Trans Pride, in its sixth year, supports the Seattle-area trans and gender non-conforming community. The event was a celebration, but also brought focus on continuing issues including the need for improved healthcare, calling for protections for transgender people who are navigating the immigration system and other causes.

This action challenges the constitutionality of an official federal policy of discrimination against transgender people regarding military service.

Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban on military service by transgender individuals.

The Seattle nonprofit is a plaintiff in one of two new lawsuits against the ban.

The administration said Wednesday that states should decide whether trans students should be allowed to use school bathrooms that match their gender identity, reversing guidelines issued by then President Obama.

The protest at Sea-Tac Saturday could become a common scene in Seattle.

A new proposed ballot initiative sets off a fresh clash over whether transgender people in Washington should be allowed to use the bathrooms of the gender with which they live.

Gender Justice League in partnership with Q-Law Legal Foundation, Teller and Associates, U.T.O.P.I.A., and King County Bar Association will be holding a name and gender marker change legal clinic on January 15 prior to the presidential inauguration.

Transgender people have made major strides in visibility and won important victories in recent years. Nevertheless, trans people continue to struggle with hate-based violence, economic marginalization, and social exclusion.