Cox, who made history in 2014 as the first out transgender actress to be nominated for an Emmy Award, has often used her platform to raise awareness about violence and discrimination against trans women.
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House would overturn Trump’s transgender ban in military
The amendment would block the use of the defense spending bill’s funds to implement a policy that would bar transgender people from joining the military and even keep some transgender people already serving from staying in.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
J.K. Rowling’s transgender comments push 4 authors to quit agency representing her
Rowling has a long history of controversial comments seen as transphobic.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court rules gay, transgender people are protected from job discrimination
The decision was a defeat not just for the employers, but also the Trump administration, which argued that the law’s plain wording compelled a ruling for the employers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Pose’ stars join growing backlash over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans comments
The hit FX series’ Indya Moore, Steven Canals, Mj Rodriguez and Dominique Jackson are among the latest to weigh in on the Rowling controversy.
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Daniel Radcliffe on J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans tweets: ‘Transgender women are women’
Radcliffe wrote a blog post for the Trevor Project, an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Michigan woman at center of Supreme Court transgender rights case dies
Aimee Stephens’ firing from her post at a funeral home wound its way up to the high court, where justices are considering whether federal civil rights law protects transgender people.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes in Connecticut
They argue in a federal lawsuit that including transgender athletes in girls’ sports doesn’t create a level playing field.
Posted inHealth, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Farmington doctor leads by example when it comes to LGBTQ care in rural Maine
Access to quality health care has long been a problem for Maine’s roughly 70,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer residents, officials said.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Schools should be safe for all students
An ugly moment last week in Skowhegan shows why transgender students need gender neutral bathrooms.