Florida police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the death of a transgender woman who was fatally shot in a Tampa-area park,…

Arrested for Being Transgender: Meagan Taylor http://t.co/kPh7PfFk8E pic.twitter.com/3pT29PXynb — BTNOMB (@BTNOMB) July 21, 2015 A transgender woman from Lahokia, Illinois was arrested and held in a Polk County Jail for…

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National economy gym Planet Fitness takes its “no judgment zone” mantra quite seriously. A member at the Planet Fitness Midland, Michigan location had her membership revoked after…

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Five transgendered women of color have been murdered over the course of a five week period this year. According to BlackLivesMatter.com, “the average life expectancy…

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Joan Rivers, 81, told a reporter that President Barack Obama is the first gay president and that First Lady Michelle Obama is a “tranny.” After…

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of…

SAN ANTONIO-Natalie Johnson was fired for refusing to let a transgender woman use the womans dressing room at a Macy’s in San Antonio. Johnson claimed that her religious beliefs conflict with Macy’s transgender policy and that she was protecting female customers. KENS5 reports: “They wanted me to believe that the young man I was looking […]

Transgender African Americans face rampant discrimination and poverty a survey issued by several prominent LGBT organizations reports. The report, called Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, collected data from more than 6,500 transgender Americans, finding that all double the discrimination in everything from housing and healthcare, to education and employment because […]

WALLACE, N.C.–Vishon Murphy ventured to a local Pizza Hut to get some food, but was kicked out because he was wearing a dress. According to the Pizza Hut, Murphy was turned away for being “disruptive.” “I respect people and their boundaries because I understand that everyone does not like my lifestyle and I show them […]

NEW YORK– Popular blogger and People.com editor Janet Mock  goes on the record in a candid interview revealing that she was in fact born a boy in a recent interview with Marie Claire.