PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Civil liberties advocates are praising the state of Rhode Island for making it easier for transgender residents to change their gender designation on their birth certificates. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the advocacy group Youth Pride say the Department of Health put in place new regulations this week…

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WABC) — The NYPD has released new video showing suspects in a vicious attack that left a transgender woman who is now fighting for her life. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE : 7Online Police are looking for four men and said they are investigating the attack as a bias crime. “It’s really saddening to…

MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 2 – 2:58 p.m.) A US Marine participating in a joint training exercise with the Philippine military has been detained onboard an American ship following the killing of a Filipino transgender in Olongapo City over the weekend, a report in the Marine Corps Times said. The report said the unnamed Marine,…

Questions should be asked of a media entitled to publish photos of a Brisbane murder victim posing in a bikini and referring to her as a ‘she-male’ A man murdered his partner and then committed suicide. These are the simplest facts we can offer about a tragedy that is both all too frequent and easily…

A Trans woman murdered and cooked by her husband in their swank Brisbane apartment was a “high-class” prostitute using profits from sex work to support her family in Indonesia. Mayang Prasetyo was charging up to $500 an hour for her services, marketing herself online as a “top high-class Asian shemale’’. The married couple at the…