In an exclusive interview with Broadly, the beloved philosopher and author of "Gender Trouble" discusses extreme violence against transgender women in 2015.

After community debate, Mount Horeb [Wisconsin] School Board approves transgender measures. By Doug Erickson.

A transgender woman who told her friends she would kill herself if she was sent to a male prison has been found dead in jail. Vicky Thompson, 21, was being held at Armley, Leeds, where she was pronounced dead on Friday. Friends of Ms Thompson, who was born male but had identified as female since her mid-teens, said she had asked to be sent to a female prison.

In 1968, Wendy Carlos brought electronic sounds into the mainstream.

As binary gender identities become increasingly fuzzy, one might expect it won’t be long before it will be non-existent. Unfortunately, society is only going to get so far down that road before it’s stymied by a cognitive feature of our brains. Let us explain.

Claudia Delfin has spent her life shuttling between El Paso and Juárez—for a time, under the thick fog of drugs and addiction, as a sex worker and minor gangster. She’s been clean for eight years and now works as a drug counselor for a local nonprofit, hauling addicts out of the same slums where she used to score and delivering them back to life, if they’ll let her. By Jonathan Blitzer.

The boys’ bathrooms and girls’ bathrooms will become just bathrooms at the first San Francisco school to go gender-neutral. Miraloma Elementary started removing the circles, triangles and stick-figure signs from restrooms at the start of this school year, in part to acknowledge six to eight students who don’t fit traditional gender norms — kids who range from tomboys to transgender, said Principal Sam Bass.

Two gender pioneers talk transitioning in public, paranormal phenomena, courage, boobs, Caitlyn Jenner and the way we perceive gender and sexuality.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has modernized the standard and process for changing gender markers on birth certificates.  As a result, proof of surgery is no longer required. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders has worked extensively with advocates and policymakers in Massachusetts and throughout New England to implement this vital change.

Prompted by her father’s own decision to transition, Jessica Walton is crowdfunding her children’s book which tells the story of a teddy bear who identifies as female

According to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, transition care for transgender members of the US military, would cost around $5.6 million annually.

Unlike fashion trends that come and go, transgender inclusivity is steadily growing. Nef and De Hingh are no strangers to the fashion scene. Amsterdam born De Hingh, represented by IMG Paris, has been featured in Love and Vogue Italia. Nef was recently signed with IMG worldwide straight out of college. She walked in this past spring's New York Fashion Week and is joining the cast of Amazon's Transparent series.

Raised a girl, became a boy, and now? From navigating public bathrooms, to choosing what to wear, Tyler Ford on living as a genderless person

For Kingston Farady, a daily ritual of taking care of body, mind, and spirit became crucial as he took on the challenges of transitioning his gender.

Hollywood "history" is written, and rewritten, to appeal to the straight white people of middle America.

"The Shape of My Name" by Nino Cipri is a time travel story about what it means to truly claim yourself.

As US reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner's latest show on her transition to life as a woman premieres, Australian transgender women talk about their complex quest to be themselves while society plays catch up. By Margaret Burin

The past few months have been an unusually vocal period for Hollywood actresses. In the wake of the Sony hacks, which revealed that some of the industry’s A-list actresses were often being paid much less than their male costars, and Patricia Arquette’s rousing Oscar speech decrying the wage gap, high-profile performers have continued to be outspoken about sexist practices endemic to the industry, using interview opportunities to share their own horror stories from their time in the field.

What all the teens agree on is this message to adults: If you think coming out as transgender is a passing ‘phase,’ just look at the myriad hurdles, logistics, and conflicts involved.

Gender recognition bill will eliminate need for medical or state intervention and comes months after the country voted for same-sex marriage