Even though I get asked often, it’s almost impossible to describe dysphoria. 

An independent commission led by a former US surgeon general has concluded there “is no compelling medical reason” for the US armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from Congress, according to a report being released Thursday.

A Wilton Manors Commission resolution advocating that federal and state governments require health insurance plans cover transgender-related was supported but highlighted previous criticism over the commission’s failure to approve transgender benefits for city employees.

Male or female bathroom? For most that isn’t a big decision but for transgender people it can be an uncomfortable, overwhelming and even scary one.

(Compass Points) The SMART Ride, a two-day, 165-mile bike ride from Miami to Key West, raises funds for seven AIDS service organizations across Florida, including Compass. An energized team of Compass staff members and dedicated volunteers are heading south to join hundreds of other volunteer crews and riders taking part in the ride from November 16-17.

(AP) The city of Seattle has received over 70 reports of businesses not complying with its new all-gender restroom ordinance since officials began enforcing it in March.

114 members of Congress pushed for evidence from President Donald Trump that he has support from head military officials on his ban of transgender military members.

Democratic congressman Mike Honda says on his Twitter account he has a transgender grandchild, an announcement that comes amid a national conversation about people who struggle with gender identity.

An investigation by a Connecticut city has found no evidence that a transgender police officer was subject to discrimination or a hostile work environment.

Ashley and Morgan Mayfaire co-founded Transsocial.org last fall after noticing the lack of a one-stop shop for information on transitioning and other helpful sources. In that time, they’ve built an operation that grew from a small website to a full-fledged charitable organization that assists people mainly in both Broward and Miami-Dade county.

(EDGE) Conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt went after two high-profile Democrats in one backhanded slurry of sarcastic, if disjointed, compliments in which he bizarrely claimed that freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a "transgendered" Joe Biden, The Daily Beast reported.

Walgreens faces backlash from conservative groups after announcing a trans-inclusive bathroom policy this month.

(SS) Shelby Kendall considers herself female, as does her doctor and the state of Florida.

Police have released the identity of the individual arrested last Friday night during a transgender rights demonstration.

BOSTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling ordering Massachusetts prison officials to provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery for an inmate convicted of murder.

(WB) A federal district court ruled Monday in favor of the transgender sister of the singer who performed at President Trump’s inaugural festivities seeking to use the bathroom at her Pennsylvania school consistent with her gender identity — but not on the same terms as the contention in similar litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court.

WHARTON, Texas (AP) — A state appeals court has reaffirmed its earlier decision to validate the marriage of a transgender widow seeking the estate of her firefighter husband who died battling a blaze.

(AP)  A lawsuit challenging the replacement for North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” is moving forward, with a judge finding evidence that transgender plaintiffs are being harmed by a prohibition on new local antidiscrimination laws.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Transgender people can be especially vulnerable to harassment and attacks and shouldn't be equated with gays and lesbians by U.S. immigration officials determining whether to grant asylum, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) — A transgender man in Arizona who gave birth to three children after beginning to change from female to male can continue to pursue a divorce, a state appeals court said Wednesday in reversing a judge who refused to end the marriage.