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Texas Trans Kids' Families Fear Child Abuse Investigations
By Madeleine Carlisle
Inside the Right-Wing Movement to Ban Trans Youth From Sports
By Madeleine Carlisle
New Survey Finds Increasing Reports of Suicidal Thoughts Among LGBTQ Youth in the U.S.
By Madeleine Carlisle
Why It's a Mistake to Call Those Anti-LGBTQ Laws 'Don't Say Gay'
By s.e. smith
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Alabama's Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Could Have National Consequences
Katie doesn’t want to leave Alabama. The 15 year old has spent her entire life in the state. It’s home. But soon she may have to. On April 8, Republican Governor Kay Ivey signed a...
By Madeleine Carlisle
April 15, 2022
History-Making Trans State Legislator's Plan for Protecting LGBTQ Kids
Settling down with a chai latte in a coffee shop in Manassas, Virginia, Danica Roem acknowledges that some of the rumors about her are true. She did once do a keg stand on camera while...
By Madeleine Carlisle / Manassas, Va.
April 13, 2022
‘Don't Say Gay' Lawsuit Plaintiffs Speak Out
Lourdes Casares and Kimberly Feinberg have been together for over 17 years. After they wed in 2016 when same-sex marriage became legal in Florida, they thought they would be guaranteed all the “rights and privileges”...
By Madeleine Carlisle
March 31, 2022
I Know the Harm Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bill Can Do
Growing up, I never kept a diary. There were no journals hidden beneath my twin mattress, no spiral-bound collection of ruffled notebooks stuffed with private confidences. I was a voracious reader who devoured books in...
By Kristen Arnett
March 14, 2022
How Greg Abbott's Healthcare Rules Could Affect Trans Kids
When Lisa Stanton looked at her phone on Wednesday morning, she felt like she’d been “physically punched.” The day before, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a letter directing the state's Department of Family and...
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 24, 2022
Pediatricians Who Serve Trans Youth Face Harassment
Pediatricians who serve trans youth faced a wave of increased harassment. Access to crucial medical care could ultimately be at stake.
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 16, 2022
What Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Could Mean for LGBTQ Kids
On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden took to Twitter to condemn a controversial bill that’s swiftly moving through the Florida legislature. The proposed law, often referred to by critics as “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, bans...
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 9, 2022
Minneapolis City Council President Andrea Jenkins Interview
Andrea Jenkins continues to make history. In 2017, with her election to Minneapolis’ city council, the transgender activist became the first Black openly trans woman ever elected to public office in the United States. Just...
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 25, 2022
Anti-Trans Violence and Rhetoric Reached Record Highs Across America in 2021
2021 was the deadliest year for transgender and gender non-conforming people in the U.S. on record. At least 50 trans and gender non-conforming people were killed this year alone, per a report by LGBTQ advocacy...
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 30, 2021
Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy for LGBTQ Youth Can Help Save Lives, Study Finds
The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) is significantly related to lower rates of depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth, according to a study published in the Journal of Adolescent...
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 14, 2021
Class Action Lawsuit Shows How Foster Care Fails Trans Youth
Benjerman Xander entered foster care in Oregon as a 10-year-old in 2013. Ben had always felt wrong in his body, he tells TIME, but around the time he entered care, he began going through puberty,...
By Roxanna Asgarian
December 7, 2021
Librarians Grapple With Conservatives’ Latest Efforts to Ban Books
On Nov. 8, two members of a Virginia school board called for a book burning. During a board meeting that evening, the Spotsylvania County Public School Board unanimously ordered its school libraries to begin removing...
By Olivia B. Waxman
November 15, 2021
Twitter Suspends Lawmaker for Misgendering Biden Appointee
Representative Jim Banks’ official account called Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine a man
By Bill Allison / Bloomberg
October 24, 2021
Kiyoshi Kuromiya Helped AIDS Patients Get Life-Saving Info
About a twenty-minute walk from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, in a city of sites dedicated to heroes of the American Revolution, there's a tribute to a hero of the city’s LGBTQ+ community at the...
By Olivia B. Waxman and Video by Joey Lautrup
October 21, 2021
Lawsuit: Biden Administration Foster Program Rejected Woman for Being Gay
Kelly Easter wanted to help. Like many Americans, she watched the news in 2020 in dismay at the conditions awaiting unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Easter, a 47-year-old realtor, lives alone in her...
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 20, 2021
Barney Frank Looks Back—And Forward—After Decades of LGBTQ Advocacy
In 1987, Congressman Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, made history when he told the Boston Globe, “If you ask the direct question: 'Are you gay?' The answer is yes. So what?” The interview made...
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 19, 2021
Jamey Rodemeyer's Parents Reflect a Decade After His Death
TIME spoke with the Rodemeyers ahead of the ten year anniversary of Jamey’s death about their son’s life and legacy, and the progress yet to be made.
By Madeleine Carlisle
September 17, 2021
'A Queer Tax.' New Lawsuit Alleges Aetna Discriminates Against LGBTQ People Seeking Fertility Treatment
When Emma Goidel was denied coverage for her fertility treatments in September 2020, she was furious. A 31-year-old writer in New York City, Goidel and her partner were excited to try for a baby—and Goidel...
By Madeleine Carlisle
September 14, 2021
차별금지법과 평등한 세상을 향한 한국 성소수자들의 소망
This article can be read in English here. 서울에 살고 있는 박에디씨에겐 가장 기본적인 서비스를 받는 것 조차 어려움 투성이다. 그가 트랜스젠더라는 것이 공문서 상에 반영되지 않아 그의 정체성은 끊임없이 질문의 대상이 되기 때문이다. 성소수자청소년위기지원센터...
By Sungsub Billy Choo / Seoul and Sangsuk Sylvia Kang / Seoul
September 13, 2021
LGBTQ Koreans Eager for Anti-Discrimination Bill
South Korea could be about to pass anti-discrimination legislation, but for queer Koreans the fight is far from won.
By Sungsub Billy Choo / Seoul and Sangsuk Sylvia Kang / Seoul
September 13, 2021
‘Expect a Legal Challenge.’ Ouster of Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David Steeped in Controversy
Alphonso David was fired from his role as president of Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Monday night, just a month after the board had elected to extend his contract as leader of the powerful advocacy group—and...
By Madeleine Carlisle
September 7, 2021
How One Nonprofit Is Attempting to Help LGBTQ Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan
Thousands of people have attempted to flee Afghanistan this week as Taliban forces gained control of the country, culminating in the capital city of Kabul on Aug. 15. At least 400,000 Afghans have been forcibly...
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 18, 2021
A New Documentary Tells the Harrowing History of Conversion Therapy
Director Kristine Stolakis speaks with TIME about her new documentary 'Pray Away'
By Alex Rees
August 9, 2021
‘Our Opponents Are Getting Desperate.’ Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David on the Ongoing Fight for LGBTQ Rights
Alphonso David has been busy. The civil rights attorney became the eighth leader of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the world’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, just six months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck the...
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 4, 2021
Arkansas Transgender Health Care Ban Temporarily Halted
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Arkansas law that bans transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 21, 2021
Hungary’s Orban Proposes Referendum to Push Back Against E.U. on LGBTQ Law
Hungary's recent anti-LGBTQ law has sparked a furious reaction in the EU, including calls to cut off the nation’s funding
By Zoltan Simon / Bloomberg
July 21, 2021
‘A Serious, Violent Incident.’ Promotion of an ‘Anti-Trans’ Paperback Stirs Criticism of Amazon, American Booksellers Association
The American Booksellers Association apologized on Wednesday for including what the nonprofit trade organization described as “an anti-trans book” in a recent promotional shipment to members. “This is a serious, violent incident that goes against...
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 15, 2021
‘I Couldn’t Keep Putting Myself on Hold.’ In Missing Out on the Tokyo Olympics, Skateboarder Leo Baker Found Himself
“When I was very young, I was like, 'oh, I'm a boy. I just am,'” Leo Baker recalls of his childhood. For years, Baker tells TIME, he put questions about his gender on hold as...
By Leo Baker
July 15, 2021
Survey: 1 in 4 LGBTQ Youth Identifies As Nonbinary
Ahead of International Nonbinary People’s Day on July 14, new research released Monday by the LGBTQ mental health nonprofit the Trevor Project found that over one in four (26%) LGBTQ youth identified as nonbinary. An...
By Madeleine Carlisle
July 12, 2021
'Stories Can Be War.' How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Viral Essay Has Implications Far Beyond the Literary World
Last month, the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-published a personal essay that went so viral it briefly crashed her website. The piece, titled “It Is Obscene: A True Reflection in Three Parts,” addressed social media...
By Annabel Gutterman
July 1, 2021
Christian Colleges Must Do Better to Support LGBTQ Students
As a queer person of faith born and raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, I have only ever attended Christian educational institutions. I am a graduate of Andrews University, the Church’s flagship school in Berrien...
By Eliel Cruz
July 1, 2021
‘Here We Can Express Ourselves With Freedom.’ In Puerto Rico, A Trans Collective Is Reimagining Family Values
Among the rocks of their Caribbean archipelago, a group of trans artists and creatives in Puerto Rico have found their safe port. It is a harbor offering them safety and affirmation amid choppy waters. Both...
By Alejandra Rosa
June 29, 2021
Supreme Court Upholds Landmark Transgender Bathroom Ruling
On Monday SCOTUS declined to hear an appeal to a decision requiring a Virginia high school let a transgender boy use the boys restroom
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 28, 2021
Watch PRIDE: A TIME Summit
On June 25, 2021—in celebration of Pride Month—TIME hosted its second-annual virtual Pride Summit, convening leaders, activists and artists to share their insights on identity and creativity, as well as the path toward equality for...
By TIME Staff
June 25, 2021
Meet the Chinese Ex-Cop Creating a Global LGBTQ+ Community
How a gay lifestyle blog, run in secret by a Chinese policeman, morphed into an app with 63 million LGBTQ members worldwide
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
June 24, 2021
Changing the Game's Andraya Yearwood on Fighting to Compete
2021 will go down as one of the worst years for LGBTQ rights across the U.S. in recent history. Over the past six months alone, over 250 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced into state legislatures...
By Madeleine Carlisle
June 10, 2021
Not Enough Has Changed for Transgender People Under Biden
“No matter the result of this election, white supremacy will endure, patriarchy will endure, classism will endure, homophobia will endure, transphobia will endure, and more. Make sure your commitment to ending these systems of oppression...
By Raquel Willis
June 2, 2021
The Most Powerful Court in the U.S. Is About to Decide the Fate of the Most Vulnerable Children
When child custody cases come before family courts, judges endeavor to base their rulings on the best interests of the child. Overall, the court is less interested in which parent might have the most right...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Belinda Luscombe
May 28, 2021
Why the Senate Needs to Pass the Equality Act
It’s been just over 40 years since the assassination of Harvey Milk, the trailblazing gay activist who became one of the country’s first out LGBTQ public officials when he was elected to the San Francisco...
By Rosemary Ketchum
May 21, 2021
A New Crowdsourcing App Hopes to Serve as the 'Green Book' for LGBTQ People of Color
As Black Americans prepared to travel in Jim Crow-era America, they might have consulted the Green Book—an extensive travel guide of hotels, restaurants, gas stations and more that welcomed Black customers. The guide, which published...
By Madeleine Carlisle
May 18, 2021
Protesters Demanded Justice for Nina Pop. A Year After Her Death, What Happened to Everyone Saying Black Trans Lives Matter?
Someone recently asked me if I was hopeful for the direction of the movement to protect and defend Black transgender people’s lives. “No,” I answered bluntly. I continue to be disappointed by the lack of...
By Elle Moxley
May 3, 2021
Saying You Support Trans Rights Isn't Enough
Growing up, my best friend wore extensions in his hair, blue braids swinging down to his hips. He wore short leather skirts and platform boots. He bought me a fishnet top when I was 14...
By Emme Lund
April 1, 2021
Raquel Willis on Her Open Letter to Protect Trans Women
This year, lawmakers have thrust trans youth into the center of the culture wars. In the midst of a pandemic, when economic and health concerns are urgent, legislators in at least 28 states have introduced...
By Eliana Dockterman
March 31, 2021
What Asia's LGBTQ+ Movement Can Learn From Japan
Japan's LGBTQ+ movement offers a lesson into how queer activism can flourish in socially conservative East Asian societies
By Brian Wong
March 30, 2021
Queer Nigerians Find Bigotry on Clubhouse
Has the world’s hottest networking app become a hostile place for the LGBTQ+ community before it even fully launches?
By Nelson C.J / Lagos
February 26, 2021
What LGBTQ Lawmakers Want to See From Biden
In the 2020 elections, 334 openly LGBTQ candidates won office; the highest ever in any election year
By Suyin Haynes
January 1, 2021
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