LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In Johnson County, North Carolina, the body of missing trans woman Elisha Walker (aka Angel Elisha Walker) of Salisbury, NC was found in a crude grave last week. According to reports by blogger Monica Roberts and… Read More ›
Michigan
(UPDATED x 2) Detroit TWOC likely another transgender murder victim
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE-1 August 9, 2015 — The director of Victim Services for Equality Michigan, Yvonne Siferd, has confirmed this death. See link below. (Original article:) Verifiable sources are slim regarding the recent death of a… 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 ›
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 ›
Fitness center boots transphobic member
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In a long overdue case of turned tables, a member of Planet Fitness gym who complained to management about a “man” in female dressing room, ended up getting the boot and gym membership revoked…. Read More ›
U.S. Dept. of Education gives Spring Arbor University legal right to transgender discriminate
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Once again, we’re seeing the U.S. Department of Education grant exemptions to colleges wanting to dodge Title IX equality provisions in order to legally discriminate against their transgender people. This time it’s Spring Arbor… Read More ›
City councilman says trans rights advocates smacks of Nazism
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The community of Saginaw, Michigan and it’s city council have been working together to hammer out a trans rights ordinance recently but last week things took an ugly turn when city councilman Dan Fitzpatrick… Read More ›
Michigan county’s pro-trans/LGBT equality ordinance faces tough final vote
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — For a suburban-rural county, a proposed trans/LGBT equality ordinance got surprisingly strong support in a Bay county, Michigan committee and was sent out for a public hearing. Trans woman Charin Davenport testifying in support… Read More ›
Michigan politician wants signs to warn people of ‘bathroom confrontations by men who think they are women’
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While city commissioners in Royal Oaks, Michigan work on ways to get a transgender and LGBT anti-discrimination ordinance enacted into law, a Michigan state representative voiced his opposition by saying that at the very least,… Read More ›