In a year of remarkable progress for transgender visibility and rights, it’s tough to pick the top stories, let alone place them in any particular order.
This list focuses on North America in general and the United States in particular, reflecting North America’s leading role on many fronts of the movement.
Let's take a look at the ten trans breakthroughs for 2015…
10.
Trans prisoners and detainees
It’s been nearly two years since CeCe McDonald was released from prison after a gross miscarriage of justice, the culmination of a protest that brought focus to the extraordinary challenges faced by transgender prisoners. In a significant step forward, Chelsea Manning was allowed to receive trans-related health services as she serves her 35-year sentence in military prison. But the big event of the year was the attention brought to undocumented transgender migrants being held in detention centers by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Frustrated by the lack of action and the high rates of violence faced by trans detainees in federal custody, trans immigration activist Jennicet Gutiérrez interrupted President Obama during a White House LGBT event. That led to a national conversation about trans detainees (and a sidebar debate on the propriety of interrupting the President).
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