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Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 19, 2018

by Out Alliance Community Spotlight Featured Transgender Violence Prevention World & National

A sobering, continued call to action as we remember the transgender community members we have lost to anti-transgender violence in 2018. Trans Day of Remembrance began back in 1999, in memory of Rita Hester, a Black trans woman from Boston who was stab ...

Open mic for transgender community this Saturday in Geneva

October 31, 2018

by Out Alliance Community Spotlight Events Transgender

"Speak Out - Listen Up" is an open mic for the Transgender / Gender Expansive Community. "Now, as the Federal Government is rapidly moving to remove any protections for us, we need to make our voices heard. We need to gather and support each other," sa ...

Gritpost: Lockdown incident in Virginia school shows how transphobia could kill students during shootings

October 9, 2018

by Out Alliance Featured Transgender World & National

A Virginia middle school is facing criticism after allegedly barring a transgender student from seeking shelter during an active shooter drill. Gritpost's Kaitlyn Kievel reported this weekend on a disturbing incident in an unnamed Virginia in which a t ...

VICE reports: 16 states file brief with Supreme Court to make it legal to fire transgender people

August 28, 2018

by Out Alliance Featured Transgender World & National

VICE News, ThinkProgress, and other progressive media outlets reported yesterday that 16 states, listed below, filed an amicus brief last Friday asking the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a case that ruled a transgender woman protected under ...

Being Hunter Down: How the Drag King Community Changed One Man’s Life

July 17, 2018

by Out Alliance Arts & Entertainment Community Spotlight Empty Closet Featured LGBTQ+ Living Transgender

by Javi Mason photos courtesy of subject When hearing the word “drag,” the thoughts that will most likely surface feature RuPaul or his popular series Drag Race. In fact, RuPaul is one of the reasons why drag culture has become mainstream. While female ...

Senator Markey and Rep. Kennedy Introduce Legislation to Ban Use of Gay and Trans Panic Defense

July 13, 2018

by Out Alliance Featured General Transgender Violence Prevention World & National

FROM PRESS RELEASE: Washington (July 13, 2018) – Aiming to end the use of so-called “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses in federal court, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) and Congressman Joseph Kennedy III (MA-04) introduced the Gay and Trans Panic D ...

Outlook: Pride As My Authentic Self

July 12, 2018

by Out Alliance Columnists Empty Closet Opinion / Editorial Transgender Women

by Anonymous As Pride comes closer and closer, it is a special time for many of us. Ten years ago, when I was 13, I came out to my friends and family as a gay guy. It was the first time of many. Safe to say it didn’t turn out too well. I was sent to co ...

NYDN: Gov. Cuomo moves to protect transgender New Yorkers’ health insurance ahead of possible Obamacare repeal

June 25, 2018

by Out Alliance Featured Health LGBTQ+ Living New York News Politics Transgender

FROM NY DAILY NEWS: Seeking to blunt the effects of a potential Obamacare repeal, Gov. Cuomo on Sunday announced measures to protect transgender New Yorkers’ access to health care. New York hospitals will have to update their patients’ rig ...

CALL TO ACTION: TRANSGENDER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT NOW!

June 19, 2018

by Out Alliance Community Forum Featured Local News Out Alliance News Transgender

by Milo Primeaux, Esq. What’s Happening? The New York State Education Department (NYSED) recently issued an emergency regulation, effective May 8, 2018, that explains the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming public school students under t ...

LGBTQI Advocacy Day: The Fight Continues

June 18, 2018

by Out Alliance Events Featured Local News Politics Transgender

photos and text by Aidan J. Faiella May 8th, 2018 was LGBTQI Advocacy Day on the hill in Albany, NY. Rochester’s’ own Out Alliance was only one of many groups of advocates from across NY state who came together to talk with NYS elected officials about pol ...