Students staged a walkout at their South Florida high school Tuesday after the principal and other staffers were reassigned over a transgender student being allowed to play on a girls volleyball team. The employees at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, north of Fort Lauderdale, were moved to nonschool sites amid an investigation into “allegations … Read more
Inside The Brutal Struggle For Trans Care In Prison Trans people across the country are facing an assault on their right to exist — but being transgender in prison is uniquely difficult. Hokyoung Kim for HuffPost The first person she came out to as transgender was her pen pal in New Zealand. Incarcerated in a … Read more
At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S. since last November, according to new data from the country’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization. The report, which the Human Rights Campaign released Monday, highlights the “epidemic of violence” facing trans and gender-nonconforming people, particularly young Black trans women. The number of people … Read more
Marlon Wayans is opening up about the personal “transition” he had to make after one of his sons came out as transgender. Appearing on “The Breakfast Club” last week, the actor and comedian addressed his plans for a future stand-up special, for which he’s considering the titles “Skittles” or “Rainbow Child,” which is inspired by … Read more
Max Hightower, a senior at Sherman High School in North Texas, always loved theater. He sang in his school’s chorus and was in school plays but had never landed a speaking part. Then, two weeks ago, he was cast as Ali Hakim, a leading role in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma,” after another student … Read more
Democrat Danica Roem was elected Tuesday to become Virginia’s first openly transgender state senator. With just over 51% of the vote, the 39-year-old defeated former Fairfax County police detective Bill Woolf, a conservative who was endorsed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). Woolf had promised to ban transgender athletes from participating in school sports if … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. In the petition filed Wednesday, the ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to review a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit that allowed … Read more
Last year, Justine Lindsay made two of the biggest announcements of her life in one giddy Instagram post: She’s transgender, and she had landed herself a spot on an NFL cheerleading squad. It was more than just a huge personal moment. In joining the Carolina TopCats, who cheer for the Carolina Panthers, Lindsay was becoming … Read more
Dax Shepard’s decision to “challenge” Jonathan Van Ness’ views on transgender rights left the “Queer Eye” star crying from emotional exhaustion. About 24 minutes into Monday’s episode of Shepard’s popular podcast “Armchair Expert,” a lighthearted interview got prickly after Van Ness implied that right-wing beliefs stem from a lack of education. “I reject that,” Shepard … Read more
The Canada Energy Regulator has approved Trans Mountain Corp.’s application to modify the pipeline’s route, a decision that could spare the government-owned pipeline project from an additional nine-month delay. The regulator made the ruling Tuesday, just one week after hearing oral arguments from Trans Mountain and a B.C. First Nation that opposes the route change. … Read more