Transgender

Advocates Call on City to Protect Transgender People Behind Bars in the Trump Era

April 25, 2025, 5:00 a.m.April 28, 2025, 1:01 p.m.

As the White House and Department of Justice attack funding for trans issues and their very rights, local leaders want state and city lock ups to act proactively.

Trans tennis athlete Cammie Woodman practices in Bed-Stuy Tuesday morning.

Parks

Trans Athlete Claims Amateur Brooklyn Tennis League Kicked Her Out

April 1, 2025, 11:49 a.m.April 1, 2025, 12:11 p.m.

Cammie Woodman says she was booted from a league that uses Parks Department courts after a cisgender woman complained about losing to a trans player.

Transgender

Uproar at Stonewall After Feds Remove Mentions of Trans Identity

Feb. 14, 2025, 3:48 p.m.Feb. 14, 2025, 4:05 p.m.

Following Trump’s directive to restore “biological truth to the federal government,” the National Parks Service scrubbed the word “transgender” from a website describing the historic plaza where trans (and gay and lesbian) people famously rioted for their rights.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Lucy Sante on Writing an of Her Life, and Her Transition

March 30, 2024, 9:49 a.m.March 30, 2024, 9:55 a.m.

The long-time New York City chronicler returns to FAQ NYC for an in-depth conversation with Alex Brook Lynn and Harry Siegel about her new memoir of transition, I Heard Her Call My Name, and how “it just came out, a fire hose.” If you like what you’re hearing, please spread the word, and subscribe on Apple […]

Rikers Island

City Council es Bill To Restore Reentry Services to Trans Women on Rikers Island

June 8, 2023, 9:30 a.m.Oct. 17, 2023, 12:24 p.m.

Under Eric Adams’ commissioner, the Department of Correction gutted a specialized LGBTQ+ unit at Rikers. But following an investigation by THE CITY, lawmakers are pushing back with new legislation.

Rikers Island

Under Eric Adams, a Rikers Island Unit That Protected Trans Women Has Collapsed

Jan. 24, 2023, 5:00 a.m.April 12, 2023, 11:52 a.m.

A decade ago, New York City set out to lead the nation in efforts to incarcerated trans people. Now detainees tell THE CITY that they are stranded in all-male housing units, subject to physical violence and sexual assaults.

Housing

Human Rights Officials Won Big Discrimination Case for Transgender Woman, Then Went Silent

March 25, 2021, 6:50 a.m.March 25, 2021, 10:45 a.m.

City lawyers filed a petition in State Supreme Court seeking additional penalties against a real estate broker who discriminated against Giana Desir but hadn’t paid up in a year. It was news to her.