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Trans Flag Emoji Unveiled for More Cyber-Inclusion

January 31, 2020

January 31, 2020

Transgender texters, rejoice! For there is finally an emoji there for you!  Unicode Consortium, the company that sets industry standard...

“They” Announced as Merriam-Webster’s 2019 Word of the Year

December 10, 2019

December 10, 2019

What are your pronouns? Merriam-Webster cares.  This morning Merriam-Webster announced that the 2019 Word of the Year is “they.”  “English...

22 Trans Lives Lost to Violence This Year

November 20, 2019

November 20, 2019

One this day 21 years ago, Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance to memorialize the vicious murder of...

TRANS HOMELESSNESS in LA: Social injustice, or gender identity bias?

November 20, 2019

November 20, 2019

A personal overview from a trans activist and MSW candidate from USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. By Christina...

How Lou Sullivan Created His Own Future

November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019

Newly-released diaries of the trans icon give us something to think about this Transgender Day of Remembrance. When Gwendolyn Ann...

GAY LA: When Catherine Opie Ruled LA

November 14, 2019

November 14, 2019

By Henry Giardina In the first season of the original “L Word,” art plays a bizarrely large role. For a...

Young Trans Woman Fights Homelessness After Father’s Death

July 25, 2019

July 25, 2019

For Christine Coleman, troubling news has unfortunately been a constant since childhood. But not even experiences with foster care and...

DEAR AIDAN: Disclosing HIV Positive Status?

July 25, 2019

July 25, 2019

Dear Aidan: I am HIV Positive and am jumping into the dating world. I know that there is a stigma...

COLUMN: L.A. in the Ranking of American Cities for LGBTQ+ Dating

July 24, 2019

July 24, 2019

By David Cusick Across the US, the LGBTQ+ community is becoming more widely accepted each day and each year. Still,...

LA’s LGBTQ+ Certification for Businesses

July 13, 2019

July 13, 2019

Queer business owners rejoice!  The City of Los Angeles has announced the addition of LGBTQ certification to the Los Angeles...