Transgender

South Burlington, Vermont's school district has drafted a new, affirming policy for transgender and nonbinary students. "I think if we are asking teachers to create inclusive variances in...

The Portland, Maine School Board unanimously voted in a comprehensive new policy that protects transgender and gender nonconforming students at its November 28 meeting. The policy includes protections for students to use restrooms and changing...

Taylor Small, a trans woman from Winooski and director of health and wellness at the Pride Center of Vermont, has become the first openly transgender person elected to the Vermont state legislator. ...

Physical trainer Justice Williams had a vision to empower LGBTQ+ people with all the physical and mental benefits of working out, and he's put that vision into practice with a pop-up "Queer Gym" in...

This month, Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo became the first two transgender women of color to teach at Harvard Law School, according to a report in The 19th.

While the national debate over whether healthcare should truly be available to everyone rages on, many in the medical community are busy working to establish and enhance what healthcare for everyone truly means. Example: the Massachusetts Medical...

Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell, himself an openly gay man, penned a February 28 op/ed in the Hartford Courant calling out recent proposed state legislation targeting transgender children: It’s...

This week's round-up of news of consequence to the queer professional community: missives from The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Dot Gay, Grindr, Rentboy, and Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan. FAA removes “disorder” label from transgender pilots First, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...

Mass. State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis of Framingham was honored with the “Trans Community Ally Award” from the Trans Community of New England (TCNE) on January 27, 2023.  “It was a...

Despite outcries over the lack of diversity among this year's (most years?) Oscar nominees, the esteemed voters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have made at least one progressive move in their 2016 props. Said esteemed voters recognized...