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This article focuses on Trans Lifeline, a hotline for transgender people. This hotline is completely founded and run by other transgender people aiming to help those who feel lost. The weight of the Coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased the number of calls placed due to a number of fears among trans people.

I think it's awesome that there is a trans lifeline. With the amount of suicides and with the self harm rate increasing, there needs to be some thing for people to turn to that is more specialized in their needs.

I never knew that there was a hot line for transgender people but I think that it's an amazing idea.

This article also explores the issue of trans narratives. The author discusses how he did not always know that he was transgender until later years. He also goes a little in depth about his transition.

This article also explores the issue of trans narratives. The author discusses how he did not always know that he was transgender until later years. He also goes a little in depth about his transition.

Transgender laws pertaining to use of public restrooms was almost repealed but a consensus couldn't be made due to a republican condition that their would be a freeze in anti discrimination laws.

I have some transgender friends and when they talk to me they always wish that the can use the transgender public bathroom cause they are so confused when they get into a bathroom. i love your topic and I think this is also a nice topic to talk about.

Transgender residents are disputing that the HB2 Law is discriminatory to gender identity. Currently, North Carolina legislative leaders argue that the law is in place to keep men out of women's restrooms and require transgenders to use restrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate. However, transgenders claim that existing laws already protect restroom safety and violates their constitutional rights.

Should transgender students be able to choose which bathroom to use in school? This bill in Texas says no, but suggests they be redirected to a private bathroom instead. This ruling was decided with the safety of all children attending school in mind.

This article challenges President Trump's statement on the medical care cost of transgender troops. It compares the spending already being made on Viagra, for troops, to the potential cost of medical care for transgender troops.

In the recent DSM-5, the manual mental health professions use to diagnose a disorder, 'Gender Identity Disorder' has been renamed 'Gender Dysphoria' in order to make an attempt in changing the current perspective people have on gender. This change resembles that of which homosexuality was dropped as a disorder from the DSM in the 70's. While this is a huge strive for the right direction in the transgender movement, some changes still need to be made. The diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria only focuses on binary gender identities and does not show acknowledgement of nonbinary identities that some transgender people label as. A diagnoses is crucial for legal purposes, so if a nonbinary individual cannot be diagnosed they may not be able to access hormones for their transition or the legal changes they wish to make.

Many nonbinary and genderqueer identities face a difficult time when attempting to transition. While transgender health care framework is available for dealing with such instances, many health professionals simply are not aware or educated on the subject to accommodate to the needs of nonbinary or genderqueer people. The lack of awareness on the subject thus can cause complications or obstacles for people as people can be denied access to these services if the health professional believes that the person is not transgender.

A 22-year-old New Hampshire man was arrested, tried, and charged with violation of privacy after he recorded underage girls in a Target bathroom. Transgender equality has been a rising problem in the United States, and Target's motion to allow gender neutral bathrooms may be causing more harm than good. Many feel this is allowing people to easily take advantage of the progress Target is trying to make, and more instances of men and underage girls are surfacing and are requiring attention, and whether Transgender friendly bathrooms are creating and unsafe environment.

A transgender man faces discrimination at his workplace. He reports it but his co-workers only have to do diversity training.

Ikea angers transgender group in Thailand over an ad that mocks a stereotype of their lifestyle. Such ads only perpetuate ignorance and debase people who fall under that category.

This article talks about how some younger people part of the LGBT community are treated unreasonably by peers, family, and teachers. This is linked to these children being arrested or being part of juvenile crime.

Some families still don't agree with people choosing to be how they feel on the inside, now this causes conflict and some of these children actually leave their home, sadly.

This page talks about how transgender activists think that it isn't fair to associate being a woman with having a certain gender part. I understand their meaning behind being offended but I also believe that they didn't mean to offend anyone when they decided to do the walk.

I agree with you 100%. Interesting article.

A study found that trans 42% of trans men in the study had experience discrimination. This ranged from denial of service to harassment and even physical assault.

This article discusses the importance of challenging the trans* narrative being portrayed in the transgender community along with media. The narratives often discussed are not the 'messy' ones as Cordes puts it. There exits a lack of accurate representation of various intersecting identities within the community.

This article discusses the importance of challenging the trans* narrative being portrayed in the transgender community along with media. The narratives often discussed are not the 'messy' ones as Cordes puts it. There exits a lack of accurate representation of various intersecting identities within the community.

Transgender members of our society are in some ways protected by the laws governing the way we must treat everyone, however there are other laws directed only at Trans individuals that target them in negative ways.

The fight for the future of transgender athletes A group of influential women's sports advocates says their proposals are about fairness. Many should be where they want to be without being said anything.