Real News from the Real Transgender World |
Edition Date: December 26th, 2024 |
Canadian trans activist Brae Carnes shot to international attention last month with a social media campaign protesting conservative amendments to a proposed national trans rights bill. The bill, C-279, was designed to add gender identity protections to Canada’s Criminal Code and Human Rights Act. C-279 was hijacked in the Senate by conservative lawmakers–including the outspoken…
Earlier this week in Boise, Idaho a student was removed from their school by their parents after they discovered that a transgender student had won the right to use the bathroom of her choice. The parents of the student sited fears over their child’s safety as the reason for removing them. Yesterday the transgender student…
The BBC has begun filming a groundbreaking sitcom that will be the first to star a transgender actor. Boy Meets Girl was commissioned by the BBC after the script, by Elliott Kerrigan, won the Trans Comedy Award in 2013, and will be the first BBC comedy to feature transgender issues prominently, as it follows the…
Formerly known as “Chopper Bob,” Tur will make history Tuesday as TV’s first-ever trans correspondent. Zoey Tur will make history as the first-ever transgender reporter on national television Tuesday when she joins the “Inside Edition” team as a special correspondent. “It’s great to be back,” Tur told TheWrap. “I’ve been told by local Los Angeles…
In 2011, Lea T. was one of the most in-demand supermodels in the world. She had it all — beauty, fame and a big paycheck. But, as she revealed that year on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” she had spent much of her life tormented by a painful secret. Lea T. was assigned male at birth…