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The Gotham Group announced today it has signed model, writer, director and transgender advocate Geena Rocero. Rocero is currently directing and executive producing the four-part original documentary series Caretakers, a partnership with the WNET Group's Chasing the Dream multi-platform reporting initiative. Caretakers…

John Cleese, famous for outraging millions in his Monty Python roles, is at it again. In a tweetstorm Sunday, the 81-year-old comedian defended J.K. Rowling and questioned aspects of transgender rights. "Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman. Is that allowed, or am I being unrealistic?" Cleese tweeted in…

Hollywood and politicians came together online today to voice their opposition to news that the Trump administration is considering limiting gender definitions to a label given at birth and determined by genitalia. The move is seen as a rollback on the gains of transgender people, who have seen rights progress in…

As MTV awaits word from the Pentagon on whether the Department of Defense will accept an invitation for transgender troops to attend Sunday’s Video Music Awards, Hillary Clinton has weighed in on what a progressive veterans’ organization calls Donald Trump’s “embrace of hate.” “Correct,” tweeted Clinton today…

“Some transgender people do undergo hormone therapy or sexual reassignment surgery as part of their transition; some do not. And interestingly, their decision on this matter is, medically speaking, none of your f*cking business,” John Oliver said on HBO’s Last Week Tonight, in re media questioning of transgender…