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...

I don’t know about you, but this past week has just been a roller coaster of emotions, setbacks, and small victories. Let’s share a few headlines that maybe you missed, but definitely deserve your attention: Anderson Cooper interviews anti-gay Arkansas administrator following resignation Arkansas...

The Australian military announced on Monday that transgender men and women would no longer be banned from serving in the country’s armed forces. “Chief of the Defence Force Angus Houston issued an instruction Monday revoking the policy that effectively banned transgender service members....

NOTE: The following story was originally published via the Huffington Post. Efforts to proofread and correct grammatical errors, as well as errors in reference to the transgender men and women involved have been made to the best of our ability. New Orleans’ Black and transgender community members...

Now known as Chaz, the son of Cher and Sonny Bono, is in the final stages of swapping gender from female to male and next month will ask a Los Angeles court to make the process complete. He appeared at the 21st Annual GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Awards in California...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Supporters of gay marriage have called for Nebraska to join the few states that have legalized the unions. A rally was held Saturday at the midpoint of a pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River linking Iowa and Nebraska. Participants celebrated last April’s Iowa Supreme...

The following article was not written by an of the volunteers associated with Speak Equal. This letter to the editor was written by a Flint resident, and published first via the Flint Journal. Voice: Kristen Fedeli, Flint It is official, gay and lesbian individuals gained their equal rights once again....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down a unique Wisconsin law that prohibits transgender inmates from receiving taxpayer-funded hormone therapy, which alters their appearance to be more like that of the opposite sex. A group of male inmates who identify as female had challenged the...

After years of relationships that never seemed to fit, Allison Cooper finally met her match. And he was nothing—nothing—like she’d imagined. This is a love story. Like every other. And like no other. This is a story about how one day I believed certain things about myself and the next day I...

If you think our school systems have not faced a “queer(er)” than most prom scandal before, then you’re wrong. We’ll all have to admit that the fact that a young teen has to plea before a federal court for her right to take who she wants to her own prom is pretty extreme, however...