LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Fresh on the heels of Laverne Cox’s article in Time magazine, Rolling Stone follows up with a great piece on trans woman CeCe McDonald. McDonald, of course, is the trans woman of color that… Read More ›
Month: July 2014
A growing body of academic studies confirms transgender discrimination
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Another study? Some of you may be asking once again how many studies do we need? The answer: As many as possible. What seems obvious to us, may not be the case for those… Read More ›
Trans model Andreja Pejic has SRS, now identifies as female
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In addition, she spells her name differently — it’s Andreja, not Andrej. Pejic’s surgery was earlier this year, putting an end to her career as an androgyne model. In the future she’ll be female in… Read More ›
New Belgium transgender MP is 4th world-wide
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Government reforms opened the door for the seating of Belgium’s first openly transgender MP. Petra De Sutter was sworn in on July 10th to the Belgium Senate in Brussels. De Sutter is a department… Read More ›
Judge slams murderer of Belgrade trans woman with 35 year sentence
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Five years after the stabbing death of Belgrade trans woman Minja Kocis, a Serbian judge this month sentenced Ivica Mihajlovic to 35 years in prison. In addition, Novica Radosavljevic, Mihajlovic’s accomplice, got 8 years. The… Read More ›
Murdered Baltimore trans woman is sibling of NBA player
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Another trans woman was brutally murdered in Baltimore, Maryland. Mia Henderson’s body was found by police in an alley on July 16th. Baltimore police say there was sufficient trauma to believe the crime is… Read More ›
Two Seattle women arrested following transphobic rampage
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — After being videotaped attacking and chasing down a woman they thought to be transgender, Seattle police arrested Artega Jackson and put out a warrant for the arrest of Marjorie Marple for an attack that… Read More ›
University plays God card, gets transgender discrimination approval
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Got a transgender student in your college dorm? No problem, get a God Exemption from the government and boot him out! This is exactly what George Fox University President Robin Baker did with transgender… Read More ›
Move over RuPaul, there’s an Emmy nomination for Laverne Cox
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Today is another milestone in a year of milestones for transgender people — trans woman Laverne Cox was nominated for an Emmy for her role in the television series Orange Is the New Black…. Read More ›
Hobby Lobby playing Bathroom Cop with transgender employee
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In a case before the Illinois Human Rights Commission, a 16-year transgender employee of Hobby Lobby claims she was discriminated against following a reprimand for using the women’s restroom at work according to a… Read More ›
No endorsement for transgender Nevada Assembly candidate Lauren Scott
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — While Lauren Scott is a great trans role model — her founding of Equality Nevada, and her success in gaining rights for trans/LGBT Nevadans is testimony to this — she has unfortunately chosen to… Read More ›
Trans woman gets apparent brutal head stomping in Atlanta
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — There are very few facts in connection with this apparent confrontation that resulted in a trans woman getting thrown to the ground and her head brutally stomped on. The trans person has remained unidentified… Read More ›
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