The dignity that these transgender people exemplify in this quick video is inspiring. It's also maddening that they have to have more understanding for others because others have less understanding for them. Take a minute to understand their stories better after the jump.

The slowly but surely growing LGBT rights in Cuba seem to have taken a major step in the right direction with the country's first legal gay wedding. Well, sorta-gay wedding. Get the details after the jump.

With his 50th birthday celebration, the debt ceiling and related-S&P credit down-grading in the news, President Obama's signing of a pro-gay proclamation barring violators of human rights from entry into the United States on Thursday might have slipped under the radar...

We've always been in awe of Calpernia Addams's smarts. The talented actress puts 'em on display (along with two of her other talents) in this short film from Andrea James for Frameline depicting the unparalleled difficulty trans actresses face on the audition circuit, titled "Casting Pearls." Follow the jump to check it out!

UCLA's Williams Institute keeps churning out the eye-opening gay-specific studies, with the latest finding that one-third of LGB people remain closeted in their workplace because of anti-gay sentiment or harassment. 

The ACLU is suing the state of Alaska on behalf of a transgender woman, alleging that the state denied her a driver's license listing her gender as female unless she provided proof that she had undergone a sex change operation. Details after the jump.

Yea, Amanda Lepore is always fun and fierce to look at, but when deciding upon a screengrab from her new music video "Turn Me On," the threesome of gorgeous Latin men employed into her care for the shoot really caught our eye. Follow the jump to watch Amanda's latest (NSFW-ish).

This summer gets better and better for the LGBT community. Details on the new law after the jump.

Transgender roles are hard enough to come by, but to have a transgender role and to have a transgender person play that role is almost unheard of. Hung did such a thing, unfortunately, they had to comment on it afterward. Read what the creator said after the jump.

As Pride takes over the White House today, President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services has announced a landmark plan to collect LGBT health data across the country. 

Last April, two men attacked a transgender woman in San Francisco near the 16th Street BART station. Even after a witness reported that they overheard one of the men say, "Oh, I hate men dressed up as women," the judge decided to drop the felony hate crime charges. Details after the jump.

While the Virginia prison keeping Ophelia De'lonta captive allows her to take female hormones, wear a woman's uniform and requires others to refer to her as "she," it refuses to transfer her to a woman's prison—or to help pay for her full gender reassignment surgery. Forced into legal gender limbo, Ophelia decided to take matters into her own hands...