Transgender women should have same rights as other women – …

Transgender women should have same rights as other women – …:

LONDON, Sept 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Transgender women should have the same rights as other women, according to a global poll of women across five continents published on Friday amid a growing – and sometimes divisive – debate over trans rights.

PHOTOS: Transgender Elders Show Us the Meaning of Survival

PHOTOS: Transgender Elders Show Us the Meaning of Survival:

A new must-see photo project, ‘To Survive on This Shore,’ offers moving portraits of a nearly invisible group: transgender elders.

20+ Dark Pics Show What’s Wrong With Our Society, And You Won’t Get Some Without Looking At The Titles | Bored Panda

20+ Dark Pics Show What’s Wrong With Our Society, And You Won’t Get Some Without Looking At The Titles | Bored Panda:

As much as we hate to admit it, we’re all very vulnerable. The SUN Project is a four-person art collaboration that focuses on the destructive and painful emotions we often hide. Fronted by Mimi N, the group produces illustrations almost daily and have already built a 164,000-strong following. From loneliness to depression and beyond, the SUN Project perfectly captures the feelings you’ve probably felt on quite a few rainy Sunday evenings.A

50+ Brutally Honest Comics That Depict Everyday Struggles Of Transgender People And Its Eye Opening

50+ Brutally Honest Comics That Depict Everyday Struggles Of Transgender People And Its Eye Opening:

Transgender people are the victims of social injustice, freedom and unacceptance. Even as the LGBT community has seen social and legal progress, transgender people still face pervasive discrimination in many areas of life, including school, work, and public accommodations. They have high rates of unemployment and poverty.

Sophia Labelle an artist who decided to show the everyday struggles of trans people. She started a series that specifically show the everyday struggles of living as transgendered individual. The comic series of the artist touches upon the struggles and successes of transgender people in a humorous yet informative way. It’s centered around a young trans girl named Stephie, use humor and education to enlighten people about trans etiquette.

What Allies Need to Understand About Misgendering and Being Clocked – Transgender Universe

What Allies Need to Understand About Misgendering and Being Clocked – Transgender Universe:

Why I can never shrug off being clocked as harmless.

Pence urges voters to back Trump over anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ acts

Pence urges voters to back Trump over anti-LGBT ‘religious freedom’ acts:

Vice President Mike Pence counted on Saturday President Trump’s actions in favor of “religious freedom” — considered by LGBT rights supporters as means to enable anti-LGBT discrimination — as reasons for why conservative voters should turn out in the congressional mid-term elections to back Republican candidates and the Trump administration.

Pence made the remarks before attendees at the Values Voter Summit, an annual D.C. confab for social conservatives hosted by the anti-LGBT Family Research Council.

Japanese Researchers Create Immature Human Eggs From Stem Cells : Shots – Health News : NPR

Japanese Researchers Create Immature Human Eggs From Stem Cells : Shots – Health News : NPR:

Scientists say they have taken a potentially important — and possibly controversial — step toward creating human eggs in a lab dish.

Untitled — LGBT Authors Outed By Transphobic Readers

Untitled — LGBT Authors Outed By Transphobic Readers:

I’m a long-term reader of LGBT romance and I have to say I’m appalled by what I’ve seen recently in the “queer romance community.” A few days ago I heard about some whack shit going on in the genre and decided to do some digging. Now I kinda wish I hadn’t because the transphobic, gaslighting garbage I found flipped my stomach and tbh I can’t believe no one else has picked up on this yet.