(WCT) To counter an anti-transgender day of protest organized by elements of the religious right, pro-trans forces will show their support for Target Stores' pro-equality stance by holding a rally in front of the Target store in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, 4466 N. Broadway at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 4.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — As a first-time father, Wayne Maines held his newborn twin sons and dreamed of their life together — a dream that, at least then, didn’t include taking one of them to a father-daughter dance.

(CNN) Meet Elliot Page.

The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the church's flagship temple and headquarters.

In recent years, a cinematic trend has arisen. Period pieces about lesbians, set in the late 18th century through the mid-19th century are not just becoming popular, they are also well-received.

Practically every gay guy knows someone just like Gerry, a fast-talking, flamboyant — no, make that flaming — queen with a quick quip for every occasion.

The long-running soap opera “Days of Our Lives” has been a ground-breaker in terms of LGBT visibility.

The three candidates running for mayor of Wilton Manors participated in a forum focused on the trans community Tuesday. 

A feud between gay rights activists has exploded underneath the LGBT umbrella.

(WM) ViacomCBS announced Sept. 2 that the forthcoming third season of “Star Trek: Discovery” will introduce nonbinary and transgender characters, a first in the sci-fi franchise’s more than 50-year history.

On November, 1st, in honor of Transgender Awareness Month, The Stonewall National Museum & Archives plans to show the film The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a movie that promises to not only honor legendary transgender activist Marsha Johnson,  but educate viewers on her life and how she was a transgender trailblazing pioneer.

You might say Ian Jenkins is a proud polyamory papa.

The message is loud and clear. And big. Very, very big. A billboard recently went up with the simple yet powerful phrase: “Trans Lives Are Precious.”

Colin Mochrie, a star of the improvisation comedy show “Whose Line is it Anyway,” took to Twitter this Sunday revealing he and his wife, Deb McGrath, have a transgender daughter.

A recent challenge titled "Female or She-Male" on an episode of Logo’s popular reality competition series "RuPaul’s Drag Race" has some crying "transphobia." In response to the criticism, RuPaul Charles and members of the production company World of Wonder issued a statement,Slate reports.

The term “transgender” didn’t use to be as popular as it is today.

(Bala Cynwyd, PA) Dr. Sherman Leis, founder of The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery, has identified 10 important trends that will affect America and its transgender community in 2015.

(EDGE) On Monday, Dr. Sherman Leis, founder of The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery, one of the leading resources for transgender surgery and medical support in the United States, presented his annual list of the top 10 trends that will affect the transgender community in 2017.

(AP) A North Carolina-style "bathroom bill" is nearing a first vote in Texas despite opposition from big-name companies including Facebook and the NFL warning that the Super Bowl won't return to Dallas or Houston.

(EDGE) Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is leading a group of 15 Democratic attorneys general in opposing President Donald Trump's administration's plan to bar transgender individuals from openly serving in the military.

(WB) A group of 16 transgender and gay migrants from Central America on Thursday sought asylum in the U.S.

With the shooting death of 47-year-old Stephanie Montez, 2017 is now the deadliest year on record for transgender people living in America.

(EDGE) The spate of violence against transgender women continued in New York City last week when 59-year-old Brenda Bostick died Thursday after being found lying unconscious on a Chelsea street several days earlier. 

Three Malaysian Muslim transgenders on Friday won a landmark court ruling against a religious law banning them from cross-dressing in what activists called a victory for human rights in a conservative Southeast Asian nation.

ST. LOUIS — Three of the seven members of a suburban St. Louis school board have resigned amid a debate over a transgender high school student’s request to be allowed to use the girls bathrooms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A protester who disrupted historic arguments over gay marriage at the U.S. Supreme Court has been sentenced to 21 days in jail.

(WB) A federal appeals court on Friday denied a motion to expedite the case of a transgender student who is challenging his Virginia school district’s bathroom policy.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ President Barack Obama has quietly done more to advance rights for transgender people than any other president, but they remain among the nation's most misunderstood minorities. Here are five things to know about transgender America:

(WB) CBS News 60 minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl reported on the healthcare challenges facing the transgender community this week, although a portion of her reporting also covered those individuals who have detransitioned, a subject that has been politicized by anti-LGBT groups such as the Heritage Foundation, the Alliance Defending Freedom, and others opposed to Trans rights.

President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress gave enormous consideration to LGBT people in 2022.