Transgender Rights

Rowling's latest novel under the "Robert Galbraith" name features a male serial killer who wears a dress to kill his female victims. Amidst all the controversy surrounding Rowling's comments about trans-people, actor Robbie Coltrane has come to her defense.

Have Rowling's "Harry Potter" sales been affected by her sharing her problematic views? Yes and no—depending on which country you check.

We need to save women's sports by making sure only women can participate.

Around 150 writers, academics and activists signed a pice published by Harper's Magazine in which they denounce the "restriction of debate."

"Over the weekend I had the opportunity to discuss my consideration of an upcoming role as a transgender man, and I'd like to apologize for those remarks," Berry wrote on Twitter.

On the last day of Pride Month 2020, Google Doodle celebrates LGBTQ+ rights pioneer Marsha P. Johnson.

There are aspects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that Supreme Court commentator are not discussing this week.

The Supreme Court's recent decision on Title VII could have grave implications for religious liberty.

"This fight belongs to us all," said Human Rights Campaign Director Tori Cooper in a statement.

Connecticut is one of 18 states that allows trans athletes to compete without restrictions alongside other members of their shared gender identity.

Trans people and other vulnerable communities have additional burdens beyond hoarding toilet paper as society reacts to the spreading coronavirus pandemic.

"It's really heartbreaking... the same thing that she was trying to be vocal about happened to her," said a friend of the victim.

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey said the decision was "unjust and wrong" and called on Congress to pass the Equality Act.

"Well, I guess I'll go sleep in the woods," Samantha Coyle said she thought after the homeless shelter denied her entry because she's transgender.

Aimee Stephens told her boss she is transgender. Two weeks later her boss fired her because she was no longer going to "represent himself as a man." Here's everything we know about her landmark Supreme Court case.

Pauline del Mundo, 59, was on her way to Cozumel, Mexico for a vacation. She went missing during a layover at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and hasn't been heard from since.

Domingo Ramirez-Cavente, 29, was arrested in connection with the shooting of a transgender woman on Friday night. He has admitted to the crime.

Two days before Evan Minton was scheduled to have a hysterectomy, Mercy San Juan Medical Center canceled the procedure, because it was "part of a course of treatment for gender dysphoria."

In a sit-down with the National Center for Transgender Equality Action Fund, Booker said he hoped soon his brother's child "and other great trans leaders in the youth community" had a voice in the White House.

The snack giant gave away special-edition Oreo packages at NYC Pride with 'she/her,' 'he/him, and 'they/them' imprinted on the cookies.

Grimm, a 19-year-old trans rights activist and educator, has been fighting a Virginia school board for four years over their bathroom policy.

The proposed law seeks to allow teenagers to determine their gender without medical examination.

"Anchorage voters rejected fear and intimidation," Fair Anchorage Field Organizer Lillian Lennon said.

"If mothers wear jeans and shirts and dress like men, they will beget children who are transgenders."

I brought my daughter Ellie to meet DeVos last year and hoped she would support her rights. She didn't.

Trans students using the bathroom of their choice opens up girls to "sexual assault or rape," according to Kozma.

Mack Beggs has been transitioning from female to male and is taking a low dosage of testosterone that many view as an unfair advantage.

"Every single federal court to look at President Trump's policy has already found that it reeks of undisguised and unlawful discrimination against qualified transgender people willing and able to serve our country."

A transgender woman is seeking to be transferred to a female prison after enduring physical and sexual harassment at male prisons, she alleges.

"There is this place in our government, where things are much better than we have guessed," Alexandra Chandler told Newsweek. "We are better than this moment."