Today marks the 21st International World AIDS Day. It’s a day of reflection, a day of celebration, a day that honors those whom have contributed to the fight for better treatment, and of course, a cure. Understanding that there may be members of our community who are not familiar with the history...

Call In For Equality! National Center for Transgender Equality November 18, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Congress needs to hear from us very clearly about why LGBT people need protection from the widespread discrimination that we continue to face in the workplace. In the Transgender Discrimination Survey...

To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. To Write Love On Her...

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight...

Hello All, It is with great pleasure that I may introduce Speak Equal’s new, official Board of Directors. It is my vision, that through our hard work, Speak Equal will enhance the programs it offers to our community, continue to encourage involvement and community development at all ages, and further...

Conservative activists are pressing Republican senators to support an amendment that would ban federal funding for gender reassignment surgery in a public health insurance plan. The amendment to the health care overhaul may never gain traction, but some conservatives promote it with enthusiasm, according...

When it comes to negotiating a lease or paying fair rent, gay and transgender renters may soon get more protection. Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said it’s fast-tracking a nationwide study to determine the extent of housing discrimination based on sexual orientation...

Understanding the Difference: Transgender, Transsexual, Transvestite Transgender – is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to diverge from the normative gender roles. Transgender is the state of one’s “gender identity”...