Transgender Rights | Mohd Murtadha

Laverne Cox explores trans inmate struggles in 'Orange is the New Black' Season 4

by murtadha on June 20, 2016 with No Comments

WARNING: This story contains spoilers about Orange is the New Black Season 4. Laverne Cox may not have had a lot of screen time in Orange Is the New Black‘s fourth season, but her storyline was anything but insignificant. When viewers … Read More

Yale spotlights gender-neutral bathrooms for graduation ceremony

by murtadha on May 22, 2016 with No Comments

The nationwide debate over transgender-inclusive bathrooms just got another high-profile champion. Yale University, which affixed “all gender” signs to 23 of its bathrooms last fall, decided to promote its bathroom policy ahead of the school’s graduation ceremony on May 23. … Read More

The line in Loretta Lynch's defense of transgender rights that made everyone cry

by murtadha on May 11, 2016 with No Comments

When Attorney General Loretta Lynch delivered an impassioned defense of transgender equality at a press conference Monday, one line in particular stood out. Mara Keisling, founding executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Center for Transgender Equality, says she began crying when … Read More