LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A gay group at Oxford University unsuccessfully tried to ban a British commentator from their campus, because she once questioned whether a man who transitions to a woman is a “real” woman. The school’s LGBTQ Society tried to prevent Jenni Murray, the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, from…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Rachel Dolezal, the controversial former president of a chapter of the NAACP, and African-AMerican studies professor is back in the spotlight for attempting to explain why her transracial identity faces more prejudice than transgendered people. In an interview with Salon over her new book which speaks about racial identity, Dolezal…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Pennsylvania high school student filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his school district after he was forced to share a locker room with a transgender boy. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff, “Joel Doe,” suffered immense embarrassment when a transgender student changed in front of him, reports…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A transgender woman is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and then trying to buy her silence with McDonald’s, according to a Monday court testimony. Dawn Love, a 57-year-old man who transitioned to a woman, allegedly fondled the young girl in 2014 during a car ride…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Texas girl in the middle of testosterone treatment won the state championship wrestling title in the girls division, after spending an entire season mopping the floor with the competition. Mack Beggs, 17-year-old student transitioning into a boy, ended the girls’ wrestling season undefeated, reports Yahoo News. Beggs…
Amber Randall A parent of a wrestler in Texas filed a lawsuit against a transgender teen to prevent him from wrestling against girls in competitions. Attorney Jim Baudhuin, a parent of a wrestler on an opposing team, argued 17-year-old Mack Beggs should not be allowed to compete with girls, reports Fox 4 News. Beggs, a transgender student at Euless…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield (Editor’s note: Some of the topics discussed may not be suitable for all audiences) The transgender community has spoken out about their frustrations following the Women’s March in Washington DC, calling the protesters’ fixation on female genitalia “oppressive.” While the common consensus to outsiders would seem to be…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Black Lives Matter – Vancouver members complained that the Women’s March in the Canadian city did not include enough black speakers. BLM – Vancouver claimed that the absence of black and transgender female speakers was “problematic,” reports teleSUR. “We are pleased to see that the list of speakers…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Transgender reality star Caitlyn Jenner has been invited by Trump to attend the presidential inauguration ceremonies. And Jenner, reportedly, had accepted that invitation, making her the first celebrity LGBT activist with a ubiquitous appeal to show active support for the president-elect at the White House. According…
by Amber Randall Planned Parenthoods in Florida will begin offering hormone replacement therapy to transgender people starting in October. A total of 11 clinics in the southwest and central Florida area will start providing a variety of health care services for transgender people, reports the Naples News. “We feel adding Hormone Replacement Therapy to our list of…