●UK
“Park Community School in Barnstaple says it held the meeting "to support two members of our school community to raise awareness on issues of gender and identity".”

It is alleged a pupil asked a transgender student if they were "a boy or a girl"

●USA
“A transgender Air Force veteran has sued the state Department of Veteran Affairs, alleging sex discrimination when she was denied employment in 2015.”

A transgender woman and army veteran has sued the state Department of Veteran Affairs, alleging she was discriminated against because of her gender when she was denied employment in 2015.

●TRANS
“The main benefit for me is I no longer need anti-depressants after years of severe depression. Turns out all that was wrong with me was a bit of chemistry and a boring wardrobe.”

“It's like moving from black and white into technicolour," Carrie says of her time since being on synthetic hormones. “My basic operating level was and is much, much happier than it was pre-hormone replacement therapy (HRT),” the 45-year-old said. “I’m the kind of person I used to find rea...

●INDIA
“The Times of India reports that Justice Micheal Cunha dismissed the trio's petition which argued that the allegations against them do not attract offence against human trafficking.”

The Times of India reports that Justice Micheal Cunha dismissed the trio's petition which argued that the allegations against them do not attract offence against human trafficking. Justice Cunha disagreed with the petition and observed that, in fact, the facts against them do attract penalty.

●STUDY
“People in the LGBTQ community are at an increased risk for mental illness like depression and suicidal ideation, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, as well as physical health issues like cardiovascular disease and insomnia.”

According to a new study.

●UK
“Model and campaigner Munroe Bergdorf has challenged prominent anti-trans activists over the rights of trans women during a recent Channel 4 documentary.”

"There are no statistics to suggest that transgender women are of any threat to anybody."

●USA
“Keo Chaad O’Neal became the first openly transgender man to graduate from Spelman College, according to a Sunday night tweet from the groundbreaking history major.”

Keo Chaad O’Neal became the first openly transgender man to graduate from Spelman College, according to a Sunday night tweet from the groundbreaking history major.

●USA
“Denver Health is preparing to become the only hospital in Colorado, and one of a select few in the country, to offer gender reassignment surgery.”

Denver Health is preparing to become the only hospital in Colorado, and one of a select few in the country, to offer gender reassignment surgery.

●INDIA
“Yes, if some of the recent incidents were an indication, the relationship between transgender(TG) persons and the police has not been cordial. It was after factoring in this, DGP Loknath Behera directed the police stations to set up a Transgender help desk,” said an officer attached to the Kerala Police Head Quarters(HQ)..........

The desk will be modelled on the lines of the Women’s help desk and Senior Citizens’ help desk.

●USA
“Laith Ashley Makes History as the First-Ever Trans Member of the ‘Drag Race’ Pit Crew”

Model Laith Ashley has made history as the first-ever transgender Pit Crew member on 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' Let's learn more about the trans hottie!

●MORE ABOUT THIS STORY
“A Trump-supporting Denny's customer — who happens to be a longshot Republican Congressional candidate in Los Angeles — recently filmed herself confronting and chasing a transgender woman out of a stall in the ladies' restroom.”

Jazmina Saavedra — running to represent California's 44th Congressional district — filmed herself stalking, misgendering, and accosting a trans woman at an L.A. Denny's.

●FILM
“Venus, the feature debut of Montreal-based documentary filmmaker Eisha Marjara, can't escape its stilted trans-identity set-up, but this modest comedy has a refreshing innocence of tone and some deft comic performances.”

By Liam Lacey

●FILM
“TRANSGENDER WOMAN CONFRONTS TRADITION (AND PARENTHOOD) IN GENTLE NEW COMEDY”

A transitioning woman discovers that she’s the father of a 14 year old boy. ---Une femme en transition découvre qu'elle est le père d'un…

●AUSTRALIA
“Sticky Fingers frontman Dylan Frost was asked to leave a popular Sydney pub early on Thursday morning after a verbal altercation with a transgender woman.”

Sticky Fingers frontman Dylan Frost was asked to leave a popular Sydney pub early on Thursday morning after a verbal altercation with a transgender woman.

●UPDATE
“A man Dallas Police say was responsible for the strangulation death of a transgender woman, has been arrested in Walker County.”

A man Dallas Police say was responsible for the strangulation death of a transgender woman, has been arrested in Walker County.

●SECOND TRANS MURDER IN A WEEK, USA
“Police have released a composite sketch of a dead transgender woman found floating in White Rock Creek near Skillman and Abrams.”

Police have released a composite sketch of a dead transgender woman found floating in White Rock Creek.

●ANOTHER TRANS MURDER, USA
“Nino Fortson, a 36-year-old gender-nonconforming Atlanta resident, was discovered by police early Sunday morning after being shot multiple times, law enforcement said.”
REST IN PEACE!

Police are investigating the killing of Fortson, a gender-nonconforming person known for walking the "Butch Realness" category.

●THE HATE IS REAL
“A Republican candidate for Congress filmed herself confronting a transgender woman who was using the woman's restroom at a Denny's restaurant in Los Angeles.”

THIS WOMAN SHOULD BE SUED!!!!

A Republican candidate for Congress filmed herself confronting a transgender woman who was using the woman's restroom at a Denny's restaurant in Los Angeles.

●PAKISTAN
“Titled the The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, the recently passed legislation allows Pakistanis to self-identify their gender and have that gender recognized on official paperwork like driver’s licenses, passports and national IDs. If signed into law, the bill would also prohibit discrimination against transgender people at work and during the hiring process, in medical situations and on public transportation. In addition to this, the government must also establish what the legislation calls “Protection Centers and Safe Houses” for the transgender community as well as create separate prisons and jails for transgender people.”

Among other things, the bill prohibits discrimination in schools and at work.

●GENDER NON-BINARY
"Removing gender markers even from one single-user stall helps remove the gender binary from daily life."

"Removing gender markers even from one single-user stall helps remove the gender binary from daily life."

●TRUMP’S AMERICA
“The Trump administration is reversing Barack Obama-era measures aimed at protecting transgender jail inmates, after four women prisoners challenged the policies in court.”

The Trump administration is reversing Barack Obama-era measures aimed at protecting transgender jail inmates, after four women prisoners challenged the policies in court. The Bureau of Prisons has rolled back rules that allowed transgender inmates to use facilities that match their gender identity,....