Jodie Patterson is a mother of five and entrepreneur living in New York. Her third son Penelope is anatomically female. In a short documentary produced by Cosmopolitan, Patterson speaks about how she raises her transgender son and what she has learned from him.

Philadelphia police have arrested Pedro Redding for the brutal murder of transgender woman, Kiesha Jenkins, ABC 6 reports.

NBCBLK, NBC's online space that focuses on the stories, news, and culture of the contemporary Black experience in America, has created a video series titled #blkOUT, which documents the stories and issues of queer and trans Black people today. In the following video, three couples open up about their relationships and the revolutionary beauty of being in love with and/or as a trans person.