Global Trans Initiative

Arcus, NoVo Foundations Announce Global Trans Initiative

Read the original announcement unveiling the launch of the five-year trans philanthropy initiative.

As Violence Rises, Activists Fight to Set Up Gender Nonconforming and Trans Spaces

When the Lesbian Life Association, based in Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city, Abidjan, was established in the West African country in 2009, its founder went by the name Diane Ouattara and used the feminine pronouns “she” and “her.”

Trans and Gender Nonconforming People Demand Rights

When Victoria Villalba, at age 18, crossed the U.S. border into California last year, she expected to find a safe place to live away from the repeated assaults and discrimination she had faced as a transgender woman in Mexico, where she was born but had spent less than one-third of her life.