Real News from the Real Transgender World |
Edition Date: November 22nd, 2024 |
Hande Kader was an active member of the LGBT community in Turkey. Thousands of people have called for justice and an urgent end to hate crimes against LGBT people in Turkey after the murder of Hande Kader, a 22-year-old Turkish trans woman who was raped and set on fire last week. Friends of Kader —…
By: Matthew Rodriguez Columbus, Ohio police are investigating the death of 28-year-old Rae’Lynn Thomas, who was shot and killed by her mother’s ex-boyfriend, who lived with her family at the time, according to WBNS. Thomas’ mother, Renee Thomas, shared her daughter’s final words with local news: “Mom, please please don’t leave me. Mom, I’m dying,”…
By: Lana de Holanda Jones I wish I didn’t have to start my post like this, but there is no other way: About 57 transgender people were killed in Brazil in the first 26 days of 2016. These people weren’t victims of armed robbery or stray bullets — which are, unfortunately, commonplace causes of dead…
By: Maria L La Ganga Misty Plowright believes she will live long enough to see people like herself run for public office and only be asked about real election issues: immigration and gun control, taxing the rich and nuclear energy, universal healthcare, abortion. Someday the other questions won’t come up, because voters just won’t care…
By: Lolita C. Baldor WASHINGTON (AP) — Transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, the Pentagon announced Thursday, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Saying it’s the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out a yearlong implementation plan declaring that “Americans…