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Transgender teenager and activist Jazz Jennings inked a deal with Johnson & Johnson this week to be one of the new faces of its #SeeTheRealMe campaign for Clean & Clear skincare products.

TLC will become the latest network to jump into the transgender programming market this summer, with the debut of All That Jazz, a reality show about 14-year-old transgender activist and You Tube star Jazz Jennings.

WASHINGTON — A change in policy issued by the Army Friday evening will make it harder to dismiss transgender soldiers, according to advocate groups.

A woman walking into a Planet Fitness locker room last Saturday saw a man wearing a wig and “a little bit of blush” who was “huge” and appeared “very manly.” She told ABC News, “I just stopped right there in my tracks. It was a man for sure.”

Facebook is now allowing users who find it hard to express their sex with the 58 existing field options to create their own gender identity by making the option fill-in-the-blank.

Fashion model Andreja Pejic, who had previously been designated as an androgynous male model, appeared on a catwalk at London Fashion Week on Monday for the first time since undergoing gender reassignment surgery.

New Defense Secretary Ashton Carter indicated that he is open to transgender people serving in the U.S. military as long as they can do what is required of them.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Honda tweeted that he is “the proud grandpa of a transgender grandchild,” continuing, “I hope she can feel safe at school without fear of being bullied.” The picture accompanying the tweet showed the young child with shoulder-length hair smiling as Honda wrapped his arm around the child.

After months of rumors that former Olympian Bruce Jenner is looking to transition into a woman, the reality TV star has reportedly informed family members that he has known he was meant to be a woman since he was five years old, reports TMZ.

Former Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner’s decision to transition from a man into a woman has been met with mixed reactions from the media and population at large. The pending change has also caused local and national transgender groups to call for people to be more sensitive towards Jenner’s perceived choice, and to denounce those who are turning what is largely viewed as Jenner’s journey into a punchline.

Every now and then, a story comes along that captures everything wrong with modern America. The Army’s decision to pay for hormone treatments so that convicted national-security leaker Bradley Manning can transform into Chelsea Manning while doing time in Leavenworth is such a story.

Transgender actress Laverne Cox, best known for her recurring role in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, is slated to co-star in a new transgender-themed CBS legal drama, titled Doubt.

Bruce Jenner has gained a few critics who say he is setting a poor example for the transgender community, according to a story published by TMZ.

FOX Network’s musical comedy-drama Glee changed directions last month when it revealed one of the show’s female characters was suffering from “gender dysphoria” and would be undergoing gender reassignment surgery.

Former TV news helicopter pilot Bob “Chopper Bob” Tur has finished the transition to become a female and after being hired by “Inside Edition” has become TV’s first transgender reporter.

Jill Soloway, creator of Amazon’s transgender series Transparent, is reportedly teaming up with MTV for a comedy series about modern feminism.

Long before reality television, Bruce Jenner was an American icon after his performance at the 1976 summer Olympics catapulted him to superstardom. Now, the former AP Male Athlete of the Year is reportedly ready to officially announce he is transitioning into a woman.

This past Saturday afternoon, Pope Francis met with Diego Neria Lejárraga, a 48-year-old Spaniard who was born a girl but underwent a sex change operation eight years ago.

FOX Network’s musical comedy-drama Glee tackled a sensitive subject in Friday night’s episode, as one of the show’s supporting character’s revealed she was suffering from “gender dysphoria” and would be undergoing gender reassignment surgery in order to become a man.

A law requiring all single-stall bathrooms to replace gender-specific signs (male, female) with gender-neutral signs will go into effect in West Hollywood on Thursday.

Director Woody Allen has been given the keys to write and direct his first television series, which will be available next year on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service.

I have no idea whether or not a man can be born inside a woman’s body, or vice versa, or if people who regard themselves as such are in fact suffering from a debilitating psychiatric disorder called “body integrity identity

On Thursday, US Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new interpretation of the Civil Rights Act meant to prevent employers from discriminating against people who claim the status of a transgendered person. Holder announced in a memo that Title VII

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A new report from the LGBT Human Rights Campaign (HRC) lists hundreds of retailers and their LGBT-friendly score. The purpose of the list is to encourage shoppers this holiday season to buy LGBT and to avoid companies that are not so enlightened.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has told New York health insurance companies they must cover sex-change operations and other treatments considered to be “medically necessary” to attempt to change a man or woman’s sex. The New York Times reports that Cuomo

A report from the left-wing Center for American Progress says gays, lesbians, and transsexuals will not fully realize the promise of America unless and until the Federal government extends to them widespread protection from all kinds of discrimination. The 76-page report calls

A 21-year-old transgender woman was fatally gunned down at 4 a.m. on Wednesday in Compton, Los Angeles, while pounding on the door of a home pleading for help. The homeowner came out after hearing multiple gunshots, but by then it was

The state board overseeing high school sports in Minnesota voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to permit male-to-female transgender students to participate in girls sports.  After an aborted attempt earlier this year to institute controversial new “inclusive” rules for transgender players in

The number of gay Russians seeking asylum in the United States is increasing as anti-gay sentiment continues to rise in Russia. No U.S. government agency keeps track of the sexual orientation of asylum seekers, but Immigration Equality, a New York-based organization

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In announcing the State Department’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, Secretary of State John Kerry invoked the name of Matthew Shepard, a gay young man who was murdered many years ago and whose death remains an iconic moment for those fighting

54 men have given birth in Australia in the last year alone, according to figures released by Medicare.  A number of people identifying as men have also accessed abortions, the figures revealed. The trend for transsexual men to give birth

A lesbian couple tied the knot in Russia in a quiet ceremony seen as the first such marriage in the country where gay unions are illegal, activists told AFP Sunday. The marriage on Friday went through because one of the

The Iranian government– which punishes homosexuality by death– accepts the existence of transgendered individuals. The Ayatollah’s fatwa allowing gender reassignment surgery has led to immense pressure– and sometimes full enforcement– on cisgender homosexual men and women to undergo these dangerous