Camila is the second trans woman reported killed in El Salvador just this month; in fact, she immigrated to the U.S. in the first place because she had received threat. Camila’s murder highlights the deadly impact of American immigration policies on vulnerable populations, especially women and LGTBQ people who migrated to the United States seeking safety.
On Tuesday morning, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court lifted two lower court rulings that had prohibited Trump’s ban on transgender military service members from coming into effect.
Germans may soon be able to select a third gender option on their official identity records.
Human rights activists fear the worst after two young Malaysian women were convicted of engaging in a prohibited sex act and sentenced to six strokes of caning.
The House Appropriations Committee has passed an amendment that better enables taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to discriminate against queer and transgender families.
Orrin Hatch’s Senate speech is the latest example of how conservatives appeal to our emotions to mask their longstanding political inaction.
On Monday, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a bill into law that codifies existing statues and practices designed to ensure fair treatment of women and trans people incarcerated by the state’s Department of Corrections.
Early Monday morning, six armed men robbed a Tijuana shelter where transgender women were staying. On May 8, the shelter was set on fire. Advocates voiced concern about the harassment of the trans women at the shelter and attributed this week’s violence to prejudice.
Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor has been hired by a local Pakistani television station, according to a story published Sunday by national English-language newspaper Dawn.
LGBTQ murders went up 86 percent in 2017, but remain vastly under-covered in cable and broadcast TV.
The ACLU, along with three other legal advocacy groups, filed a federal class action lawsuit late Sunday night against Dallas County, Texas, alleging that poor people charged with misdemeanors and felonies are being detained indefinitely while those who can afford bail are walking free.
Today, the Trump administration established yet more barriers for women, LGBTQ people, and others to access the urgent care they need by providing additional protections to health care workers who refuse to provide treatment because of their moral or religious beliefs.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott has called a special session of the Texas legislature, and anti-choice and anti-trans bills are the hallmarks of the agenda.
A new report details widespread abuse of transgender and gender-nonconforming people in U.S. prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers—and points to how corrections agencies can improve conditions.
A new documentary, "Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four," tells the heart-wrenching story of a modern "witch hunt."
In the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting, we must be aware of the particular kinds of terror faced by queer people of color.
The new North Carolina law is just the latest in a wave of backlash legislation targeting LGBT equality.
For author Danielle Moody-Mills, it was stories of love and commitment, not statistics and poll numbers, that changed hearts and minds.
