transgender Archives - Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

A large majority of Gen Z transgender people are only out online, according to a report conducted by Tinder. A year after the dating app’s decision to introduce its orientation feature, which allows users to...

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

Bree Black, a Black transgender woman, was found dead in her home after a fatal shooting in Florida, making her the 21st known transgender person to be murdered in 2020. Black, 27, was found dead in her home...

HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-trans Rule for Homeless Shelters

In apparent defiance of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against anti-LGBTQ discrimination, the Trump administration has announced plans to change Obama-era regulations to allow homeless shelters to refuse ...

Netflix Review: New Doc ‘Disclosure’ is Compelling, Informative

Now streaming on Netflix, “Disclosure” is a remarkable documentary that dives into Hollywood’s fraught relationship with transgender folks from the silent movies of D.W. Griffith through the latest episodes of ...

Trump Admin Sued for Refusing to Back Down on Anti-trans Health Care Rule

With the Trump administration refusing to take back its rule permitting anti-transgender discrimination in health care following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ rights effectively countermanding it, LGBTQ ...

Senate Vote on Equality Act Blocked by Republican Citing J.K. Rowling

Following the historic win for LGBTQ rights at the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats pushed Thursday for a vote on Equality Act to codify and expand those protections — but were thwarted by an Oklahoma R...

Black, Trans Sex Workers Face Police Violence

The criminalization of sex work in Georgia endangers the most marginalized in the queer community. Black, transgender sex workers face criminalization resulting in systematic police harassment all too freque...

Research Details Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Transgender Community

New research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) and PSB Research reveals the disproportionate economic impact COVID-19 has had on the transgender community. The research found that transgender p...

Immigration Judges Could Dismiss Claims from Trans Asylum Seekers Under Proposed Rule

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a procedural change allowing immigration judges to dismiss claims from transgender asylum seekers before they have the chance to argue their case, reported...

Trump Admin. Finalizes Rule Scrapping Transgender Health Care Protections

After more than a year of working towards rolling back Obama-era health care protections, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized a rule that would remove these nondiscrimination protect...

New Information Surrounding Death of Tony McDade Emerges

Following the murder of Tony McDade, a 38-year-old Black transgender man, by police in Tallahassee, Florida, eyewitnesses claim that police did not warn McDade before shooting. McDade was shot five times aft...

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

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

Tech Experts Fear New US Broadcasting Chief Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Internet Freedom

Is gay Atlanta rapper Anye Elite about to break out?

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

New Documentary Looks at Terrors Facing LGBTQ Community

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

HUD Appears to Defy Bostock Ruling with Anti-trans Rule for Homeless Shelters

Netflix Review: New Doc ‘Disclosure’ is Compelling, Informative

Trump Admin Sued for Refusing to Back Down on Anti-trans Health Care Rule

Senate Vote on Equality Act Blocked by Republican Citing J.K. Rowling

Black, Trans Sex Workers Face Police Violence

Research Details Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Transgender Community

Immigration Judges Could Dismiss Claims from Trans Asylum Seekers Under Proposed Rule

Trump Admin. Finalizes Rule Scrapping Transgender Health Care Protections

New Information Surrounding Death of Tony McDade Emerges

Supreme Court Makes Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Easier at Religious Schools

Bisexual Actress Javicia Leslie Takes on Role of Batwoman

House Democrats Demand Transgender Military Ban Be Lifted in Light of SCOTUS Ruling

Out On Film Receives $50,000+ in Funding, Hosts ‘Olympia’ Showing

City of Atlanta Hosts Virtual LGBTQ Opportunity Fair

Tech Experts Fear New US Broadcasting Chief Could Jeopardize LGBTQ Internet Freedom

More LGBTQ People are Experiencing Depression and Anxiety for the First Time Due to COVID-19

Creep of the Week: Roger Severino

8 out of 10 Gen Z Trans People Are Only Out Online, Study from Tinder Finds

Black Trans Woman Bree Black Murdered in Florida

Tagged transgender