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Category Archives: Transgender
LGBT Profile: Geena Rocero, Model, Filipino and Transgender
From GMA News Online: The Philippine-born Geena came to New York in 2005 to fulfill her dream of becoming a top model. She would later became a model for companies like Hanes, Target, Macy’s and Rimmel Cosmetics. Although she came … Continue reading
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Tagged Geena Rocero, LGBT Profile, LGBT Profiles, Transgender Pride, transgender women
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Vermont College Dedicates April to Transgender Issues
From WCAX.com: SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. – The Vermont Law School is celebrating milestones when it comes to transgender rights in the Green Mountains. The school is dedicating the month of April to the issue. People in the transgender community say … Continue reading
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Tagged trans, Transgender Pride, transgender rights, transgender women, Vermont Law School
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Justice Department Launches Transgender Training for Law Enforcement
The website Aljazeera America reports that the US Justice Department announced it will begin a training program for law enforcement officers to educate them on interacting with more sensitivity to victims of crime who are transgender: The Community Relations Service … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-trans violence, crime reporting, sensitivity traing, trans bias, transgender, transphobia
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Trans as Adjective (really)
Re-blogged from helen boyd’s blog en|Gender: Really, a recent NPR music segment asked people to describe their life in 6 songs, and one of the people whose stories and choices they featured happens to be trans. I love that there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Transgender
Tagged gender, gender identity, Pride, The Beatles, transgender
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Introducing Rainbows At Play!
Originally posted on Raising My Rainbow:
It all started years ago when we went looking for other families like our own — families raising gender bending boys who like wearing skirts and playing with dolls. We came up with nothing…until…
New Initiatives from DC Trans Coalition
From my email: The DC Trans Coalition is a local grassroots organization dedicated to advocating for transgender, transsexual and gender diverse people within the District of Columbia. DCTC works with community advocates, other LGBT organizations, District agencies, and local politicians to enact and … Continue reading
North Carolina High School Crowns First Ever Transgender Homecoming King
And the best part is that he won the honor by raising the most money for his selected charity. From advocate.com: Blake Brockington, a 17-year-old transgender student, made history late last week when he was named homecoming king at East … Continue reading
Posted in local GLBT News, Transgender
Tagged Blake Brockington, East Meck, gender, gender diversity, gender identity, gender roles, homecoming, transgender, Transgender Pride
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Gender Non-Conforming Playgroup Networking: Help Start it Up
Lori Duron, mother of a gender non-conforming child and author of the blog Raising My Rainbow, posts a query about what might be the best way to facilitate a network of playgroups for other gender-non conforming/creative children. From her blog … Continue reading
Meeting Transgender Kids Helped Jared Leto Understand His Character Rayon
Jared Leto turns in a fantastic performance as Rayon, a transgender woman, in the film Dallas Buyers Club. In the January/February 2014 issue of HIV Plus magazine, Leto talks about how he understood the character and how meeting some transgender … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Buyers Club, Jared Leto, Rayon, transgender
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Documentary Focuses on LGBT Youth Of Color
[Pier Kids: The Life] follows the lives of three LGBTQ homeless youth of color that congregate on Christopher Street and the surrounding piers in New York City every night, showing what it means to still be, even in light of … Continue reading
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Tagged LGBT documentary, LGBT film, LGBT Films, Pier Kids: The Life, transgender
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