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Trans Women: Both Bias Crimes and ART-Adherence Rates Up
By Winnie McCroy | Sunday Jun 16, 2013
New data shows that HIV-positive transgender people are just as likely to stay in care than others -- despite high rates of social discrimination and anti-gay hate crimes.
Free Health Education Fair Puts Positive Spin on Transgender Day of Remembrance
By Conswella Bennett | Tuesday Nov 27, 2012
Atlanta put a positive spin on the Transgender Day of Remembrance with a free health fair, plus a community panel discussion and gala event to honor those working to improve life for the transgender community.
Furor Rises as Proposition 35 Targets Trans and Sex Workers
By Holly Grigg-Spall | Thursday Nov 22, 2012
The seemingly innocuous California legislation aimed at harsher sentences for human traffickers has raised a furor, after LGBT activists note that it will unfairly impact trans youth and sex workers.
Trans Murder Victims Remembered on Boston Common
By Dan Meyer | Tuesday Nov 20, 2012
Boston’s LGBT community came together on Sunday at the State House to honor the 265 transgender men and women killed in bias crimes this year across the world, as part of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Hate Crime Charges in McDonald’s Trans Beating
By Sarah Brumfield | Tuesday May 17, 2011
Two teens are facing hate crime charges in the beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald’s, an attack that was caught on video and posted online.
Transpower! :: Baltimore Vigil Marks Aggressive Stance Against Violence
By Yusef Najafi | Wednesday May 4, 2011
Following videotaped attack, hundreds gather at Baltimore McDonald’s to push for an end to anti-trans violence
Witness to MD Trans Beating Praised for Trying to Help
Tuesday Apr 26, 2011
A witness who tried to help a transgender woman who was being beaten at a McDonald’s in Maryland said she was overwhelmed by the response from people who have praised her for intervening.
Puerto Rico police search for transgender woman’s killer
By David McFadden | Monday Apr 26, 2010
Police are searching for the killer of a transgender woman in Puerto Rico whose naked, battered body was discovered in her home last week, while activists press authorities to probe the slaying as a possible hate crime.
Trans Inclusion Urged for NY Hate Crimes Law
By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Oct 13, 2009
Proponents of trans hate crime protections are pressing for a small, but significant, change to New York state law that would extend protections to their community as well as to the rest of the GLBT population.
How the Gay Community Is Complicit in Trans Violence
By Joseph Erbentraut | Monday Oct 5, 2009
Part One took a general look at the growing problem of violence against transgendered persons. The conclusion looks at how the media and even many gay organizations ignore or downplay these crimes and what is being done to remedy that.
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