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BOSTON (AP) _ Boston is banning city travel to North Carolina in response to a new state law that critics say discriminates against gay and transgender people. The Boston Globe reports that Boston's city council approved a measure this week prohibiting taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina...

BOSTON (AP) _ The state's two largest teachers unions are backing legislation that would expand a 2011 Massachusetts law that bans discrimination against transgender people in the workplace and in housing. Presidents of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers said Monday they support the legislation...

A U.S. Marine has asked a Philippine court to reverse his conviction in the killing of a transgender Filipino and also sought a reduction of his six to 12-year jail term and bail.

A U.S. Marine is on his way to jail for killing a transgender woman in the Philippines.

I'm not afraid to say it. I don't get it. Straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender. I get all of those. While I don't necessarily agree with some of them, it's clear to me that it's one gender or the other. So what on Earth is gender-neutral...

Jennifer Bradford of Fort Worth, Texas decided to create a petition on Change.org on Tuesday, June 2nd. She was hoping for about 5,000 signatures to support her request for the International Olympic Committee to take back the gold medal Caitlyn Jenner won in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics...

Bruce Jenner revealed "Her" on the cover of Vanity Fair. Twitter is blowing up with words of encouragement for Jenner, after years of living as Bruce. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn! Annie Leibovitz took these photos of Jenner as a woman...

I've learned what I feel is a very valuable lesson. Earlier this week, two precious lives were ended when the car they were driving crashed in Mattapoisett. One of the victims was a female-to-male transgender. Before we take a look at what my lesson was, it's important to understand several things...

The trial of a U.S. Marine from New Bedford charged with murdering a transgender Filipino has begun in a Philippine court.

The Philippines has rejected an appeal by a U.S. Marine from New Bedford that it drop a murder case against him in the death of a transgender Filipino woman last year.