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Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is an international day of highlighting the existence and celebrating the achievements of people in the transgender commun

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is an international day of highlighting the existence and celebrating the achievements of people in the transgender communi

While other states are attacking LGBTQ+ rights, Massachusetts is supporting equality.

In her deeply personal documentary, filmmaker Kristen Lovell traces the importance of NYC’s Meatpacking District for the trans community.

In this episode we talk about the regressive criminal legal system rollbacks that were passed in April by state lawmakers.

NYC Will No Longer Prosecute Prostitution, Dismisses 900+ Cases By Michael W. Chapman | April 21, 2021 | 4:52pm EDT (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- The Manhattan District Attorneys office, headed by Cy Vance Jr., announced today that it will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage. The office also moved to dismiss 914 Prostitution and Unlicensed Massage cases, as well as 5,080 Loitering for the Purpose of Prostitution cases.  “...

New York’s ‘walking while trans’ ban targeted women of color, advocates say. Now it’s being repealed. The 1970s statute ‘led to the arrest of law-abiding transgender and cisgender women of color,’ Gov. Cuomo’s office said Make the Road New York community members at the 7th Annual Translatinx March in Queens in July 2018. (Courtesy of Make the Road New York) Cecilia Nowell Feb. 5, 2021 Bianey Garcia remembers the first time she dressed up “sexy” before going out on a date w...

What the Repeal of New Yorks Walking While Trans Law Means February 03 2021 3:17 PM EST Wearing a short skirt and high heels while standing outside. Being a woman with an Adam’s apple or big hands and feet. Waving at a car. Or just walking home from a subway stop or grocery store. Those are among the things that could get a person arrested under New York State’s law against “loitering for the purpose of prostitution,” especially transgender women who are Black or Latinx — hence the s...

Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday that repeals a state anti-loitering law, commonly called the "walking while trans" ban, that critics say police used to harass and arrest law-abiding trans people, in particular. The new measure effectively takes off the books a 1976 law that sought to prohibit loitering for the purpose of prostitution. Politicians and LGBTQ advocates say the law resulted in decades of discrimination by law enforcement. "R...

Asm. Amy Paulin on Repeal of "Walking While Trans" By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 6:00 PM ET Feb. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:00 PM EST Feb. 01, 2021 SHARE Advocates call Penal Law Section 240.37 a vestige of the 1970s, or "Stop and Frisk 2.0." It’s commonly referred to as "Walking While Trans" because it’s been frequently misused to i...