WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Thursday that transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Saying it’s the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out a yearlong implementation plan declaring that “Americans who want to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior military leaders expressed deep concerns this week that the launch of new Pentagon rules allowing transgender service members to serve openly in the U.S. military is moving too quickly, arguing that a number of details and questions must still be resolved, several senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The Pentagon […]
Oxygen has given a green light to “Strut,” a series from executive producer Whoopi Goldberg about transgender models breaking down barriers in the industry. According to Variety, “Strut” will follow a set of driven and determined models who are pursuing their passion of becoming household names in the world of fashion, while challenging stereotypes of […]
The Department of Justice and North Carolina filed lawsuits against each other over the so-called "bathroom bill." North Carolina denies that the measure violates the civil rights of transgender people.
5/5/16- Celebrity co-host Bill Bellamy has just the thing that will end the debate on which bathroom transgenders should be allowed to use. You might want to make sure there are no kids around for this one. Listen above!
New York City’s new laws allow those who identify as transgender to choose to use whichever bathroom they feel comfortable using- but is it too much, too soon? Click on the audio player to hear more of this important information in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show. Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley […]
The LGBT community isn’t the only one upset with “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” star Lil Scrappy for mocking transgender people – just as his show announced the addition of its first transgender cast member, D. Smith. On Tuesday, the rapper posted an IG video ranting about “men with wigs on.” He hashtagged the clip […]
History was made Saturday night at the 2016 Spirit Awards. It seems that for the first ever in awards show history, a transgender person has won a major film prize. Mya Taylor, star of the Indie film “Tangerine,” won for Best Supporting Female, according to EW. “The first thing I thought is this movie ain’t […]
Amiyah Scott was on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” for a split second before she got so disgusted by production that she quit, according to TMZ. She was billed as the first transgender ever on the ‘Housewives’ franchise, but the entertainer reportedly “bristled” at the way producers wanted her to appear on camera. Per TMZ: […]
In a blog she titled "Still So Much To Learn," Cait revisited the controversial comments she made during an interview with TIME magazine.
#SayHerName Zella Ziona, murdered at 21 years old. Rest in peace beautiful. #BlackLivesMatter #ProtectTransLives pic.twitter.com/IzoFSQRXKc — Sage (@sagerxo) October 16, 2015 21-year-old Zella Ziona became the 22nd trans woman to be killed this year after she was shot in the head Thursday evening in Gaithersburg, Maryland. NBC Washington reports the incident happened in an alley between Montgomery […]
#SayHerName Zella Ziona, murdered at 21 years old. Rest in peace beautiful. #BlackLivesMatter #ProtectTransLives pic.twitter.com/IzoFSQRXKc — Sage (@sagerxo) October 16, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js 21-year-old Zella Ziona…
