On June 2 transgender service members said they “still feel neglected” four years after Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) was repealed. These comments were made at an event hosted by the Veterans History Project. According to the Military Times, various
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) — Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation Friday declaring June as National LGBT Pride Month. “As progress spreads from State to State, as justice is delivered in the courtroom, and as more of our fellow Americans
Facebook is adding to its LGBT resumé with a new “Pride” pack that allows users to color their chat messages with rainbows, “same-sex cuddles,” and 28 different emoticons. The “Pride” pack has a caption reading, “Love is universal.” Facebook’s announcement coincides
There’s something I need to share with my readers. Even my mother doesn’t know, and I’m sorry she has to find out like this. But it’s time to admit to the world what I have hidden for so long, and
Now that gay marriage seems to be a foregone conclusion in the United States, Time magazine is predicting the next “social movement” to overtake America. The magazine is promoting “The Transgender Tipping Point” on its June 9th cover. As part of
Britain’s Law Commission has called for legislation on hate crimes to be extended to cover transsexuals, the disabled and people targeted by criminals because of their sexual orientation, according to the Daily Telegraph. The commission also called for a full
Transgender activists and LGBT advocacy groups have turned against drag icon RuPaul for his use of words like “shemale” and “tranny” on his program RuPaul’s Drag Race. In an interview with Marc Maron, RuPaul dismissed the criticism as a product of
Salon.com is speaking out about Jason Biggs’ crude Twitter account. Why now? The American Pie star is notorious for his R-rated social media messages. Yet Salon.com scribe Daniel D’Addario is suddenly furious about Biggs’ Twitter jokes. What changed? Biggs is
Leading transgender icon Jodie Marsh was outraged this week when ASOS, the online clothing retailer, implied she looked like a man. She accused them of crassly “body shaming” a woman in a fragile psychological state. Sorry, wait, I’ve got that
Houston area pastors and their congregants gathered Sunday in protest against Houston Mayor Annise Parker’s “Equal Rights Ordinance”. The “Stand for Our Women and Children Rally” was organized by the Houston Area Pastors Council (“HAPC”), the Grace Community megachurch’s Pastor Steve
CrossFit has responded to a transgender woman suing the exercise outfit for not letting her compete in the 2013 CrossFit Games by divulging that she competed, poorly, with women before divulging her previous history as a man. According to TMZ
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Isaac Barnett took a bold step last year: He told teachers and classmates at his Kansas high school that the student they had known as a girl now wanted to be accepted as a boy. His
In what at first glance looks like an inexplicable mixture of tolerance and intolerance, two studies just released rate Norway as both the most pro-gay and the most anti-Semitic of the traditionally-liberal Scandinavian countries. An index to attitudes in 100
Former model Tyra Banks is prepping the third VH1 series featuring transgender stars. TransAmerica, an eight-episode docuseries, observes a group of transgender Chicago women and how their sexuality matters in their day to day lives. Model/activist Carmen Carrera will lead the five
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said. Manning, formerly named Bradley,
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department will no longer confiscate unused condoms from suspected sex workers to be used as evidence of prostitution, ending a longstanding practice that had been criticized by civil rights groups for undermining
During a May 11th appearance on ABC’s This Week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said the military’s ban on transgender individuals “continually should be reviewed.” The Assocated Press reports Hagel did not take a position on whether the ban should
Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that while it was too late to change the current game, it
A federal judge in Ohio has ordered the reinstatement of a transgendered inmate’s hormone therapy so that he can maintain his status as a female. Inmate Whitney Lee, 36, housed at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, had been receiving hormone therapy
Today’s Sun reports that Tara Hewitt, a transsexual activist in Britain’s Conservative Party’s is a “proud” supporter of kinky sex. Hewitt describes herself as an “advocate of the BDSM (bondage, discipline and sadomasochism) community”, she also says she is into swinging
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has added a couple of more trophies to her block. The pop star and “American Idol” judge was honored Saturday night at the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards with the Vanguard Award, which lauds
HOUSTON, Texas–A fifth grade substitute teacher was suspended this week by the Lumberton Independent School District (LISD) after it was discovered the teacher is a “transgender” male. The teacher who was recently hired by the school district now must wait
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., April 8 (UPI) –An alleged argument about taking pit stop ended with a transgender woman being arrested for hitting a man in the head with a golf club. Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to reports of
The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians has reported that homosexual activists in Germany attacked parents who were protesting a new “sexual diversity” curriculum in their schools. The parents felt that the new curriculum featured a pro-homosexual agenda., and
Authorities in Washington State believe that a series of murders of prostitutes in 1990 were committed by Washington resident Douglas Perry. Now Perry has been captured and charged with the murders, but Douglas has become “Donna,” a transgender woman who
