates Hoping to Ride Democratic Wave
Transmissions: The year of fear
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith 2006 is gone, and good riddance. It seems to me that 2006 was about one thing, and it has been a running issue for a few years now: [...]Read more about Transmissions: The year of fear
June 2006 Highlights
SHE/SAID "You would like to think I'd be exemplary; I'd say, 'Let us go to therapy together, let us work this through, find out what you really are and what [...]Read more about June 2006 Highlights
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Politics Gay-rights foe admits to same-sex relations SPOKANE, Wash. – Mayor James E. West, a Republican foe of equal rights [...]Read more about National News Briefs
National News Briefs
Family Rights Colorado court holds lesbian co-parent can seek parental rights {SAN FRANCISCO} The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled July 1 that a lesbian [...]Read more about National News Briefs
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Wednesday, Nov. 16 The Lives of Transgender People, 3 p.m. Join Spectrum for a presentation of groundbreaking research on The Lives of Transgender People, [...]Read more about Transgender Day of Remembrance
Never forgotten
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith Transmissions Summer wanes, and the days get shorter. Blue skies give way to grey skies and the occasional rain shower. A slight chill [...]Read more about Never forgotten
Transgender Day of Remembrance
People who identified as either transgender or people of color were 2 times as likely to experience assault or discrimination as non-transgender white [...]Read more about Transgender Day of Remembrance
I'm not laughing
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith Viewpoint Recently comedian and former host of The Man Show Adam Carolla went on a bit of a tear during his podcast. The eight-minute [...]Read more about I'm not laughing
Transmissions: There are always more
by Gwendolyn Ann Smith While I consider myself to be involved in many different aspects of transgender life, there is one issue that drives me, and one thing I [...]Read more about Transmissions: There are always more
Mother of slain transgender teen speaks out on Mich. house passage of bias crimes bill
LANSING, MIch. – Less than twenty-four hours after the Michigan House overwhelmingly approved the passage of a package of bills to expand the state's Ethnic [...]Read more about Mother of slain transgender teen speaks out on Mich. house passage of bias crimes bill
Michigan events in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance
by Jessica Carreras On Nov. 28, 1998, transgender woman Rita Hester was murdered. The event sparked a San Francisco-based day of remembrance in her honor the [...]Read more about Michigan events in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Pardo deserves award
Dear BTL, I cried so much during "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story." It really moved me. I am very upset at the ignorance that surrounds us. There are so [...]Read more about Pardo deserves award
Moved by Gwen's story
Dear BTL, I thought Gwen Araujo's story was extremely powerful and moving. I found myself in tears during the last half of "A Girl Like Me" and I felt that the [...]Read more about Moved by Gwen's story
Praise for Jason Michael
Dear BTL, What a well-written article ("'A Girl Like Me' leaves viewers haunted" by Jason Michael in the June 15, 2006 issue of BTL). I have been waiting for [...]Read more about Praise for Jason Michael
Gwen deserved to live
Dear BTL, I saw "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story" this weekend. I sobbed like it was happening to one of my own. I had never really known much about [...]Read more about Gwen deserved to live
A painful story
Dear BTL, "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story" was painful. What Gwen went through was terrifyingly horrible. People are so hateful. It is only God's place [...]Read more about A painful story
Moved by Gwen's story
Dear BTL, I just finished watching "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story," on Lifetime Television. I was very anxious to watch this film because I remember [...]Read more about Moved by Gwen's story
Gwen's story opens minds
Dear BTL, I just finished watching "A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story," and I must say I was appalled. It even made me cry. It was absolutely HORRIBLE what [...]Read more about Gwen's story opens minds
A Girl Like Me' leaves viewers haunted
Gwen Amber Rose Araujo was born Edward Araujo in California in 1985. From an early age, Eddie felt that something was wrong with him, and that he was a girl on [...]Read more about A Girl Like Me' leaves viewers haunted
Rivers and Wheeler-Smith honored by WRAP
Compiled by BTL Staff ANN ARBOR – The Washtenaw Rainbow Action Project hosted "An Evening of Recognition and Remembrance" at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Concert [...]Read more about Rivers and Wheeler-Smith honored by WRAP
National Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman Justice Three sentenced in Araujo murder HAYWARD, Calif. – Michael Magidson, 25, and Jose Merel, 26, were sentenced to the [...]Read more about National Briefs
Transmissions: Tipping into twenty-oh-six
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith I typically find myself feeling a little pessimistic this time of year. I look back with a cynical eye at the failings of the last [...]Read more about Transmissions: Tipping into twenty-oh-six
Araujo trial ends in two convictions; jury hung on third defendant
HAYWARD, Calif. — The second trial for the murder of a transgendered teen, Gwen Araujo, concluded with two of the three defendants being convicted of [...]Read more about Araujo trial ends in two convictions; jury hung on third defendant
National News Briefs
Compiled by Dawn Wolfe Gutterman National Security Gay Purple Heart honoree discharged SANTA BARBARA, Ca. – Sgt. Robert Stout, the Army sergeant who came [...]Read more about National News Briefs
A season for giving
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith They say the holidays are the season of giving, yet many transfolks will go wanting this year. For some transgender folks, the holiday [...]Read more about A season for giving
Transmissions: No time to play it safe
By Gwendolyn Ann Smith For me, November is dominated by two things. Seven years ago, I founded a project called Remembering Our Dead, focusing on [...]Read more about Transmissions: No time to play it safe
