THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — An upcoming independent and bias-free review of Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police Department’s handling of hate crimes may not be so independent after all. The DC Trans Coalition uncovered compelling evidence through the use of the… Read More ›
Month: February 2013
Stanford, Penn, Harvard and Brown University all offer student sex reassignment surgery coverage — who will be next?
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT – Also offering SRS coverage for students: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Emory. While I don’t have a comprehensive list of all colleges that offer students SRS coverage in their health insurance plans, I am curious about… Read More ›
Australian judge says adverse consequences for trans child likely, rules for puberty blocking drugs
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A twelve-year-old transgender girl who has received mental health care for a decade and has identified as female for 6 years, will be allowed to be given puberty blockers following a ruling by the Family… Read More ›
[UPDATED: House GOPs vote FOR trans inclusion!] Republicans in U.S. House kills inclusion of trans women in Violence Against Women Act
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT –[UPDATED Feb. 28, 2013. House Republicans do an aboutface, vote FOR trans inclusion, bill on way to Obama’s desk. See Below.] Stripped from the House VAWA bill by Republicans was language to specifically include trans women… Read More ›
DC judge slams suspect, DA on transgender attack case
Washington D.C. Superior Court Judge Rhonda Reid Winston, apparently fed up with the behavior of the accused attacker of an unnamed trans woman and the DA’s apparent withholding of evidence, laid down the law on both of them. Winston ordered… Read More ›
On heels of DC pro-trans PR campaign, city proposes easier ID change
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — An affidavit from a doctor is all a transgender resident of Washington DC will need to get new birth certificate with the correct gender according to a new bill recently submitted to the DC city… Read More ›
Gender Identity Clinic for trans kids open in Chicago hospital
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Medical and social support services for trans kids under 13 of age are now available at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Services for trans kids similar to this are relatively… Read More ›
(UPDATE — All five killers of Evon Young are sentenced) Police abandon search for body of murdered Milwaukee trans man after 3 weeks
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (UPDATE April 24, 2014 — All 5 killers sentenced. See below.) After searching in a landfill for weeks, Milwaukee Police have called off the search for the body of trans man Evon Young who was… Read More ›
Trans woman running for Houston City Council
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The three-term president of the Houston GLBT Political Caucus, Jenifer Rene Pool, is making another attempt to get on the Houston City Council. Pool has previously served the city of Houston in a number of… Read More ›
Trans photographer to exhibit at Brandeis University; seeks transgender participants
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Trans woman Yishay Garbasz, whose photographs has exhibited around the world, is coming to Boston in April for a month-long residency at Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research Center. Her hope that her time there ‘will… Read More ›
UK trans student verbally abused, shoved out of university restroom
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Two females in a restroom at the Student Union in UK’s Leeds University apparently grabbed a trans woman’s breasts then shoved her out while verbally abusing her. The university’s security was called and the issue… Read More ›
Superbowl linebacker hints at support of Maryland transgender rights bill
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT: Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo on transgender right: “. . . Let’s just treat everyone equally. Let’s move on. Let’s evolve as a culture, as a people.” After winning the Superbowl, Ayanbadejo didn’t head to Disneyland,… Read More ›
The Boy Scouts: toying around towards self-destruction?
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — We should have known we were going to be played with. After all, just last Summer the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed their policy of keeping gay people out of the organization. A sudden about… Read More ›
Same-sex marriage success in Maryland triggers transgender rights bill
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Democrats in the Maryland Senate last week introduced a transgender rights bill. While there’s ways to go before, or if, it becomes law, sponsors believe the acceptance of the same-sex marriage bill indicates there is… Read More ›
At risk Guatemalan trans woman spared Denmark deportation, granted asylum
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A trans woman in Denmark who faced possible death if she returned to Guatemala was initially ordered deported, however following an appeal, it appears Denmark has reversed its stance and has offered Fernanda Milan asylum. T-Refugee Project’s… Read More ›
‘Lifestyle choice’ results in UK housing association apology to trans woman
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A UK housing association staffer told a trans woman complaining about transphobic neighbors that she couldn’t be relocated because she made a “choice” to be transgender. Stephanie Elliott Lowther then took her complaint higher up… Read More ›