The Transgender Institute

They got married before she came out as trans. Now they will hold a re-wedding. "I absolutely would not have gotten to where I am today without Jae," Rayna Harvey said about her spouse throughout her transition. Read More...... https://www.lgbtqnation.com//got-married-came-trans-now-w/

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Transgender students protected at school by Title IX, Department of Education says The rights of transgender and gay students are protected at school by Title IX, President Joe Biden's administration said Wednesday, reversing GOP-authored guidance that said those students were not protected by any federal laws. ... Read More... https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7715053002

Transgender woman and her mother launch online effort to combat prejudice LOS ANGELES -- If someone in your life came out as transgender - a parent, spouse, child, sibling, friend or a student - would you know what to do or say? If you're trying to figure out the best way to support a transgender person in your life, there's a webinar that can help. Jackie Thornhill is the co-founder of Transgender School, which has put out a 90-minute video that helps teach how to be a true ...ally for your loved ones. Read More... https://6abc.com/transgender-school-pride-month-lgbtq-tr//

A Guide To Gender Identity Terms Issues of equality and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people along with challenges to their rights have become a major topic in the headlines. These issues can involve words and ideas and identities that are new to some. That's why we've put together a glossary of terms relating to gender identity. Our goal is to help people communicate accurately and respectfully with one another.... Read More... https://www.npr.org//gender-identity-pronouns-expression-g

Utah Supreme Court rules transgender people can change name, gender on birth certificates The Utah Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor for transgender people who want to change their names and genders on Utah birth certificates. The two appellants for the case are both transgender.... Read More... https://kutv.com//utah-supreme-court-rules-transgender-peo

Free to Be a Better Soldier: Transgender Service Members Cheer Reversal of Ban Maj. Alivia Stehlik's fears that transgender soldiers would be kicked out of the Army faded Friday as former President Donald Trump's regulations were overturned. Those who meet military standards are once again allowed to enlist and serve openly. But the policy change -- announced in March by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and taking effect Friday -- won't erase Stehlik's memories of how she said ...she felt while serving as a transgender woman in Afghanistan in 2018, when the White House initiated moves to bar most transgender people from serving. Read More... https://www.military.com//free-be-better-soldier-transgend

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Federal judge rules requiring proof of gender identity for a passport is unconstitutional The judge granted a transgender man a passport, saying the government violated his Fifth Amendment rights.... A federal judge just ruled that it’s unconstitutional for transgender people to be required to show proof from a doctor that they’re undergoing transition-related care in order to get a passport with the correct gender marker on it. Read more... https://www.lgbtqnation.com//federal-judge-rules-requirin/

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Biden plans swift moves to protect and advance LGBTQ rights As vice president in 2012, Joe Biden endeared himself to many LGBTQ Americans by endorsing same-sex marriage even before his boss, President Barack Obama... Read More... https://abcnews.go.com//biden-plans-swift-moves-protect-ad

This Trans Teen Just Became One of the First-Ever Female Eagle Scouts Though Scouts BSA is a controversial organization, its inaugural female Eagle Scout class hopefully signals a new era of inclusion. https://www.them.us/s/trans-teen-becomes-female-eagle-scout

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Celebrating excellence in the transgender community Learn about gc2b, a Black and Latinx trans-owned business.... https://about.google/stories/trans-awareness-week-2020/

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Hulu's 'First Day' Follows A Young Transgender Girl Navigating Middle School Chicago, IL - Hulu on Thursday began streaming First Day, a four-episode series from Australia about a transgender girl's first year of middle school. Evie Macdonald, who is transgender, plays Hannah Bradford, 12, in the series from Australia's ABC Me network.... Read More... https://chicago.gopride.com//article.c/articleid/111688096

Transgender People Face New Legal Fight After Supreme Court Victory Though the Supreme Court embraced a broad definition of sex in June, the Department of Health and Human Services pressed ahead with changes that narrowed the definition of sex in the Affordable Care Act. https://www.nytimes.com//transgender-supreme-court-healthc

In major shift, state Human Rights Commission broadens LGBT protections statewide The Kansas Human Rights Commission moved Friday to begin considering discrimination claims from LGBT Kansans in employment, public accommodation and housing, a significant ruling that may be challenged in court. In an email to state legislators Friday, KHRC executive director Ruth Glover said that the move was part of the body’s interpretation of the June Bostock v. Clayton U.S. Supreme Court de...cision, which ruled that sexual and gender identity were covered under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, also known as Title VII. That ruling, handed down in June, meant that a person could not be fired or discriminated against by employers for their sexual or gender identity. Read More... https://www.leavenworthtimes.com//in-major-shift-state-hum

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. A trans Christian minister came out in a sermon. Now, she’s bracing for what comes next. The church has not easily embraced those like Junia Joplin. Could telling her story help her keep her job?... When she was 11, at a Christian summer camp, on an island, in the middle of a lake in upstate New York, Junia Joplin June to her friends realized two things: She wanted to be a minister, and she wanted to be a girl. She realized she wanted to be a minister because, well, it was a church camp. But she knew she wanted to be a girl because girls were separated on the other side of the island. And June knew, on some subconscious level, she was on the wrong side of that island. Read More... https://www.vox.com//trans-christian-minister-transgender-

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Valentina Sampaio Makes History as Sports Illustrated’s First Trans Model Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue is a modeling institution. In the 56 years since its inception, the special edition has elevated stars like Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, and Ashley Graham to household-name status, and each year it ushers in a new set of rookies from around the globe. The parameters for success have... historically been narrow, but the concept has evolved to reflect the times. The year 2020 brings the first trans woman to grace SI’s pages, the Brazilian-born model Valentina Sampaio. Read More... https://www.vogue.com//valentina-sampaio-becomes-sports-il

Amendment Aims to Overturn Ban on Transgender Military Service A bipartisan amendment to the proposed defense policy bill would extend Supreme Court protections against workplace sex discrimination to transgender service members. The amendment offered June 25 by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, will likely get a vote this week as the Senate moves to pass its version of the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2021.... Read More... https://www.military.com//amendment-aims-overturn-ban-tran

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Becoming Nicole They were born identical twin boys, but one always felt as a girl.... They were identical twin boys, Wyatt and Jonas Maines, adopted at birth in 1997 by middle-class, conservative parents. Healthy and happy, they were physically indistinguishable from each other, but even as infants their personalities seemed to diverge. Read More... https://www.washingtonpost.com//2015/10/19/becoming-nicole/

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Black Trans Women Seek More Space in the Movement They Helped Start At no point have black trans people shared fully in the gains of the L.G.B.T.Q. or racial justice movements. This may be changing.... Read More... https://www.nytimes.com//po/black-trans-lives-matter.html

NOTE: TTI posts are not intended as endorsements but simply information to be contemplated. Janet Mock on the Whiplash of These Current Times For the first six weeks [of quarantine] I was like, this is so freeing. I got to actually be creative again. And then the heaviness of the world started coming in.... Read More... https://www.wsj.com//janet-mock-on-the-whiplash-of-these-c