Ivory Aquino has been cast to portray Alysia Yeoh, the roommate and best friend of the titular superhero also known as Barbara Gordon, in upcoming HBO Max film Batgirl, as Variety reports. Aquino’s character first appeared in a DC Batgirl issue by Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf in 2011. …
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Over the past weekend, activists across the country have joined together to protest against police brutality and mourn the brutal death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. In the midst of the protests, another police killing of a black man …
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Conservative lawmakers in South Dakota are proposing a bill that would criminalize doctors treating gender dysphoria patients under the age of 16 with hormones, puberty-blocking medications, or gender transition surgeries. Democrats and libertarians who oppose the bill argue that it would prevent gender dysphoric teenagers from accessing needed treatment like …
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Layleen Polanco, a 27-year-old transgender woman being held at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, was found dead in her cell on Friday, NBC reports. Department of Corrections officers reportedly found Polanco’s body unresponsive in the Rose M. Singer Center for female inmates. Custodial staff performed CPR …
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“This is the only president who has turned his back on as many as 15,000 transgender service-members,” says Sheri Swokowski, a transgender veteran who served in the Wisconsin National Guard for 35 years. “Even since [President Trump’s] tweets, they are still getting up every morning, putting on their uniforms, lacing …
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