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The Jewish Forward Highlights Transgender Jews

As GLAAD marks Transgender Awareness Week, we lift up the lives and realities of transgender people. The best way to learn about transgender people is to listen to their own stories. GLAAD also...

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Guest Post: Being the Spouse of a Trans Clergy Man

Deborah Weekley is a mother of 5 children and grandmother of 6.  Deborah is a licensed massage therapist, providing safe space for LGTBQ persons, especially transgender persons, who wish personal...

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Join GLAAD in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles to Commemorate...

On November 20th, in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance, world will pause to remember those we have lost to anti-transgender violence.  According to estimates from international monitoring...

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GLAAD Examines Ten Years of Transgender Images on Television; More than Half...

***  Please note, a report update examining additional episodes between November 2012 and November 2013 can be found here.  A further update from November 2013-November 2014 can be found here.***In...

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Timeline: A Look Back at the History of Transgender Visibility

From November 12-19 hundreds of individuals and organizations around the country participated in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people,...

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Trans People Speak: Jennifer Finney Boylan

Over the past week, GLAAD has been commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week by sharing stories that highlight the resilience and the achievements of transgender...

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Trans People Speak: Noah Lewis

Over the past week, GLAAD has been commemorating Transgender Awareness Week by sharing stories that highlight the resilience and the achievements of transgender Americans, like Noah Alvarez, Rev. Jay...

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Trans community supported throughout the country for #TransWk

Transgender Awareness Week 2013 starts today, and people all over America are organizing events to educate the general public and raise visibility around issues facing transgender people.November 11 –...

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Transgender Awareness Week begins on Monday! #TransWk

Transgender Awareness Week, which helps raise the visibility of transgender and gender non-conforming people, and address the issues these communities face, begins on Monday, November 11.During...

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2014 Angels of Change Calendar empowers trans youth

For the 6th year, Bamby Salcedo and the Children's Hospital Trans Youth Health and Development Program have created a calendar featuring 12 transgender youth who, in addition to being models, are...

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Snapshots: Healthcare PSAs, anti-trans discrimination, and more

Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD?Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.In...

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Transgender student's yearbook photo approved by Texas school

     A South Texas school district has approved the yearbook photo of Jeydon Loredo, a transgender student wearing his tuxedo. The decision from the La Feria school district to use the photo came only...

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How you can join the fight against anti-trans policies from 2017 for #TransWeek

 From the fight in Texas over multiple bills aimed at barring transgender people from using public restrooms, to President Trump’s transgender military ban seeking to purge qualified service members...

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For #TransWeek, GLAAD goes "Beyond the Surface" of what it means to be trans

GLAADThis Trans Awareness Week (#TransWeek), GLAAD sat down with transgender people and their families for a look beyond the surface of what it means to be trans. This video series explores a variety...

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Trans youth of color share why they love being trans

My name is Joon Park. As a Korean-American immigrant from suburban New Jersey, I hated my name growing up. I hated how foreign it sounded in a sea of Jacob’s and Emily’s. I hated how my teachers would...

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Ni de aquí, ni de allá: On being a Latinx non-binary person

In third grade, we had a hermit crab as a class pet. His name was Herman. I was fascinated by him. I loved how as he grew, he collected a new shell and left the other behind. He stayed the same, but...

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The importance of Trans Day of Remembrance

On November 20, transgender individuals and allies from across the world observe the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) to honor and remember those of us who have been victims of gender...

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Chella Man: (Role) Model

Recently named one of the Out 100, Chella Man is taking the nation by storm. He describes himself as “a 19 year old, Deaf, genderqueer artist on testosterone who is currently a student in New York City...

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Embroidered on our hearts: Creating the Trans Wings Quilt Project

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) occurs on November 20th each year to observe the lives of transgender individuals who have been lost to anti-transgender violence. On this day, LGBTQ+ people and...

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Transgender actor and director Jake Graf highlights anti-LGBTQ cyberbullying...

Photo Credit: Jake Graf/TwitterGLAAD and Logo partnered with director and actor Jake Graf to debut his film ‘Bully’ during Transgender Awareness Week. Graf released the film in the U.S. following news...

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A beginner's guide to being an ally to trans people

Transgender Awareness Week is a time where we share and uplift the voices and experiences of the trans community, which includes celebrating the victories of trans folk while also remembering and...

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6 ways to make your workplace more trans-inclusive

When I was 19, I worked as a server at a cute brunch restaurant. Besides the free muffins, my favorite part of working there was the gossipy, fleeting conversations I would have with fellow servers...

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My journey on testosterone made me love myself even more

As a transgender man, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) has been an absolute roller coaster ride, but I would not have it any other way. Over a year ago, I started my journey on testosterone. For seven...

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Trans men and trans masculine people share advice to youth and allies

For the longest time I was tricked into believing that being a transgender man was my greatest source of weakness. I was told this lie time and time again from the cisnormative society in which I was...

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Highlighting the Political Power of the Transgender Community

GLAADElection Day 2021 was a mixed bag for the LGBTQ community. Anti-LGBTQ candidate Glenn Youngkin was elected Governor of Virginia while dozens of openly-LGBTQ candidates were elected across the...

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