In the last few years transgender issues have been very much on the forefront of our culture and transgender people are, correctly so, demanding the right to have their bodies, lives, identities, recognized and accepted, by society at large. Conservatives and religious institutions are struggling to come to terms with the transgender movement since they are barely reconciled with the strides made by gays, lesbians and bisexuals.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Politicians who may have thought they wouldn't have to say much at all about gay marriage once the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized it now must answer a different question: Do you support Kim Davis?

Fresh on the heels of putting nine-year-old transgender girl Avery Jackson on the cover of National Geographic Magazine, the National Geographic Channel now offers "Gender Revolution," a feature-length documentary which explains it all for you. 

Most people dress their best when looking forward to getting their driver’s license photo. After all, they’ll be toting that picture around as a form of identification for years to come.

Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation requiring restaurants, bars and other private establishments to designate all single-occupancy restrooms as gender neutral.

A man in Germany was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after he refused to vacate a burning Hamburg sex shop until he finished watching a porn.

(CNN) -- GLAAD has released the ninth edition of its annual Network Responsibility Index, and for the first time, a major TV network has received a grade of "excellent."

(EDGE) GMHC launched a preferred gender pronoun social media campaign during National Transgender Week of Remembrance and Resilience (TWOR), which is November 14 to November 20. The campaign consists of graphics created by and featuring GMHC staff members explaining why being cognizant of an individual's preferred gender pronouns is important to them and how it helps to make GMHC a safe space.

St. Petersburg, Fla. – The news of Georgie’s Alibi closing spread quickly through the community after Watermark broke the story Sept. 9. Many took to social media to share stories of the LGBT watering hole and to ask what this means for the gay bar scene in St. Pete.

(AP) Anxiety is high among many transgender Americans after the sweeping Republican election victory. They fear stronger resistance to their push for civil-rights protections, including broader access to public restrooms, and wonder if their newly won right to serve openly in the military is in jeopardy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government officials are opposing imprisoned national security leaker Chelsea Manning’s request to grow out her hair.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Greg Louganis said he was unaware of fellow Olympian Bruce Jenner's gender identity struggle when their paths crossed at the Summer 1976 Games and in later years.

The transgender community of the San Francisco is hopeful that the proposed shelter for transwomen will become a reality in the near future. The project is the brainchild of Clair Farley, a transwoman who serves as the associate director of economic development at the San Francisco LGBT Center.

A Christian advocacy group wants a western New York school district to stop letting a transgender student use the boys' locker rooms and restrooms, saying it violates other students' privacy.

Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original "Texas Chain Saw Massacre," died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68.

(CNN) -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday that he's open to a review of the U.S. military's policy prohibiting transgender individuals from serving.

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(AP) The National Women's Hockey League's first transgender player scored a goal in his debut, and finally got an opportunity to hear his name announced over the PA system how he always felt it should.

HBO's fascinating, sometimes touching new documentary "Suited" dispels numerous myths about transgender people – the film might even open a few doors for this newly emerging community.

"Trans Youth," the latest episode of HBO's "Vice," a culture and public affairs program, will tell you everything you need to know about trans youth but were afraid to ask. Like National Geographic Channel's recent documentary "Gender Revolution," "Vice: Trans Youth" underscores the importance of asking questions in order to learn about--and accept--those who may be different from you.