Downtown's Metropolitan Detention Center will have a separate area for transgender arrestees as of the end of the month, according to City News Service. The area will be in the women's jail, and will serve as a holding area for both transgender men and women. The decision was announced by the LAPD at a meeting last night with transgender activists and community members. more ›

Thursday night, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck is hosting a community forum that will discuss the force's new procedures for interacting with members of the transgender community. more ›

The Girl Scouts are awful aren't they? They've been giving young girls the chance to learn skills, make friends, achieve goals, and feel better about themselves for over a century. How dare they? Then one troupe goes and does something progressive to help a youngster experience a sense of belonging: They let a transgender child in. In response, a California teen is calling for a total cookie boycott. more ›

The transgender woman shot and killed in Hollywood on Thursday night has been identified as a street prostitute who prefered the name Cassidy Vickers. The victim was reportedly shot in the chest around 9:55pm on Lexington Avenue and Gower Street. more ›

The body of a transgender person was found on the streets of Hollywood last night after residents called police to report hearing guns being fired. According to KABC, the victim was shot in the chest. Witnesses saw a man leaving the area shortly after hearing shots go off, but no one has been arrested in connection to the death. more ›

The LAPD is hosting a forum tonight for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, along with several other police officials and LGBTQ community and business leaders will be in attendance, giving the public the opportunity to engage in dialogue about the LGBTQ community within the City of Los Angeles. more ›

After appearing on MTV's Reality Show "True Life," Domaine Javier - a transgender woman - was expelled from her nursing program at California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside. The 24-year-old student revealed on the show that she is biologically male, inciting a major roadblock in her career path. more ›

Where there's a high-profile kerfuffle, there's Gloria Allred at the ready to throw in her two cents' worth when it comes to injustice and the human condition. The controversy surrounding transgendered celeb offspring Chaz Bono's upcoming participation as a male tango and cha cha partner on TV's "Dancing With the Stars" has now proven no exception to the Allred rule. more ›

This week's announcement that Chaz Bono is part of the new cast of "Dancing With The Stars" brought out the haters and the transphobes -- over at the DWTS message boards, viewers suggested that the show was no longer family-friendly and that the producers were pushing a homosexual agenda. more ›

Stories about hopefuls flocking to Hollywood for a chance in the entertainment industry is nothing new. And while it's not unheard of, seeking that chance as a young transgendered person presents its own challenges and opportunities. For 21-year-old Sethesha, who moved here four years ago with those aspirations, Los Angeles feels like home no matter what she's doing. more ›

Police this afternoon officially announced an arrest in last year's brutal murder of Paulina Ibarra. Jesus Catalan stands accused of killing the 24-year-old transgender woman in her East Hollywood apartment on August 28th, 2009. more ›

At a rally at Cal State University Long Beach yesterday, the transgender man who was attacked on campus earlier this month said the suspect carved the words "it" into his chest. "For those of you who don't know why 'it' is such a derogatory term, it takes away a person's humanity. It takes away their personhood. It makes them less than human," Colle Carpenter he said at a rally. more ›

Cal State Long Beach grad student Colle Carpenter was the victim of a violent on-campus attack, however the school has since been criticized for how they handled the incident according to LA Now. Carpenter, who is transgendered, was confronted in a campus restroom by his attacker, who then "pulled Carpenter's T-shirt over his shoulders and head and used a sharp object to slash his chest." more ›

Although two major gay rights bills were signed by Governor Schwarzenegger this weekend, two dealing with transgender issues were vetoed. One would have aided transgender people to revise their birth certificates and the other would have provided protections for transgender people in prison. more ›

For the first time in U.S. history, a marching band comprised of Americans identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer, will perform in the Presidential Inaugural Parade. Of the 177 musicians from twenty six states representing the Lesbian and Gay Bands Association (LGBA), four will represent Los Angeles. more ›

Sparked by the unsolved 1998 murder of Rita Hester, the Transgender Day of Remembrance has grown from a little candlelight vigil on the streets of San Francisco to a worldwide memorial in major cities across the world. This Thursday marks the 10-year anniversary of that event and the city of West Hollywood will celebrate it with a reception, memorial service and a 9 p.m. candlelight march that will travel west on Santa Monica Boulevard to the Matthew Sheppard Square at the intersection of Santa Monica and Crescent Heights where a memorial service will encourage members of the transgender community to take a stand for their rights. more ›

Mayor Villaraigosa was scheduled to speak at tonight's Human Rights Campaign Annual Gala in San Francisco, but canceled this morning after the group was accused of excluding the transgender community. HRC, which is a national gay rights group, is reportedly supporting a federal civil rights bill that protects gays, lesbians and bisexuals from workplace discrimination, but not transsexual and transgender people. more ›

Thousands poured onto West Hollywood and Los Angeles streets this weekend for LA Pride. From the parade to the two Dyke Marches (photos forthcoming), there was much to celebrate as next week is the beginning of recognized same-sex marriage in California. more ›