A new deodorant commercial released this week perfectly captures the anxiety that some transgender people face while having to navigate public restrooms.
The latest commercial in the Secret #Stress Test ad campaign features a young transgender person working up the courage to leave the bathroom stall and face other women in a public restroom. The tagline reads, “Dana finds courage to show there’s no wrong way to be a woman.”
There is a growing group of people pushing for legal recognition of their nonbinary gender — efforts that follow Jamie Shupe, who became the first legally nonbinary person in the U.S. through an Oregon court order in June, and reached a new frontier in California with Kelly Keenan, who became the second legally non-binary person in the U.S. in September. Those victories have spurred people around the country who are now planning to change their legal gender to non-binary.
Paola Ledezma, Itzel Durán and Alessa Flores are the names of three transgender women murdered in Mexico in the past two weeks. The responsibility for these murders goes beyond those who shot, stabbed and strangled them. We are complicit as a society. At least 265 trans people have been killed in Mexico since 1995. And we should take responsibility.
Bullying is a major issue in the LGBTQ community and it’s up to all of us to shift that narrative.
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There are a few simple things all companies can do to counter discrimination and help ensure that their workplace is an inclusive, welcoming place.
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Last Saturday, trans actresses, models and performers came together for Drag For A Cause, a benefit for Transgender Law Center at the Oxford Inn in Los Angeles. The superstars donned flashy outfits, brought out intricate choreography and showed the attendees how to truly work a stage.
