LGBTQ people of color are transforming lives in the South A report out Tuesday reveals an eye-opening fact: Nearly 1 in 3 LGBTQ people, or 32%, call the South their home. And the area is transforming, led by LGBTQ Southerners of color who are devising unique ways to build communities and uplift lives. July 16, 2020
Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor Diana Zurco did not attend her high school graduation because she refused to receive a diploma with her birth name. At 17 and considered a boy by school officials, she grew her hair long and adopted the name Diana after the alien character on the show “V” about an extraterrestrial invasion. Now 40, March 18, 2020
Glamour and equality in Thailand at world's top transgender pageant After her friends were killed in transphobic attacks at home in Brazil, Ariella Moura's aim was to make a statement against gender discrimination on Saturday at the world's top transgender pageant in Thailand. March 08, 2020
Nike-sponsored transgender athlete advocates against proposed anti-trans legislation in Idaho He was the first transgender athlete to represent the United States in international competition and first transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympic Trials in the gender in which they identify. Chris Mosier is also the first transgender athlete to be sponsored by Nike. Mosier didn't become the first transgender athlete to make the US Olympic team in racewalking. However, that hasn't slowed hi...
March 04, 2020
Philadelphia Police Academy just graduated its first openly transgender officer Benson Churgai of Northeast Philadelphia is the first openly transgender recruit to graduate from the Philadelphia Police Academy. “I struggled for a long time with who I was,” Churgai said. "I knew that if I continued to live my life as [a] female, it was not going to work out.” February 29, 2020
The Next Transgender Generation Isn’t Waiting To Get To Work At Silicon Valley's first-ever "Trans Summit," 14-year-old Lia told Intuit employees: “My advice to y’all in preparation for our generation to enter the workforce is: be ready!” February 01, 2020