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Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s Methodist churches are about to split: Some accept LGBTQ people, others banish them

The region’s bishop says she just wants the 100k-person congregation to stay together.

7 years ago

A rainbow gay pride flag flies below the U.S. flag last year in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
NPR
Community

United Methodist Church announces proposal to split over gay marriage

The United Methodist Church announced a proposal to split the denomination over what it called "fundamental differences" regarding same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.

7 years ago

(From left) Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo, members of the cast of Avengers: Endgame in Los Angeles in April. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting a trans character, Feige says. (Willy Sanjuan/Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Marvel Cinematic Universe to get first trans character

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said a trans character will appear in a movie that is currently being filmed.

7 years ago

Marianne Mondt
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Huntingdon passes LGBTQ anti-discrimination law, a first for rural Pa.

Rural Pa. borough passes ordinance barring discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment and public accommodation.

7 years ago

(photo credit, Art Streiber / AUGUST)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Carmen Maria Machado: “In a Dream House”

Writer Carmen Maria Machado discusses her memoir. "In a Dream House" about her abusive relationship with another woman writer.

Air Date: December 17, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:03
The word 'they' is displayed on a computer screen on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in New York. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun their word of the year based on a 313 percent increase in look-ups on the company's search site, Merriam-Webster.com, this year when compared with 2018. Merriam-Webster recently added a new definition to its online dictionary to reflect use of
Community

Merriam-Webster declares ‘they’ its 2019 word of the year

A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own.

7 years ago

People listen as the New Jersey Assembly considers and votes on a half-dozen gun control bills Monday, March 26, 2018, in the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
Courts & Law

N.J. could be 9th state to ban ‘gay panic’ and ‘trans panic’ defenses in murder cases

Assailants may no longer be able to claim they acted in the heat of the moment when they learned of the victim's sexual orientation or gender identity.

7 years ago

Tristan Vaught (left) and Nancy Dawson are the co-founders of clothing exchange Transform. A 17-year-old client Elliot Reed (far right) was the first customer when the space opened. (Ann Thompson/WVXU)
NPR
Community

Wardrobe update: Clothing exchange caters to transgender youth

A simple Facebook post brought Tristan Vaught and Nancy Dawson together. The post asked if gender reveal parties should be reserved for transgender kids when they come out.

7 years ago

Flag raising at Philadelphia City Hall marks Trans Day of Remembrance (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Philly marks 20th Transgender Day of Remembrance with flag raising at City Hall

This is the 20th Transgener Day of Remembrance in the U.S. and the fifth year Philadelphia raised the trans flag at City Hall.

7 years ago

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, a framed copy of Avery Scurlock's memorial is shown in Avery's mother Brenda Scurlock's home in Lumber Bridge, N.C. Avery, who used the name Chanel when dressing as a woman in social settings and hoped to have sex reassignment surgery, was found shot to death in June. This death of a transgender person in North Carolina is one of 18 so far this year, and 17 of the victims have been black women. (Gerry Broome/AP Photo)
Community

For trans activists, recent setbacks temper long-term hopes

Amid their annual vigils for transgender homicide victims, activists in the U.S. are trying to maintain long-term optimism even as many hard-won protections are under threat.

7 years ago

An exterior of a prison is shown, with green grass visible in the foreground.
The Why
Courts & Law

When the rules for treating transgender inmates aren’t followed

The federal government has guidelines for how imprisoned transgender inmates should be treated. But a recent Philadelphia case shows those rules aren’t always followed.

Air Date: November 14, 2019

Listen 14:55
Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in 1998 because he was gay, spoke at the National Constitution Center to a summit of law enforcement officials on hate crimes and domestic terrorism. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Matthew Shepard’s mother guides police on handling hate crimes at Philly summit

Speaking in Philadelphia, Judy Shepard acknowledged progress and worried about complacency as violent hate crimes hit a 16 year high.

7 years ago

Trans people in the U.S. have turned to underground silicone injections for decades. And it has particularly impacted trans women of color and those living in poverty. (Anke Gladnick)
NPR
Health

For trans women, silicone ‘pumping’ can be a blessing and a curse

While cisgender people also get silicone injections, pumping in trans communities is largely done to help address gender dysphoria.

7 years ago

New Jersey prison officials will move a transgender woman to the state's only female prison after winning a lawsuit against them. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

N.J. to move transgender woman out of men’s prison after lawsuit

New Jersey prison officials will move a transgender woman to the state's only female prison after winning a lawsuit against them.

7 years ago

Researchers looked for genetic variants linked to sexual behavior in new genetic research that analyzed DNA from donated blood samples from nearly half a million middle-aged people from Britain who participated in a project called the UK Biobank. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Search for ‘gay genes’ comes up short in large new study

The research is the latest effort in a decades-long quest to understand the inherited component of sexuality.

7 years ago

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