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Transgender Actress Josie Totah Cast in NBC’s ‘Saved by the Bell’ Reboot

Transgender actress Josie Totah has been cast as a lead in the upcoming Saved by the Bell reboot, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Totah has been cast as Lexi, “a beautiful, sharp-tongued cheerleader and...

Judi Dench Criticized for Saying Her “Cats” Character is Trans

85-year-old actress Judi Dench has been criticized for saying in an interview with Out that her character in the 2019 adaptation of the 1981 musical Cats is transgender. Dench plays Old Deuteronomy, an old c...

Georgia State Rep. Files Legislation Banning Trans Athletes from Public Sports Teams

Republican State Rep. Philip Singleton has filed legislation that would prevent sports teams on which trans youth are competing from using public facilities. According to the bill, HB 747 or the “Student Ath...

J.K. Rowling Criticized for Supporting Anti-Trans Woman

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has garnered criticism after supporting a woman whose contract was not renewed because of anti-transgender comments she made on social media. Maya Forstater, a visiting fello...

Indiana School Board Member Tells Trans Activists to “Cry Me a River”

A school board member from Indiana has been caught on camera telling LGBTQ activists who were fighting against transgender suicide to “cry me a river,” according to the Illinois Eagle. The board member, Ann ...

Native American LGBTQ Youth Suffer Higher Rates of Suicide Attempts, Study Finds

A new survey from the Trevor Project has revealed that Native American LGBTQ youth experienced a high rate of suicide attempts in the last year. “Given differences in suicidality by race/ethnicity and the fi...

Gender Development Among Trans and Cis Children is Not Much Different, Study Finds

A groundbreaking study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found surprising similarities between the gender development of trans and cisgender children. The study, the largest to...

HRC Releases Transgender Violence Report for Transgender Day of Remembrance

In honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20), the Human Rights Campaign has released this year’s report on anti-transgender violence. According to the report, at least 157 transgender people have...

Hillary Clinton Says Cisgender Women Have “Legitimate Concerns” About Trans Women

2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has made some controversial statements on transgender people, saying that cisgender women have “legitimate concerns” about the existence of trans women, repo...

Mastercard to Allow Customers to Use Chosen Name on Cards

Mastercard has launched the True Name initiative, allowing some banks in the network to allow card users to put their chosen name on their payment cards—even if their legal name hasn’t been changed. For many...

Georgia Lawmaker Drafting Bill to Criminalize Trans-Related Medical Treatment for Minors

A Cobb County state representative is drafting legislation that would make it a felony for medical professionals to medically aid minors who wish to gender transition, reported the AJC. If the law were to be...

A time of reckoning: Atlanta's LGBTQ community addresses racism problem

Group Demands ICE Release Trans Woman in ‘Life-or-Death Medical Crisis’

Brookhaven Becomes Seventh Georgia Municipality to Outlaw LGBTQ Discrimination

House Democrats Call for ICE to Release all Transgender Detainees

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Ryan Murphy to Receive GLAAD Award for Accelerating LGBTQ Visibility in Media

Behind the Scenes: “Maybe Happy Ending, The Musical!”

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