Oriana, a volunteer with the peer-support network Trans Lifeline, at home in Boston in July. The phone shows the total calls answered by the nonprofit to date. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Oriana went through the usual motions of preparing for a two-hour shift on the hotline. They filled […]
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Two transgender women arrested at rights rally call treatment at Miami jail ‘dehumanizing’
After being arrested for protesting in support of the rights of Black trans and gender-noncomforming people, two transgender women say they found themselves facing the same type of discrimination they were rallying against. Gabriela Amaya Cruz and Jae Bucci were two of more than 30 demonstrators who were taken into […]
Miriam Margolyes says JK Rowling has a ‘conservative view’ of transgender people
(Getty Images) Miriam Margolyes has described JK Rowling’s recent controversial comments over transgender individuals as “rather conservative.” Rowling, 54, has been criticised in recent months over a series of posts on her Twitter account which have been considered to be offensive to trans people. While the author of the Harry […]