Transgender news, issues and stories about politics
If elected to a seat in Virginia House of Delegates in Richmond, Democratic Party’s candidate Danica Roem could become the country’s first transgender legislator according to NPR’s report yesterday. Her historic run is notable particularly […]
California now allows individuals who neither identify as male nor female to legally choose the third gender option for the first time in its history. On Monday’s report by The Sacramento Bee and published on […]
Fifteen (15) Democratic attorneys general submitted a brief opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy in banning transgender individuals from serving the military according to the Associated Press report published on The New York Times yesterday […]
“A handful of us becoming judges, principals won’t bring a change. Till transgenders are working as sex-workers and begging in trains, individual successes mean nothing,” Joyita Mondal, the first transgender woman appointed as judge, told […]
Uruguay has been making waves internationally recently for its progressive stance on transgender issue. Last week, we reported the country’s Diversity March that celebrated significant advances made in trans rights while at the same time […]
Transgender singers are singing a tune of activism and calling for tolerance in Brazil, the world’s most dangerous place for transgender people, according to a report by AFP posted last Thursday. Of the world’s count […]
If elected in the general election on November 26, Rihanna Ferrera will make history for becoming the first openly transgender public official in Honduras. “I want to participate in politics,” Ferrera said in a report […]
Latin American countries have made monumental strides in advancing the civil rights of transgender citizens, although a lot of work is to be done as they still face social intolerance and violence. In a comprehensive […]
The Pentagon released a new guidance last Friday making it clear that current policies on transgender troops will remain, allowing them to continue serving in the military and to re-enlist in the next few months. […]
Tomoya Hosoda is the first trans man ever to be elected to public office in Japan. The 25 years old young man was elected as councillor for the city of Iruma, located in Saitama Prefecture, […]
Copyright © TransgenderFeed.com