Ariane Lange – TransOutLoud https://transoutloud.org Empowering the Trans Community Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:39:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://transoutloud.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/favicon.png Ariane Lange – TransOutLoud https://transoutloud.org 32 32 Transgender transitional services covered for state workers https://transoutloud.org/transgender-transitional-services-covered-for-state-workers/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:39:15 +0000 http://transoutloud.com/?p=7983 Governor Raimondo unveils policy allowing coverage of transgender transitional services for state workers.
Governor Raimondo unveils policy allowing coverage of transgender transitional services for state workers. Photo by Anita Baffoni WPRO News
By Anita Baffoni WPRO News

While states are passing laws restricting bathroom use for transgender people, Governor Gina Raimondo wants to continue pushing Rhode Island in the opposite direction, now by allowing health coverage for transitional services for state workers and their dependents 18 years and older.

Over 13,000 state workers are qualified for the coverage under their employee heath plan which will go into effect July 1. While the state is unsure how many transgender employees will take advantage of the coverage, Raimondo says it’s a way for Rhode Island to continue leading the country in transgender equality.

“There is no place for discrimination in Rhode Island, period, on any basis, race, gender, sexual identity.” Raimondo said while speaking at a transgender rights event. “That is not who we are and I’m so proud Rhode Island is a leader in not allowing discrimination.”

Gender reassignment surgery, hormones and prescriptions will all be covered with minimal increase to the individual’s health plan.

LGBT activist Gwendolyn Howard and Thundermist Trans Health Program Manager Jaye Watts told their experiences while dealing with transgender discrimination in their personal and professional lives and thanked Governor Raimondo and her leadership to continue making Rhode Island a safe place for the LGBT community.

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]]> Tinder to debut transgender-friendly feature next month https://transoutloud.org/tinder-to-debut-transgender-friendly-feature-next-month-engadget/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:54:37 +0000 http://transoutloud.com/?p=7224
Until recently, Tinder’s gender options happen to be rather, well, binary. It’s either men seeking women or the other way around. However, that will change according to Tinder CEO, Sean Rad. “There’s a transgender community on Tinder and we haven’t done enough to give them a good experience,” Rad told the guests in the Recode Code Conference on Thursday. And so, the organization will begin rolling out a far more flexible system that people canuse to identify themselves and specify who they’re seeking to get connected to. Rad didn’t get into much detail of the way the latest system would really work, though he did ensure that the options will be implemented over the following month and a half.

This move has come about as the controversy surrounding transgender rights grows. Certainly a portion from the community will react with anger, disbelief and threats to the policy change — you know, the manufactured rage that’s now status quo on the internet. However, trans men and women have as much of a right to online love as anyone else. And given all of the crazy shit that cishet people pull on Tinder, taking a look at you datenappers, maybe that anger is much better put in to more productive pursuits.

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