LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In this space I tend not to report individual transgender suicides unless the event is of extraordinary note. All trans suicides are tragic and as most of us are aware, the sobering sky-high rate… Read More ›
Month: April 2015
UPDATE-3 All Bathroom Bills DEAD — Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Nevada and Kentucky
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE-3 June 2, 2015. According to blogger Monica Roberts, Texas’ various anti-trans bills, including “bathroom bills” have failed to become law following the end of the Texas legislative session. This means “bathroom bills” in… Read More ›
Trans woman lands news editor gig at The Advocate
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Dawn Ennis, a 30-year veteran of network television news is now the new News Editor at The Advocate. Ennis’ career includes a number of years as the National Desk Assignment Editor for ABC News…. Read More ›
UPDATED — Police transphobia in Brazil: One picture is worth a thousand words
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update March 22, 2015– This is from CNN: A Brazilian transgender woman has accused police of brutally beating her, shaving her head and stripping her of her clothes. Veronica Bolina was arrested on April… Read More ›
Transgender juxtaposition: Gorgeous (and nude) vs. “schlumpy”
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Laverne Cox’s gorgeous nude photo shoot for Allure magazine crossed my desk earlier today around the same time I was considering whether it would be worthwhile to respond to the now-controversial “schlumpy” op-ed published… Read More ›
College honors trans woman for extraordinary contributions toward equality
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — “I was in total shock” said trans woman Charin Davenport after being recognized by Delta College as a Pioneer for Women. Davenport, who is an adjunct English professor at the Bay City, Michigan college,… Read More ›
A week after being hired, trans man was told to wear a dress
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A week after trans man Tristan Broussard started working for Tower Loan in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the company’s vice president, David Morgan, told him they were drawing a line – comply with the female… Read More ›
Moved by Leelah’s story, President Obama calls for end to ‘conversion therapies’
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said President Barack Obama was moved by the tragic story of trans woman Leelah Alcorn and has called for the end of conversion therapies — the type of… Read More ›
(UPDATE: Arrest made in London killing) Trans woman dead in London; two gunned down in Pakistan
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE: May 17, 2015 — Arrest made in London killing. From Gay Star News: “A man has been charged with the killing of a trans woman that was believed to be a US model… Read More ›
Bathroom Bill Whack-A-Mole: Kentucky out, Nevada and Minnesota in
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Kentucky state Senator C.B. Embry’s anti-trans Bathroom Bill is dead. This is according to Kentucky’s Fairness Coalition. Embry is a Republican and kept trying get the bill passed right up until the last day… Read More ›
School’s Trans Visibility Day poster yanked after parent causes ruckus on social media
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Citing the poster’s lack of “Christian values” and the inappropriateness of it for a school setting, a parent created a ruckus on social media which in turn triggered a Marshall, Michigan school principal into… Read More ›
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