(EDGE) A new video series, "BreakthroughU," is tackling complicated social issues, like gender-based violence, intersectionality* and culture change, issues that are at the heart of the work that Breakthrough has been doing for over 17 years. The videos employ an unusual approach -- puppets. 

(EDGE) After an absence of 20 years, "Roseanne" is about to prove that it can still push some cultural buttons.

An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union is asking a Tallahassee school district to ensure it will permit students to “wear clothing regardless whether it is consistent with gender stereotypes,” in a letter released Oct. 16 to the superintendent of Leon County Schools.

(AP) Democrats in the Arizona Legislature want the state's civil rights laws amended to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Two Baptist groups have urged a Greenville church to repent after its pastor performed a same-sex wedding off campus.

A bill filed by Florida Representative David Richardson would change the way the state recognizes gender identity in statutes.

Recently, I had the chance to see Gender Revolution, the National Geographic documentaryon trans and intersex people hosted by Katie Couric. It was almost exactly what I expected, a primer on gender variant people and some of the issues in our lives. It’s clearly intended for straight, cis viewers, basic and accessible, a “Trans 101.”

(CNN) -- In a YouTube video, Mikki Willis of Ojai, California, told the story of how his son, who received duplicate presents for his birthday, went to the toy store to exchange one of the gifts for an Ariel doll from the Disney film, "The Little Mermaid."

It’s always been encouraging to me that young trans and gender variant people continue to push the boundaries of gender identification and presentation in ways that those of us who are well into our middle-agedness could never have imagined when we were that young. 

Admit it. Like me, you never really believed it was possible, America would come to its senses sooner or later and do the right thing once it was actually time to vote.

This past April, a Palm Beach County gay and lesbian community center called Compass made its bathrooms gender neutral. The bathrooms were originally designated by gender, but were converted. Ryanmarie Rice, Youth Services Coordinator at Compass, referenced “an influx of transgender youth” as a deciding factor in the change of the facilities.

On hot South Florida days, when the temperature rises with the sun and humidity climbs, making one feel like they’re wading through a jungle, many men opt to take off their shirt.

History has just been made on the big-time silver screen.

This week read about an Orlando student becoming the school's first trans student to win homecoming queen, Demi Lovato speaking out about their identity, and a baseball player coming out.

If you’ve seen a few seasons of America’s Next Top Model you already know, androgyny can sell. Whether it’s Jeffree Starr’s new makeup line or the “masculine couture” clothing of HauteButch, trans and gender nonconforming models are in the spotlight of an industry that sells beauty and sex.

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

A girls’ soccer tournament reportedly disqualified a team because an 8-year-old player “looks like a boy.”

The U.S. Department of Justice says gender dysphoria appears to have a physical cause, thus it’s not necessarily excluded as a protected disability by the Americans With Disabilities Act.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia State University will offer students co-ed dorm room options next school year.

On Friday, former U.S. Army Soldier Chelsea Manning announced a hunger strike until she gets “minimum standards of dignity, respect, and humanity.” Tuesday, the Army agreed to give her medically prescribed gender dysphoria treatment.

(AP) - Officials at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have announced a plan to re-label 14 restrooms across campus as "All Gender."

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Officials say a Lehigh University student and two other men are charged with a hate crime for saying an anti-gay slur and pushing another student to the ground.

The St. Paul school district is seeking to establish a new policy to protect transgender students.

All he wanted was a laptop.

Kendrick Lamar, Katy Perry and The Weeknd are just a few of the artist topping nominations for MTV’s Video Music Awards. This year they’re head to head without gender restrictions.

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- Murray State University has designated three single-person restrooms as gender neutral restrooms available to any person regardless of gender identity or expression.

RALEIGH, North Carolina — North Carolina has sent gender-neutral marriage license applications to local officials following the end of the state's gay marriage ban.

NEW YORK (AP) — City officials are establishing what advocates called some of the most powerful guidelines nationwide on gender-identity discrimination, releasing specifics Monday to flesh out broad protections in a 2002 law.

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