theGrio's 100: Isis King, America's first top trans supermodel
theGRIO's 100 - Isis King made history on the runway and on television, and she could become the first trans supermodel...
A transgender first lady on mag cover
theGRIO REPORT - In its fifth issue, upstart magazine Candy has embodied first lady Michelle Obama on its cover, modeled by transgender woman Connie Fleming...
Transgender prostitutes face abuse in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Transgender sex workers in Ivory Coast have been subjected to horrific abuses by the country's armed forces, including being sodomized with rifles, according to interviews with victims...
On the growing visibility of black LGBT women
OPINION - Imagine having two homes and not being welcomed in either one. That is undoubtedly how black LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) women feel in American society...
DC launches transgender respect campaign
theGRIO REPORT - Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent C. Gray and the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR) have launched an anti-discrimination ad campaign for members of the transgender and gender-non-conforming communities...
Police: Transgender woman stabs Philadelphia trolley driver
PHILADELPHIA - A SEPTA trolley operator was stabbed in the face following an altercation with a transgender woman on the 102 trolley early Friday, according to police...
Transgender model featured in American Apparel ads
theGRIO REPORT - Isis King is proving there is life after 'America’s Next Top Model'...
Transgender woman sentenced to 42 months in men's prison
Last year a 24-year-old transgender woman, Chrishaun 'CeCe' McDonald, was arrested for killing a man who harassed her with racial and homophobic slurs...
Janet Jackson to produce transgender documentary
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Janet Jackson has signed on as an executive producer of a documentary on the lives of transgender people living around the world...
Transgender woman's self-defense put on trial
CeCe McDonald, a black transgender woman, plead guilty to second degree manslaughter in order to lessen her sentence for the murder of a man that attacked her and a group of friends...
