Trudy Ring

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Trudy Ring

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday in U.S. v. Skrmetti (also known as L.W. v. Skrmetti), upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, is not the ruling trans people and their allies wanted. The court ruled 6-3 to uphold the ban, claiming it didn't discriminate on the basis of gender identity but simply banned medical procedures to treat certain conditions, such as gender dysphoria, in people under 18.

1 week ago | out.com | Trudy Ring

Juneteenth is a federal holiday observed every June 19 that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. Here's a look at how it came to be. Why is Juneteenth celebrated on June 19? That was the date in 1865 when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that slavery had been abolished. Texas was the last state where it was being practiced, and communications being what they were at the time, word had not reached there until then.

1 week ago | advocate.com | Trudy Ring

Sandra Valls is proof that you shouldn’t give up on your dreams. After a long career in stand-up comedy as well as appearances in film, theater, and TV, the lesbian actor, comedian, writer, and singer is realizing a cherished dream by making her Broadway debut at age 59 in Real Women Have Curves. The musical, which is in an open-ended run at the James Earl Jones Theatre, is based on the play by Josefina López, which was adapted into a popular HBO film starring America Ferrera.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Trudy Ring

LGBTQ+ people and allies have lost support on transgender rights not because of trans people themselves but likely because they’ve had a false sense of security about queer and trans rights, says U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride. And there are ways to win that support back, such as meeting people where they are and not expecting perfection, she says. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.

1 week ago | gaysonoma.com | Trudy Ring

Features/ Top Stories/ Transgender / Transsexual A Christian-owned spa in Washington State can’t discriminate against transgender women, a federal appeals court has ruled. Olympus Spa, which has locations in Lynnwood and Tacoma, has historically had a policy of admitting “biological women” only, “excluding, in addition to men, preoperative transgender women who have not yet received gender confirmation surgery affecting their genitalia,” notes the ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S....