Baton Rouge – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — condemned the Louisiana Senate passage of…
Geri Judd is remembered by her friends as an active participant in marches for transgender justice. Judd, a transgender woman, was fatally shot in Bossier City, Louisiana in September 2021.…
Keeva Scatter, a 34-year-old Black transgender woman, was found fatally shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 15, 2021. TransGriot reported Scatter’s death, but there is very little information about…
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Pooh Johnson, a 25- year-old Black transgender woman who was fatally shot in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 23, 2021. Johnson’s…
LOUISIANA — Today, the Louisiana House of Representatives voted 68-30 to sustain Governor John Bel-Edwards’ veto of Louisiana SB 156, a bill that would have banned transgender athletes, particularly girls…
BATON ROUGE, LA — Today, on the final day of regular session, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed Senate Bill 156, an anti-transgender bill that would ban transgender girls and…
BATON ROUGE, LA — Today, the Louisiana state legislature sent Senate Bill 156, an anti-transgender bill that would ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports consistent with their…
HRC is horrified to learn of the death of Brooklyn Deshuna, whom some reports identify as Brooklyn DeShauna Smith, a young Black transgender woman who was killed in Shreveport, Louisiana,…
The Human Rights Campaign is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Kee Sam, a Black transgender woman, in Lafayette, Louisiana. Sam was shot at a hotel on August…
Hardy's death is believed to be the at least 25th violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person this year in the U.S.
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