Incoming NC Governor Says HB2 ‘Bathroom Law’ Will Be Repealed in Special Session
North Carolina Governor-elect Roy Cooper said legislative leaders have promised there will be a special session Tuesday to repeal the controversial House Bill 2, known as HB2, or the “bathroom bill.”
This 9-Year-Old Girl Is The First-Ever Trans Person on the Cover of Nat Geo
For the first time in its history, National Geographic will feature a trans person on its cover. Avery Jackson, a 9-year-old transgender girl from Kansas City, will appear on the subscriber cover of the magazine’s January 2017 issue in a portrait shot by photographer Robin Hammond. “The best thing about being a girl is, now I don’t have to pretend to be a boy,” Avery says in the photo’s caption.
Pittsburgh mulls Pa.’s first ‘conversion therapy’ ban; here’s why (and why it matters)
Citing concerns about the future of LGBTQ rights under a Donald Trump-Mike Pence administration, Pittsburgh’s City Council is set to consider a bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors in the city.
Anti-LGBT Governor Pat McCrory concedes to Roy Cooper in governor’s race bit.ly/2guOeLf
McCrory, who became the first sitting North Carolina governor to lose a re-election bid, was weighed down by a series of divisive laws he signed, including House Bill 2.
That law limited LGBT rights and directed transgender people to use restrooms in schools and government buildings corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificates. It led to companies, sports organizations and entertainers pulling their business from the state, costing hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in spending.
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This Transgender Bodybuilder Is Crushing Barriers in Vietnam
“With his position on the city’s bodybuilding team, Kendy has become a role model in the local LGBTQ community, which is facing a turning point in the fight for equality.“Since I came out, some transgender people I know have been more open,” he says. “They don’t hide themselves anymore.”
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Trans rights activists scored a major win this year. Now they’re fighting to keep it.
As the 2016 election lurches to a close, activists in Massachusetts are already looking ahead to the 2018 midterms to protect recent gains for transgender people across the state.
In July, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law a bill that prohibits discrimination against trans people in public spaces, a broad category that includes banks, businesses, government buildings, and crucially, hospitals and medical clinics.
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