Tag: Transgender

A transgender woman’s selfie with the anti-trans Texas governor has gone viral for all the right reasons. Texas’s legislature reconvened yesterday in a second, emergency attempt to pass a law banning trans people from using their bathroom of choice. Governor Greg Abbott, who has spearheaded the charge towards more discrimination of LGBT people, was asked to pose with local architect Ashley Smith before the special session. Nothing unusual about that. Except, unbeknownst to the governor, Smith is a trans woman, and a keen...

A rainbow and transgender crossing has been vandalised for the second time in a week. The crossing, in Lethbridge, Canada, was vandalised on Monday and Thursday, less than a week after it was first painted. The city has told Lethbridge Pride members that the damage was done with tar and asphalt. A criminal investigation is currently underway. Lethbridge Pride Fest said late Monday night both marked crossings had visible vehicle skid marks across them. Lethbridge Pride Fest described the skid marks from Monday as...

A contestant from the hit show ‘Survivor’ has come out as transgender. Zeke Smith, who has appeared on the show twice, came out as trans after being outed in front of other contestants. Jeff Varner, who is out as gay himself, outed the contestant in front of others. The 29-year-old was popular on the Millennials v Gen-X season of the show. One other contestant, Bret, came out to him on the show. He then returned for Game Changes, made up of returning players from...

A British WWII veteran has come out as transgender at the age of 90. Patricia Davies says she’s known for most of her life about her true gender identity, but kept it a secret over fears about how loved ones and the authorities might respond in the 1930s and ‘40s. “The atmosphere was not safe,” Davies told the Telegraph. “People did not understand what transgender was.” “Really even the medical profession didn’t understand it as the treatment was to give you...

A transgender guy has revealed in a video that he confided in his 83-year-old gran, and her response is incredible. Gavin Cueto came out as transgender to his gran when he was 11, as he was too scared to come out to his mum. Elaine, 83, says she “didn’t understand it was possible to be born in the wrong body”, and that she had never heard the word transgender before. But she supported him through his transition and even encouraged him to...

The move was welcomed by transgender campaigners when it was announced on November 3. Metro Bank has been praised by campaigners after it became the first British Bank to welcome customers who don’t identify as male or female, BuzzFeed reports. Founded in 2010, Metro Bank is the newest to open on the British high street. As of today, its application forms will allow people to declare themselves as non-binary and use the title “Mx” rather than Mr, Mrs or Ms. The decision...

The character debuts in this week's episode. Modern Family just had its season eight premiere, but after all these years the series is still making headlines—this time by casting a transgender child actor. In this week’s episode Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell’s (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) daughter, Lily invites over her transgender friend Tom for a playdate. Cam and Mitchell are so proud of themselves for raising a loving and accepting child, but of course in classic Modern Family fashion there is a...

The photo of a trans dad breastfeeding his son has gone viral as it is celebrated as a brilliant image of a modern family. Evan Hemel and his partner decided back in 2011 that he would come off his testosterone in order to carry their child. https://twitter.com/TIME/status/771513030203084800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw According to People, Hempel had always planned to carry his child, even after transitioning to mae. After several attempts at artificial insemination using donor sperm, Hempel gave birth to his son in spring 2016. Speaking to TIME,...

Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want, Donald Trump said Thursday. "Oh, I had a feeling that question was going to come up, I will tell you. North Carolina did something that was very strong. And they're paying a big price. There's a lot of problems," the Republican presidential candidate said during a town hall event on NBC's "Today." Referring to comments from an unnamed commentator who on Wednesday said North Carolina should "leave it the way...

The North Carolina General Assembly held a special session to override gay and transgender protections at the local level. The controversial bill HB 2 will block local governments from extending LGBT protections, and prevent transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with at school. “Legislators have gone out of their way to stigmatize and marginalize transgender North Carolinians by pushing ugly and fundamentally untrue stereotypes that are based on fear and ignorance and not supported by the experiences of...

Hearing a trans person calling Presidential candidate Ted Cruz “very nice” is like hearing a seal wax ecstatic about her new shark buddy. But the former scenario has happened, at least once. Cruz, you see, is virulently anti-trans. He described the Obama administration’s support of trans students as “lunacy” and mischaracterized it as “trying to force to let boys shower with little girls.” He has said that it’s better to “inflict” trans students on teachers by allowing them to...

After the incident that happened three months ago to a transgender woman at the airport from Orlando, Transportation Security Administration changed their policy. TSA from U.S. airports are not allowed to use the word "anomaly" when a transgender traveler go through the screening security procedures and their anatomy does’t match the standard binary. The word "anomaly" was changed with "alarm".     “TSA has implemented this change in terminology and we have communicated it through various methods to the frontline workforce.” The former use of the word...

Beth and Russ McGarrity’s children are both transgender, but it is a long story behind the happy family they are today. Alyson and Russie have shown signs of being transgender from an early age. At 2, Alyson would play with a soccer ball, while her 5-year-old brother was sorting pink dresses with other girls. Beth tried to suggest her son playing games for boys, but he replied, almost annoyed that he had fun. It was hard for Beth to be...

All Bolivian transgender people who wish to change their names and gender on their ID cards should apply to the Ministry of Justice and go through an examination at the psychologist to get the necessary permission. The Minister of Justice of Bolivia Virginia Velasco Condori claimed that soon transgender people will be able to change their name, sex and gender legally on their legal documents. At the press conference in La Paz Velasco she said that the Justice Department is going...