Trans Reporter Zoey Tur in Hot Water Over Remarks on Trans Bodies, Rights

Celebrated widely last month as one of the U.S.’s first out trans news correspondents, Zoey Tur is once again a hot topic among trans rights supporters — but the tone has become decidedly less triumphant. This month, the Los Angeles-based reporter has received increasing criticism over controversial remarks she’s made on national television about hormone therapy, trans youth…

Victoria transgender woman battling change to rights bill

Using the bathroom is no big deal for most people, but for Brae Carnes, it’s a political act. The transgender woman, 23, is using men’s facilities to show that an amendment to a trans-rights bill could expose transgender people to danger. The amendment would give operators of single-sex facilities — such as bathrooms, shelters and…

Miss Trans Pageant Offers Unique Rehabilitation For Inmates

“When a transsexual enters a prison aimed at men, they invariably turn into sexual property of the prisoners.” Gabriel H. Sanchez BuzzFeed Staff Every November at the Minas Gerais State Prison Complex in Brazil, the previous year’s Miss Trans Pageant winner awards the crown to the next. This past year, photographer Marcela Xavier was there…

Man arrested in death of Islan Nettles

A suspect has been arrested in the vicious beating death of a transgender woman in Harlem a year and a half ago, law enforcement sources said. James Dixon, 24, was taken into custody and indicted Tuesday for the killing of Islan Nettles, 21. Nettles was walking near the corner of Frederick Douglas Boulevard and West…