The FDNY’s first transgender firefighter has been named a grand marshal at Manhattan’s Pride Parade. Brooke Guinan, 29, a transgender woman, will be among three grand marshals in the June 25 march.

On the Sunday of Pride March, the annual parade in New York celebrating the triumphs of LGBTQ people, the Fire Department of New York took to Instagram to post a powerful message from Brooke Guinan, a ...

When Brooke Guinan joined the New York City Fire Department in 2008 she publicly presented herself as a man. She had no idea that on Sunday she’d be one of the NYC Pride Parade’s grand marshals while ...

I’m not sure anyone could have written a better script than Brooke Guinan’s real life to truly focus on what it means to be a transgender person in a bigoted, “traditional” world. Here’s a woman born ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— The official Transgender Day of Remembrance is Sunday, Nov. 19, but on Saturday, the Pride Center of Staten Island celebrated and honored the lives of those lost. The Pride Center ...

NEW YORK — The 29-year-old firefighter came to the FDNY looking for a comfortable place to transition. Now, Brooke Guinan will act as one of the 2017 Pride March’s grand marshals. She’s previously ...

"If you said you were gay or lesbian, people got it. But if you said you were trans they were like, 'You're what?' " says Brooke Guinan NOTE FROM JESS CAGLE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, PEOPLE AND ...

Last month, the New York City Fire Department’s first and only transgender firefighter, Brooke Guinan, ignited a media storm after a poster of her — standing defiantly in a helmet, braces, and T-shirt ...

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to David France’s The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, about the murder of a transgender legend, known as “the Rosa Parks of the LGBT movement.” The film is ...

When Brooke Guinan joined the New York City Fire Department in 2008 she publicly presented herself as a man. She had no idea that on Sunday she’d be one of the NYC Pride Parade’s grand marshals while ...