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First transgender person may serve in Poland’s Parliament
Anna Grodzka is looking at the possibility of being the first transgender person to win a seat in the Polish Sejm (Parliament), after a new anti-clerical party stormed the national parliamentary elections winning an unprecedented third place finish.
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European Parliament calls for end of classifying gender dysphoria as mental disorder
The European Parliament has petitioned the World Health Organization to cease classifying transgender people as mentally ill, and to eliminate the current classification pf “gender dysphoria” as a “mental and behavioral disorder” in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.
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Trans-Stonewall: Chaz opens the door
I imagine I serve a Wonderful Creator Who really is creative; in all this lovely complexity of humanity, He understands both gender and sex. Yet plenty of people are already plotting the next onslaught of bigotry directed at the transgender community. Some people will react with scorn and “how dare he/she” comments. Try not to be in that prison with them.
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Baltimore woman sentenced in McDonald’s attack on trangender woman
A Baltimore woman accused of beating a transgender woman at an area McDonald’s on April 18 has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to the attack.
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Criticism, support precede Chaz Bono’s appearance on ‘Dancing With The Stars’
Chaz Bono — the transgender son of entertainer Cher and the late Sonny Bono — who recently announced he will be contestant this season on ABC’s hit show “Dancing With the Stars,” has set off both a firestorm of criticism, and a groundswell of support.
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If a transgender person is murdered and no one notices, did it happen?
In my personal journey to be accepted, understood and embraced as a gay person and understanding that I am a part of the “LGBT Community,” I have frequently felt a disconnect both personally and as a member of this group between the LGB and the T.
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Adam Carolla asks: ‘When did we start giving a shit’ about transgender people
D-list comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla has come under fire from LGBT advocates and GLAAD over a vulgar, anti-LGBT tirade in which he said, in reference to transgender people, “When did we start giving a shit about these people?”
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Seventh Circuit Court strikes down transphobic Wisconsin law
A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has struck down Wisconsin’s ban on hormone treatments for transgender prisoners.
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Trans-mockery in the House of God? Get educated…
As the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities find more acceptance in churches and in society, still left in the shadows and in the back corners hidden from our kind considerations are the transgender people. I am witnessing them become the next target of religious leaders.
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Teen pleads guilty in attack on transgender woman at Baltimore area McDonald’s
A 19-year-old woman whose beating of a transgender woman at a Baltimore-area McDonald’s earlier this year, has pleaded to the attack.