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The rainbow flag, a symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, flies over the British Government Cabinet Offices building, in central London, Friday, March 28, 2014.
Gender
More transgender people are hiding their identity at work in the UK. Why?
Sarah McBride, then a candidate for Delaware state senate, speaks during an event that announced her endorsement by the Human Rights Campaign in Wilmington, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2019.
LGBTQ candidates won US elections in droves this week. Their momentum crosses borders.
Thai police officers stand among demonstrators during a protest demanding the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, in Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2020.
LGBTQ
Thailand set to legalize LGBTQ unions, a rare step in Asia
A transgender woman is shown with long black hair and a glittery top.
LGBTQ
An annual pageant is the one night a year trans women in Turkey can celebrate
“I Felt the System Was Raping Me All Over Again”: Senator McSally Reveals Sexual Assault in the Military
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tennis court royal box
Women & Gender
Are trans athletes ‘cheating’? Tennis legend Navratilova’s controversial comments provoke debate.
A white woman with medium length light brown hair holds a banner while in a protest march.
A US transgender activist is stuck in Sweden. The UN wants to investigate.
Daniela Vega as Marina
Arts, Culture & Media
The fantastic woman who plays ‘A Fantastic Woman’
“The Robots of Dawn,” by Isaac Asimov
The sci-fi sex scene that changed my life
A man wearing a leather coat stands in a public square.
Sexuality
‘For people like you, there is no law’
Bruno, 44, is an LGBT rights activist in San Jose, Costa Rica. Here, he sits in his childhood home.
Sexuality
An activist, an election and LGBTQ rights in Costa Rica
Daniela Vega as Marina
Arts
The fantastic woman who plays ‘A Fantastic Woman’
Members of San Diego's LGBT community gather to celebrate the expiration of the U.S. military policy "Don't Ask Don't Tell," September 20. 2011.
Justice
New White House guidelines leave transgender service members and vets in limbo
Kami Choudary pictured, stands in this profile photo.
Belief
Pakistan’s traditional third gender isn’t happy with the trans movement
“Fear and loathing of transgender Americans.”
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LGBTQ military servicemember
Conflict
Queer service member: Trump’s trans ban ‘is about fear and loathing of transgender Americans’
people hold signs
Global Politics
Trump bans transgender personnel from serving in the military
Farzana Jan, a member of the transgender community, applies makeup
Lifestyle
Pakistan issues its first transgender passport
Transgender Rights, China Worries, Understanding the Cosmos
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Neil Gorsuch is SCOTUS Nominee, A Non-Veteran Leads the VA, Transgender Boy Scouts
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Front of building with sign for Prairieland Detention Center
Economics
In a small Texas town, a new private detention center for transgender migrants brings jobs — and concerns
Complicity in Aleppo, A Flood of Opioids, The 14th Librarian of Congress
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A transgender brothel in Istanbul's run-down Tarlabasi neighborhood.
Justice
Trans people are risking their lives in Istanbul
Denise, Yefri, & Angie from "Virgenes de la Puerta."
Arts
These photos show the courage and tragedy of LGBTQ life in Peru
Lobzang Jivaka (fourth from left) at Rizong Monastery in Ladakh, northern India, with some of his fellow monks, in 1960.
Culture
This Englishman’s search for truth was about the transformation of spirit, and of gender
books
Can’t we all pee in peace?
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Global Politics
How strong is Obama’s support for gay marriage?
Bathroom Politics, Working Moms, ‘Underground’
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Trans Athlete Blazes Path Towards World Championship
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Black Inventors, Conservatives for Green Energy, Trans History
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6 Pack Band
Music
A ‘Happy’ song in India has a complicated backstory
documentary
Culture
Filipina beauty queens’ fight for trans rights is focus of new series looking at a ‘woman’s place’
obama visits malaysia 2015
Justice
#WhatObamaShouldKnow about women in Malaysia
Echa wears the hijab because it's the law for women in Aceh. Echa is transgender, and when she wears the headscarf, she says no one calls her names.
Justice
A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia gathers strength as new anti-gay sex laws roll out
Gavin Grim
Culture
These transgender students just want a place to go to the bathroom
Dr. Seuss, A Living Wage, Transgender Rights
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Fallon Fox
Sports
Five trans athletes who made their mark before Caitlyn Jenner
Riding By Pluto, A Historic Agreenment, An Infamous Experiment
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Escaping ISIS, Parole As a Game of Chance, A Transgender iPhone Film
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A Deadly Energy Boom, Bush III, Trans Acceptance
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Safe Spaces for Trans Kids, Secrets of SEAL Team 6, Team USA Goes for Gold
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Today’s Takeaways: Hope in Nepal, Tension in Baltimore, and Courage Among the Trans Community
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Today’s Takeaways: Hope in Nepal, Tension in Baltimore, and Courage Among the Trans Community
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Trans Outside the Spotlight, Officers Stand Down, Recovery in Nepal
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A group of hijras attend a rally in Mymensingh during this year's Pohela Boishakh celebrations.
Culture
Bangladesh wants ‘third gender’ to serve as traffic police
Angeline Jackson is an advocate for LGBT rights in Jamaica.
Justice
It took Obama for her triumph to be commemorated in Jamaica
Razur
Culture
‘Am I trans?’ One teen’s quest and how gaming helped
President Barack Obama participates in a Town Hall with BlogHer and SheKnows Online communities at the Spangler Library at ImaginOn in Charlotte, NC, April 15, 2015.
Justice
Why we can’t forget transgender people when talking about the pay gap
John Cameron Mitchell as the title character in the Broadway run of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
Arts
The creator of ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ finally takes the Broadway stage
The Gender Equality Workshop at National Taiwan University held a one-month event for male students to wear skirts and share their experience.
Lifestyle
Male university students in Taiwan wear skirts to support transgender community
Flight Lt. Caroline Paige is the first openly transgender officer to serve in the Royal Air Force. She says once fellow officers saw she could do the job, her identity was no longer an issue.
Lifestyle
The RAF’s first openly transgender officer says competence trumps prejudice with her fellow soldiers
Members of the Gabriela Women's Party, a group advocating the rights of Filipino women, shout "Justice for slain transgender Jennifer Laude" during a protest in Olongapo City, north of Manila, on October 21, 2014.
Justice
Filipinos are outraged by the alleged killing of a transgender woman by a US Marine
Jennifer is a transgender Army veteran who began making her transition into a woman while she was deployed to Afghanistan.
Culture
Transitioning to being a woman while serving in Afghanistan was like ‘puberty in a combat zone’
Transgender women study during an Arabic class at the Pondok Pesantren Waria Islamic school in Indonesia. Bunda Yeti, wearing a plaid shirt (at right), says the school has given her a place to practice her faith free of worry.
Lifestyle & Belief
Transgender women find a safe place to practice their faith in Indonesia
Salma is intersex, from Iraq, and worked with the US military as an interpreter there. After fleeing violence and threats in Iraq, she now lives in San Francisco with a volunteer host family.
Lifestyle & Belief
An Iraqi who served the US military gets a new life, and gender identity, in America
Salma is intersex, from Iraq, and worked with the US military as an interpreter there. After fleeing violence and threats in Iraq, she now lives in San Francisco with a volunteer host family.
Lifestyle & Belief
An Iraqi who served the US military gets a new life, and gender identity, in America
People sing the Russian national anthem while raising rainbow flags and a Russian flag at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Lifestyle & Belief
‘You’re gay, so it’s normal that you were attacked’
Lifestyle & Belief
Delhi’s LGBT Pride parade shows what a difference a decade can make in India
Aynaz wears a mask
Conflict & Justice
From Iran to Turkey to Canada, a transgender woman seeks refuge
Lifestyle & Belief
Video: View of a transgender MP in Poland