When the home of transgender activist Nikki Joly burned down in 2017, killing five pets, the FBI investigated a suspected hate crime. The 54-year-old resident of Jackson, Michigan had reportedly received threats after having a banner year in the conservative town. Six months prior to the suspected crime, Joly had helped to open Jackson’s first…
A top-ranked runner in NCAA women’s track is dominating the competition and setting records one year after competing as a man at the same level. One of the fastest sprinters in NCAA women’s track is a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman. Franklin Pierce University runner CeCe Telfer competed on the men’s track…
Want To Be Recognized As Transgender In Japan? Be Ready To Get Sterilized Grace Carr on January 24, 2019 People suffering from gender dysphoria in Japan must be sterilized before they can change official documents to reflect the gender of their choosing rather than biological sex. A panel of judges unanimously upheld a ruling Wednesday stating…
Grace Carr on December 9, 2018 A biologically female boxer who identifies as transgender beat her male opponent Saturday night, marking a first in U.S. professional boxing. Transgender boxer Patricio Manuel, 33, beat her biologically male opponent Hugo Aguilar Saturday night in a match at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, according to Voice of America. “I…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Jennifer Fisher Protesters gathered in St Luis on Wednesday night to hold what has been described as a vigil, demonstration, and protest by different news organizations to remember the life of Kiwi Herring, 30, who was killed after allegedly stabbing a police officer. The officers were responding to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Committee on Armed Services, slammed President Donald Trump’s transgender ban as an “unwarranted and disgraceful attack.” Trump announced Wednesday morning via Twitter that after consultation with generals the Pentagon will not permit trangsenders to serve because of medical costs and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Facebook users claimed that Facebook’s gay pride reaction button doesn’t actually do anything to help transgender people. Most of the user complaints, written on Facebook’s official LGBTQ page, claimed that Facebook should focus on more important issues than launching a gay pride flag button, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. “Pride…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university is hosting a workshop Friday where students will learn and practice using gender-neutral pronouns like “xe/xem/xyr” and “ey/em/eir.” The University of Maryland, Baltimore is hosting “Gender Neutral Pronoun Lunch & Learn,” a workshop that, along with an extensive LGBT Terminology dictionary on its website, marks the university’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A British police officer declared himself to be gender fluid and now gets to decide what gender he wants to be each day at work. The Scotland Yard police officer, a transgender, switches between being a man, Callum, and a woman, Abi, whenever he pleases, reports the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Target’s April announcement that transgender people could use the store bathrooms according to their preferred gender identity reportedly came as a surprise to the CEO. Target Chief Executive Brian Cornell did not know that the company would be announcing the change in bathroom policy, sources told The Wall…