Photo by Paulo Murillo — The Los Angeles LGBT Center teamed up with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the County Department of Health Services, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and AIDS Project Los Angeles, the Los Angeles LGBT Center to urge gay/bisexual Read more
By Paulo Murillo 22-year-old transgender woman Lucia McCalip from Indiana, took her own life after ingesting a “pong seed,” which is a deadly seed from an Asian plant known as the “Suicide Tree.” McCalip’s mother, Natosha Anderson, found her Read more
The Los Angeles LGBT Center will host the 17th Annual Trans Pride L.A. festival from Friday, June 19, to Saturday, June 20, at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood. Trans Pride L.A. is one of the oldest and largest Read more
This City of West Hollywood is set to host the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance event on Thursday, November 20, at 6:30 p.m., at the Auto Court of the West Hollywood Library, located 625 N. San Vicente Boulevard. Transgender Day Read more
By Paulo Murillo Los Angeles Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and the LAPD announced a $50,000 reward for leads to an arrest for the murder of Aniya “Ray” Parker, a 47 year-old transwoman, who was fatally shot on Melrose Avenue in East Read more
SF-based drag queen Heklina (a.k.a. Stefan Grygelko) recently announced that she will be removing the word “tranny” from drag club Trannyshack, after operating under the name for 18-years, and taking the event on the road around the country and around the Read more
Christopher Street West to spotlight transgender community at LA Pride: The TLBG (Transgender, Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual) Celebration. BY ORLY LYONNE CHRISTOPHER STREET WEST (CSW), the non-profit producers of the LA Pride celebration, unveiled last month what it called “an Read more
Why is asking a trans woman abut her genitalia considered “inevitable,” while the TSA’s full-body scanners are considered a “civil liberties abuse?” Double standards, a white guy’s “junk,” and Katie Couric’s mishap. BY ZINNIA JONES LAST MONTH, ACTRESS LAVERNE COX Read more
THESTATE MASEN DAVIS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER: “GIVEN HOW CLOSE THIS IS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE CONFIDENT THIS WILL STAY OFF THE BALLOT.” >> BY MASEN DAVIS << > A referendum initiative to repeal a new law protecting Read more
