Transgender

Photos: Thousands celebrate Trans Pride 2019

by Naomi Ishisaka
Thousands came to the annual Trans Pride, which supports the Seattle-area trans and gender non-conforming community with a march, a rally and access to community resources.
Jul 1, 2019

Buenos Aires adopts transgender hiring quota, but discrimination continues

by Global Press News Service
Transgender people in Argentina face discrimination on the job and when looking for work. Transgender people and activists are battling this bias.
Jun 4, 2019

Gallery: Trans Pride and Dyke March celebrate community, raise visibility

by Naomi Ishisaka
Trans Pride and the Dyke March, which were among the weekend Pride celebrations on Capitol Hill, celebrated community and raised visibility for ongoing activism.
Jun 25, 2018

UW graduate students plan strike over pay, childcare, trans-inclusive healthcare

by Goorish Wibneh
Among the issues, the University of Washington graduate student teachers and research assistants are calling for greater pay, more comprehensive transgender health coverage and increased childcare assistance.
May 11, 2018

Transgender people of color share their stories

by Yemas Ly
Transgender people of color spoke this week at a community-building event on the greater challenges faced when identities intersect.
Jul 20, 2017
The vigil at Cal Anderson park for the victims of the Orlando mass shooting. (Photo by Alex Garland)

Systemic racism and misogyny are killing Queer and Trans People of Color every day

by DJ Martinez
Violence against Queer and Trans People of Color didn’t start in Orlando on Saturday, and it won’t end there.
Jun 13, 2016

U.S. Marine found guilty in death of Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude

by Reuters
Joseph Scott Pemberton had been charged with the murder of Jennifer Laude, but was convicted of the lesser offense of homicide.
Dec 2, 2015

Seattle webseries aims for depth in transgender storylines

by Atoosa Sonia Moinzadeh
Seattle-based transgender activist, producer, and artist Aneesh Sheth, launched a Kickstarter and filmed a pilot of original webseries "CRAVE."
Jun 24, 2015

Asian LGBTQ students speak up on being out at UW

by Shirley Qiu
LGBTQ students at UW who hail from Asian countries talk about the differences between being out in Seattle versus attitudes in their home countries.
Jun 9, 2015

Transgender teen crowned Renton High School prom queen

by Venice Buhain
Brooklyn Buenaventura, a teenanger who is transgender, was crowned Renton High School prom queen Saturday night, KING 5 news reported.
Jun 8, 2015

Translations puts the global transgender experience on the big screen

by Kelsey Hamlin
This weekend's Translations film festival includes over 40 films exploring the global transgender experience.
May 8, 2015

Cost of Gender: Transgender Americans seek healthcare in Thailand

by Sara McCaslin
The Cost of Gender shares the stories of transgender Americans faced with health care discrimination at home, who look to Thailand for better options.
Apr 3, 2014

New novel fuses immigrant experience and transgender identity

by Christina Twu
Canadian transplant Kim Fu’s “For Today I am a Boy” is hot off the press with a fresh perspective on Asian American transgender identity.
Jan 9, 2014
United States Army photograph of Bradley Manning (via Wikipedia)

Bradley Manning’s defiant statement against the War on Terror

by Alex Stonehill
“Sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society.”
Aug 21, 2013

Healthcare and LGBTQ debates collide in trans medical tourism

by Sara McCaslin
The Seattle Globalist is launching a new multimedia project on transgender health care in the U.S. and why Americans are traveling to places like Thailand for more affordable options. The project, called “The Cost of Gender” hits at the core of two of the most heated debates in the US: health care and LGBTQ rights.  
Aug 29, 2012