Transgendered News

Editor's Note: Last weekend Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, a 19-year-old gay teen was found decapitated, partially burned, and mutilated and left by the side of a road in Puerto Rico.

In 29 states, it's legal to fire otherwise-qualified employees because they are lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Los Angeles County saw an overall 4% drop in hate crimes last year, while crimes against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people increased, prompted in part by last November's highly charged Proposition 8 initiative, the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California, according to a report released Thursday.

Two men have been indicted on hate crime charges in an assault on a transgender woman in one of New York City's most diverse neighborhoods.

Friday is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world. Two services will be held in Colorado as part of the remembrance.

A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the centre-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome -- was found burnt to death in his home on Friday.

IT IS impossible to know the true extent of homophobic crime in Hastings and St Leonards because it is often not reported, campaigners claim.

On Sunday November 22 , a Vigil in Honor of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado will be held in the Intersection of MacArthur blvd, Lakeshore, and Grand ave, Oakland.

While hate crimes dropped overall in Los Angeles County last year, bias crimes against LGBT residents has increased, according to a new report.

There was little standing in Tampa City Council's way when an expanded human right's law came before them two weeks ago.

When little Chastity Bono wished television audiences a good night and God bless more than 30 years ago, who knew she'd look so dapper in a suit? Now Chaz Bono , the daughter son of Cher and Sonny Bono gave his first live interview since beginning the process of becoming a man eight months ago.

Utah cities and counties, pondering whether they should follow Salt Lake City's lead on protecting gay and transgender residents from discrimination, could get a green light from an unexpected source: Sen.

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the Indian election authorities recognising third gender voters, Nepal's Election Commission has also begun a massive project to grant recognition to voters who are neither male or female but transsexuals and transgenders.

The issue of trans access to gender identity-appropriate restrooms has been muddied in Tampa, Florida, by religious and anti-gay groups seeking to play up fears of sexual predation taking place in women's lavatories under the guise of trans protections.

As activists on Puerto Rico and around the country continue to organize vigils and other memorials in honor of Jorge Steven Lopez, LGBT rights organizations and even politicians have urged local officials to treat the teenager's gruesome murder as a hate crime.

By MIKE LEE  FORT WORTH - From midafternoon Tuesday until early Wednesday, gay-rights supporters and conservative opponents went toe-to-toe at City Hall, trying to sway a council vote on Fort Worth's nondiscrimination ordinance.The City Council voted just before midnight to include transgender people in the nondiscrimination ordinance, but ...

Chennai based artist George Kuruvilla uses images of Kathakali dancers and religious texts from Adi Shakaracharya's book in his work.

Rumor has it that the anti-gay marriage proposition on the ballot in Maine succeeded in large part due to an ad campaign that linked gay marriage to teaching gayness in the schools.

Cheyenne Jackson is on a roll. He recently released a CD with Michael Feinstein, he opened in the hit revival of Finian's Rainbow and has a stint of the hit series 30 Rock.

Illinois has made it easier for people who have had sex reassignment surgery to change their birth certificates to reflect their new gender.