A gender non-conforming teenager from South Carolina was baffled when he was told to take off his makeup before posing for his driver’s license photo. According to Daily Mail, Chase Culpepper was denied a new photo after the DMV forced him to take off his ‘disguise’ in order to look less like a girl. “This is who […]

A transgender customer is filing a complaint against a restaurant in Adams Morgan, Washington D.C. after a server labeled the woman and her friends “gay bitches” on their receipt. According to the Washington Blade, Amira Gray and her eight friends dined at Bistro 18 last August and were given poor service by the restaurant’s staff. When Gray received […]

Let us tell you a thing or two about trans advocate and writer Janet Mock. She’s beautiful, she doesn’t take shit from anybody (hear that, Piers Morgan), and we can’t put down her book Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, a detailed journey of womanhood through the context of racism, sexism, discrimination, […]

On Thursday, a new TIME cover featuring Orange Is The New Black star and transgender activist Laverne Cox made its rounds on the internet and we couldn’t be more proud. First and foremost, she looks amazing. The influence of having a powerful and positive image of a transgendered individual on the cover of an acclaimed publication is immeasurable. […]

If you ever wanted to know how to conduct an interview with anyone in the transgender community, Piers Morgan should not be the example. This week, transgender advocate Janet Mock appeared on CNN alongside Morgan to talk about her new book, Redefining Realness, and her advocacy of transgendered individuals. Or so she thought. Morgan’s questions […]

If Barneys has it their way, their latest campaign is going to make you forget all about the black people they wrongfully accused of shoplifting during the holiday season. For its spring advertising campaign, Barneys New York photographed 17 transgender men and women. Barneys’ campaign, called “Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters,” features photographs of 17 transgender people […]

After countless protests and support from around the world, transgendered woman CeCe McDonald was freed this week from a men’s prison. McDonald’s case caught national attention and massive support from the LGBT community in June 2011 when McDonald, along with her friends, were taunted with racial and homophobic slurs after a leaving a bar in Minneapolis. […]

This doesn’t sound good. For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics. Last year, 257 members, or about 48 percent of lawmakers, had a median net worth of at least $1 million, this year’s numbers are disturbingly high […]

Leave it to Tyson Beckford to cause a stir by simply getting naked. The famed male model was tapped by French Magazine OOB for a sultry photoshoot no different from the others he’s taken part in on the road to becoming one of the most recognizable male models in the world. The only difference this time […]

A story of transgender girl who attended Marina High School was elected homecoming Queen this weekend made us smile, and certainly made history. While the moment was supposed to turn into the “best night of my life” for Cassidy Lynn Campbell, it turned into a nightmare as she was teased and bullied right after her […]

Domonique Newburn, the transgendered cast member of the hit web-series “Hollywood Houseboys,” was found dead earlier this week after suffering what the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office has described as “blunt trauma.” The YouTube web-series has been described as “a docu-reality series that opens the doors behind the daily lives of four gay friends, their […]