Transgender

Under pressure from the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, has rescinded its policy of inclusion for transgender athletes.

Republican Presidential candidates are taking advantage of extremist views on race, sexuality and gender identity, under the label of "parental rights," to campaign in New Hampshire. These hot button issues are putting...

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)...

Today, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility — a day when "we celebrate the joy and resilience of trans and non-binary people everywhere by elevating voices and experiences from these...

Two Boston-based individuals—a doctor and a filmmaker, both leaders in the movement towards transgender inclusion—are being honored at Keshet's annual awards dinner on April 30. Receiving the Hacham Lev Award is Dr. Norman, Spack, an endocrinologist...

Last week, hundreds of students and affiliates at Harvard University gathered at the Cambridge, Mass. campus's Cabot House Theater for the school's first Trans+ Community Celebration. “This is...

An anonymous group of parents from Hanover, New Hampshire is bringing a legal challenge against their school district's policy that ensures the privacy of transgender students who don't feel comfortable sharing their...

Transgender personnel serving in the US Navy may soon see a significant boost in job security. The news came in an official statement that announced a reevaluation of exactly who gets to decide when and for what...

Gerri Cannon, a newly elected member of the Somersworth, New Hampshire school board, is one of seven transgender candidates across the country voted into office on November 7, according to an NBC News report. The...

With an overwhelming majority—33-4—the Massachusetts Senate passed a long-awaited bill to ensure that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State. "The measure would update state anti-discrimination law. So, just as a...