Leelah Alcorn And The Quiet Genocide Of Transgender People

Leelah Alcorn’s tragic death illuminates the dangerous, inhumane practices driving gender variant and transgender youth to suicide.

Zack Ford for Think Progress
By Zack Ford for Think Progress

Leelah Alcorn’s death was a preventable tragedy. Here was a 17-year-old girl with full access to all of the information available in the 21st century about transgender identities, including many safe and effective ways to transition. But as she wrote in her own suicide note before jumping in front of a tractor trailer this week, there was no hope

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Ky. Gay Marriage Ruling Looks To Precedents

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, pointing not only to recent decisions that have struck down bans in other states but also to older rulings on a person’s right to marry. The state’s ban treated “gay and lesbian persons differently in a […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Map shows states with laws allowing same-sex marriage.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, pointing not only to recent decisions that have struck down bans in other states but also to older rulings on a person's right to marry. The state's ban treated "gay and lesbian persons differently in a way that demeans

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For Transgender Patients, A Growing Fight Over Health Coverage

Many transgender people face various medical issues, but are struggling to receive the right care plans that meet their needs.

Nina Martin
By Nina Martin

Last spring, Jennifer Blair, a 62-year-old aspiring therapist who lives in Denver, noticed the kind of changes in her breast tissue — rapid, abnormal growth on one side of her chest — that would frighten any woman and alarm any physician. Blair didn’t have health insurance, but because she didn’t earn much money, she qualified for Colorado’s

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‘I Love People. People Hate Politicians.’

Much has been made of Minnesota congressional candidate Paula Overby’s gender identity. But where does she stand on the issues?

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

Congressional hopeful Paula Overby certainly is shaking up politics in Minnesota, but she’s also making waves across the entire country. Since announcing Aug. 12 her candidacy to compete in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the state affiliate of the national Democratic Party) primary for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District ahead of the 2014

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Ex-Navy SEAL Comes Out As Transgender In New Book: ‘Warrior Princess’

Kristin Beck began hormone therapy shortly after retiring from the Navy SEALs.

David Trifunov
By David Trifunov

A decorated former Navy SEAL revealed to the world in a new book that after retiring, he underwent hormone therapy and is now living life as a woman. Kristin Beck – in Warrior Princess: A US Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming out Transgender – was published as an eBook on Saturday and is now available at Amazon.com. “I am now taking off all my

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