menu
International News

Trans woman Robbi Mecus dies after falling 1,000 feet from Alaskan mountain

Graham Robson April 29, 2024

Robbi Mecus, a 52-year-old trans woman from New York, has died after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing on an Alaskan mountain. The forest ranger died after she and her climbing partner fell while they ascended Mount Johnson, an 8,400ft peak. The other climber, Melissa Orzechowski, 30, from California, survived the fall but suffered “serious […]

Read More
Theatre

I Wish: Le Gateau Chocolat to bring “a new fable for our times” to London, Manchester and New York

Graham Robson February 22, 2024

I Wish, a fantastical one-person show filled with song, is to show at London’s Unicorn Theatre, Manchester’s HOME and New York’s New Victory Theatre. Co-created and performed by Le Gateau Chocolat, I Wish tells a new fable for our times – one of self-discovery, acceptance and joy. In many a fairy-story there are wishes granted […]

Read More
General News

Activists create Marsha P Johnson monument in New York

Rachel Badham August 31, 2021

The first-ever statue of black trans activist and Stonewall trailblazer Marsha P Johnson has been installed in New York City.

Read More
General News

New York proposes bill to simplify the self-ID process for trans people

Rachel Badham June 11, 2021

New York is striving to make the process of changing gender markers on legal documents easier for trans citizens.

Read More
General News

Trans woman files lawsuit against the NYPD

Rachel Badham February 14, 2021

DeAnna LeTray has filed a lawsuit against the state police department after claiming to have been unlawfully detained, harassed and sexually assaulted by officers in 2017.

Read More
General News

Update: New York repeals anti-trans law

Rachel Badham February 6, 2021

New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, has signed the repeal of an anti-loitering bill which allowed police to target trans people in public.

Read More
General News

New York to repeal anti-trans law

Rachel Badham January 26, 2021

New York lawmakers are to review an anti-loitering bill, known as the ‘walking while trans’ ban which allowed police to target trans people.

Read More
X