Tagged transgender

Upcoming Spider-Man Film to Be First Marvel Movie to Cast Openly Trans Actors

Upcoming Marvel blockbuster Spider-Man: Far From Home will make history as Marvel’s first superhero film to cast openly trans actors, according to the Advocate. Two openly trans actors will be featured in t...

Calling Trans Youth by Preferred Name can Drastically Reduce Chance of Suicide

Calling transgender youth by their preferred name can reduce their chance of committing suicide by as much as 65 percent, according to the Journal of Adolescent Health. In a study of 129 transgender and gend...

Warren’s Newfound Support for Surgery for Trans Inmates could Impact 2020 Race

Transgender advocates cheered Elizabeth Warren for coming out this week in favor of transgender inmates having access to gender reassignment surgery, which could potentially raise it as an issue for 2020 presid...

First Trans Person Murdered This Year in Alabama

Transgender woman Dana Martin from Alabama was murdered on Sunday – the first reported murder of a trans person in the U.S. in 2019. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Martin, 31, was fatally shot and f...

Trans Woman Attacked in Bar Bathroom in North Carolina

North Carolina police said two women sexually assaulted a transgender woman at a bar in the state’s capital Raleigh, reported ABC 30. 38-year-old Amber Harrell and 31-year-old Jessica Fowler started verbally...