Columbus, OH

Transgender people in the United States are well aware of what's at stake as the presidential election approaches. The community is also prepared to make their voices heard as November looms. Whereas 73 percent of the general U.S. population who are eligible to vote are registered to vote, 82 percent of eligible trans people are registered to vote, according to the 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey's Civic Engagement findings.

Transgender people are showing up at the ballot box in spite of significant 'barriers' (exclusive)

While moral debates persist, a majority stand against legislative bans on gender-affirming treatments for minors. The United States of America has long been known as a country divided. Hot Button Topic. The topic of transgender rights and gender-affirming care is no exception for a hot debate among American citizens. A...

Transgender Treatment Poll Reveals How Americans Really Feel

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Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, said Thursday in her first interview that he was an absent father who was cruel to her as a child for being queer and feminine. Wilson, 20, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, responded to comments Musk made Monday about...

Elon Musk's transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child

Milwaukee, WI

Elkhorn, WI

ELKHORN, Wis. (Civic Media) — A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction allowing a transgender 13-year-old to use the girls’ restrooms at Elkhorn Area Middle School. The decision, granted on August 1st comes as the student, identified as Jane Doe, prepares to return to school in September.

Federal Court Allows Transgender Student Access to Girls’ Restrooms in Elkhorn School

A beloved volleyball tournament in the historically lesbian Fire Island enclave of Cherry Grove was canceled this past Saturday after organizers reportedly excluded a transgender man from competition. LezVolley, an annual volleyball tournament described on its website as “the most popular annual LGBTQ+ and nonbinary event for women on Fire...

Fire Island Volleyball Tournament Apologizes for Excluding a Trans Man From Competition

Connecticut State

Connecticut Public

After a five-year legal battle, the U.S. District Court recently ruled that transgender people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons are entitled to gender-affirming health care. Veronica-May Clark originally filed the case in 2019, and the American Civil Liberties Union offered her representation in 2021. Clark, who has been in custody since...

Court: Transgender people in prisons can get gender-affirming care

Area Mama was a popular gay crossdresser in Nigeria. (Photo courtesy Area Mama’s Facebook page) Police in Nigeria have confirmed the death of popular gay crossdresser in the country’s capital. Authorities on Aug. 8 found Area Mama’s body along the Katampe-Mabushi Expressway in Abuja. Several LGBTQ activists...

Popular gay crossdresser murdered in Nigeria

Candace Owens Says Trans People Should ‘Accept’ That They Have A ‘Mental Disorder’. Candace Owens is giving her unfiltered thoughts on those who are transgender. During a recent episode of her virtual series, she and guests Ray J and transgender actor Daniiellé Alexis discussed the transgender community. At one point in the conversation, Candace Owens said,

Candace Owens Says Trans People Should ‘Accept’ That They Have A ‘Mental Disorder’

California State

After several school districts in California enacted policies last year that required school personnel to out trans students to their parents, the state just became the first in the nation to pass a law that explicitly prohibits such policies. On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Support Academic Future and...

California Is Now the First State to Ban Policies Requiring Teachers to Out Trans Students

Detroit, MI

Ohio State

The past several years have seen record-high numbers of anti-LGBTQ+bills introduced in state legislatures around the country, which has demonstrably worsened the mental health of the queer and trans youth bearing the brunt of that onslaught. But Detroit-based public defender Sofia Nelson, who has recently made national headlines due to...

J.D. Vance’s Ex-Friend Wants Trans Kids to Know the GOP Is Using Them as a “Political Ploy”

Baltimore, MD

Advocates for the transgender community are calling for a prioritized investigation of a killing this month of a transgender woman in Maryland’s most populous city.

A transgender woman was found killed in a West Baltimore alley, prompting demands for answers and justice

South Dakota State

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Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

Ilana Glazer has opened up about their pregnancy, saying that the experience helped them realize that they are nonbinary. In a wide-ranging profile in The Independent, the Broad City actor, who uses they/she pronouns, discussed her May film, Babes, which recently premiered in the U.K. Co-written withJosh Rabinowitz and directed by Pamela Adlon (a.k.a. the voice of Bobby Hill in King of the Hill), the movie follows Eden (Glazer) as she navigates a pregnancy from a one-night stand alongside her best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau).

Ilana Glazer Says Pregnancy Helped Them Realize They Are Nonbinary

Entertainment Weekly

Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page is dismayed by growing anti-trans sentiment amid a particularly contentious presidential election cycle, the Umbrella Academy star said Friday on The View. The 37-year-old Juno star, who came out as trans in 2020, responded to cohost Ana Navarro's question about the current political climate for the...

Elliot Page 'sad and angry' over 'amount of misinformation' and 'flat-out lies' in anti-trans politics

To those who once knew him, JD Vance has "turned his back on his values." Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. The Republican vice president candidate hasn't always held such extreme views. Past messages between Vance and Sofia Nelson, an out trans public defender, reveal that the politician not only supported his friend through their transition, but once hated the man he's now campaigning with.

JD Vance's trans ex-friend: Republicans don't hate trans people, they're just 'engaging in opportunism'

After decades of fighting for equal rights and acceptance, people on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, as well as those who don’t conform to traditional gender stereotypes, are experiencing more and more acceptance everyday. Although the LGBTQ community still doesn't enjoy secure rights in the eyes of United States government (gender-affirming medical care, for instance, is restricted in many states), everyday families are making more of an effort to raise their children without gender norms, prioritizing their happiness and individual identity, rather than forcing them to conform.

These Celebrities Are Raising Their Children Without Gender Stereotypes

A judge has ruled in favor of HB 68, Ohio’s ban on both healthcare for transgender youth and trans female athletes participating in women’s sports in kindergarten through college. Judge Michael Holbrook of Franklin County Common Pleas Court issued his verdict on Tuesday to immediately remove the temporary...

Judge: Ohio’s ban on trans female athletes and gender-affirming care for minors is legal

The 74

Three in 10 LGBTQ youth have at least one formal disability diagnosis, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign. This dual identity makes them uniquely vulnerable to in-school victimization and exclusion from activities and physical spaces, according to data compiled by the organization. LGBTQ teens are twice as likely as the overall […]

30% of LGBTQ Students Diagnosed With Disability, Twice the Rate as Kids Overall

Have you noticed how society often treats childless women unfairly? What kinds of judgments do these women face every day? Are you part of the problem?. We often unfairly judge childless women as overly career-focused, suggesting they choose success at the expense of family. This stereotype undermines their right to choose their own life priorities.

21 Ways America Shames Childless Women

Jacksonville, FL

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A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

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Trans People Vote More Than Cis People, Despite Bureaucratic Obstacles

Transgender people in the U.S. have higher voter turnout than the general population, even though they face unique obstacles in the electoral process. A new report...

Trans People Vote More Than Cis People, Despite Bureaucratic Obstacles

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