Frank Ocean’s Tumblr writing has been as compelling as his music, somber and crisp meditations on his life and loves, and the place where, years ago, he came out as having once been in love with a man.

A trans woman named Pearl Love says she was assaulted and threatened last Thursday on the 4 train by a woman who also shouted slurs in reference to Love’s gender identity and race. Love captured part of the incident and uploaded it to her Facebook and YouTube accounts “so now you can understand what’s happening in my…

An unidentified American woman was forced from a public women’s restroom because she could not convince police that she is female.

On Thursday, April 21, 16-year-old trans high school student James Van Kuilenburg was forced to vacate a Ted Cruz campaign rally in Frederick, Maryland.

Republican state congresswoman Susan Lynn recently introduced a bill in Tennessee’s House of Representatives that would force public school students, kindergarten through 12th grade, to use the bathroom corresponding with the sex assigned to them at birth. Although she has not shifted her perspective on this issue,…

Parker Posey, a woman responsible for some of the funniest characters in modern film, was decidedly unfunny Wednesday morning, when she posted a tasteless photo on her relatively new Twitter account.

In response to the recent backlash over a North Carolina bill regarded as one of the most anti-LGBT forms of legislation in the country, Governor Pat McCrory has signed an executive order meant to “clarify” the finer points of the law.

A transphobic rap video made by a “concerned” Canadian mom in response to Alberta’s push for all-gender inclusive bathrooms has proven a now undeniable truth—that people will probably do things equally as idiotic as their viewpoints. Blessedly, this is what the Internet was made for.

The third episode of the rebooted X-Files, “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster,” was a welcome bit of awareness for a season that started out so self-seriously it was high camp. Written by Darin Morgan, a longtime X-Files contributor who was responsible for a handful of its most beloved episodes, “Were-Monster”…

A 20-year-old Marine has been convicted of killing a Filipina woman after he discovered she was transgender. Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton was convicted of homicide in the slaying of Jennifer Laude, who he met in a disco in October 2014. He killed Laude hours later by strangling her in a hotel room and pushing her…

Zoolander 2 won’t be out in theaters until next year, but the film is already receiving backlash due to an androgynous character played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

A small group has posted a petition called “Drop the T” to Change.org, broadcasting their demand that three eminent LGBT advocacy groups–Lambda Legal, the Human Rights Campaign, and GLAAD–sever their relationships with the transgender community. In other words, the “T” should be erased from the unifying acronym…

Bay Area shoegaze band Whirr was dropped from Run for Cover Records and Graveface Records Tuesday morning after sending out a barrage of transphobic tweets about the band G.L.O.S.S. the night before.

This is a really incredible unforced error: Sixt, a rental car company you’ve never heard of, made an ad encouraging Caitlyn Jenner to “try this crossover,” which is a type of car and also a tasteless joke about her transition. The ad remains up on their Twitter and Facebook, despite hundreds of people tweeting at…

Siri, queen of shade, is not afraid to put ignorant fuckheads in their places when they need to be put there. Last week, she railed against people who didn’t know you can’t divide zero by zero. This week, we’re learning she will not tolerate transphobia.

Okay, guys, Bruce Jenner speculation has officially become Too Much™ now that there are rumors of a Jenner/Kardashian E! network reality show documenting Bruce's transition from male to female. This is peak bullshit capacity, folks. We have jumped the fucking shark, and that shark is the size of Jaws. We're going to…