trans rights

Jenna, the founder and executive director of Mid-South Trans Nation, tells GO about how her nonprofit is helping the trans community in red states.

At a time when LGBTQ+ healthcare is increasingly under attack, Spokane chose to codify legislation to protect it.

While federal leadership continues its rollback of LGBTQ+ rights, New York City is charting a bold new plan.

The viral t-shirt campaign “Protect the Dolls” is a love letter and reminder to Trans Women that the community is righteously here for them.

Against the odds, Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to defeat a number of anti-trans bills in Montana. Trans joy prevails.

With the passage of these bills, the Colorado House is cementing trans rights in the state.

A Colorado bill was passed in honor of Kelly Loving, a beloved trans woman killed in the 2022 Club Q shooting.

Angelica Christina, the Board Director of the Stonewall Gives Back Initiative, spoke with GO ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility.

NEW Pride Agenda, alongside other advocates and lawmakers, rallied at the state capitol on Tuesday as Governor Hochul negotiates the 2025-26 FY budget.

House Bill 3817 is one of many attacks on trans rights in the state.

“Trans liberation today, tomorrow, forever.”

To continue raising awareness of trans experiences, issues, and concerns, GLAAD is encouraging individuals to complete the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey from the National Center for Transgender Equality.

The ruling by Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Illinois paves the way for Cristina Nichole Iglesias, the plaintiff in the case, to become the first ever federal inmate to receive gender-affirming surgery.

“Transgender and non-binary people face countless challenges – and through it all, they have continued to fight for visibility, share their stories and organize for lived and legal equality,” said Joni Madison, HRC Interim President.

Kai Shappley garnered widespread attention last year when she spoke out against two anti-trans healthcare bills before the Texas Senate committee.

Here are 100 lesbian, bi, queer, and just plain human moments that had extra special meaning for our entire community.

Switzerland is now one of only a handful of European countries, including Ireland, Belgium, Portugal, and Norway, to allow individuals to change their names and gender markers through self-declaration. 

Nikai David and Cris Blehar are the latest known transgender victims of homicide this year.

“Transgender Day of Remembrance seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence,” said TDOR founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith.

Around the country, LGBTQ+ centers, organizations, universities, and activist groups will hold events and memorials in honor of the ongoing fight for trans rights.

The most recent death occurred on November 4, when Marquiisha Lawrence was found shot to death in her home in Greenville, South Carolina.  

“A fear of the unknown and discomfort with the unfamiliar have motivated many of the most malignant harms committed by our country’s governments on their own citizens,” wrote Goodwin in the ruling.

“The message is clear: homosexuals don’t have a place in Cameroon,” said lawyer Alice Nkom.

The bottom line, according to Gallup, is that the results reflect mixed views on how the public sees issues pertaining to transgender individuals.

“I don’t have that experience exactly myself right now,” Governor Jim Justice replied when asked by anchor Stephanie Ruhle to cite an example of a trans athlete trying to gain a competitive advantage by joining a girls’ sport team.

“To all transgender Americans watching at home, especially young people who are so brave, I want you to know your president has your back.” 

“As I watch the movement of these bills attacking trans youth across the US, especially this week in Florida, Alabama, Texas, and North Dakota, I am thinking of my trans siblings and the collective pain that our community must endure to battle again and again for our right to exist.”

The “Youth Health Protection Act” would prevent physicians from performing gender-affirming surgeries, including “top” and “bottom” procedures, and from providing puberty blocks and hormone treatments to any trans patient under 21.

HB 1570 would prohibit physicians from providing hormones and puberty blockers for trans minors, a restriction which opponents say would adversely affect trans youth. 

In a news conference, Hutchinson referred to the bill as an example of “vast government overreach,” and that trans minors “deserve the guiding hand of their parents and of the health care professionals that their family has chosen.” 

Transgender Day of Visibility recognizes the generations of struggle, activism, and courage that have brought our country closer to full equality for transgender and gender non-binary people in the United States and around the world. Their trailblazing work has given countless transgender individuals the bravery to live openly and authentically.

The bill is set to become law on July 1. 

Byun was the first soldier known to have undergone sex reassignment surgery while serving in the military. The cause of her death is under investigation. 

Her historic nomination came on the same day as the House passed the Equality Act.

According to a 2019 Social Perception Survey on LGBT+ Rights in Nigeria by TIERS, 60% of Nigerians will not accept a family member who is LGBT.

“People are scared to go to the hospital because of how badly they are treated.”