EDGE New England

GLAD’s strong track record continues in 2013, with the ensuring of protections for transgender people and guidelines for Massachusetts schools, which they will work to ensure are enforced.

The MTPC and the Transgender Equal Right Coalition invite the transgender community and allies to participate in a Community Action Day on Jan. 17 at the Massachusetts State House.

New York City marked the 14th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 with events throughout the city, including a march across the Brooklyn Bridge.

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.

According to a recent study, transgender Coloradans are still facing some serious obstacles and discrimination, from workplace discrimination to unemployment to homelessness to health care inequalities.

The recent murder of a transgender community member in the Philadelphia area draws attention to an 11 percent raise in violent trans hate crimes this year.

Events in Dallas & Austin on Nov. 19, 20 & 21 to commemorate the sad history of violence against transgendered people in the U.S. & abroad & continued discrimination on all levels.

District of Columbia police have arrested a 20-year-old man who they say shot a transgender female.

Police in the nation’s capital are investigating the overnight shooting of a transgender person and the weekend death of an unidentified man wearing makeup and carrying high heels, authorities said Monday.

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) has launched a campaign for votes to win a Pepsi Refresh Project grant of $25,000 to build support and acceptance of transgender people through education.