Sentence examples for transgender from inspiring English sources

The HDP ran on a platform defending the rights of ethnic minorities, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

It said being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender was illegal in almost 80 countries, and in at least five of these it was punishable by death.

Hegarty says that he now feels grateful for being transgender: "Expressively, emotionally, as an artist, as a singer".

Still, there's a difference between a celebrated transgender adult and a transgender child – it must have been frightening growing up.

As one of the few prominent transgender people, does he feels it's his duty to speak out? "I don't see it as a duty," says Hegarty, "I see it as more of a pleasure".

It was probably the best place for a transgender boy to be.

One wonders whether some people are still confusing transgender with gay or transsexual.

The London-based human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, said the Kuwaiti proposal was unjust and discriminatory towards transgender people.

As a transgender woman, Kelly knows all too well the potential violence people face when you're LGBT and you're having sex with someone who doesn't identify with that community.

Many non-American Indians have incorporated knowledge of Native American two-spirit traditions into their increasing acceptance of same-sex love, androgyny and transgender diversity.

This alternative gender status offers a range of possibilities, from slightly effeminate males or masculine females, to androgynous or transgender persons, to those who completely cross-dress and act as the other gender.