LGBTQ

Texas Trans Kids' Families Fear Child Abuse Investigations

"I’m just waiting for someone to knock on the door."

Inside the Right-Wing Movement to Ban Trans Youth From Sports

In the spring of 2020, Idaho became the first state in the United States to ban transgender girls and women from participating in women’s sports. Two years later, fifteen states have enacted similar laws. Trans...

New Survey Finds Increasing Reports of Suicidal Thoughts Among LGBTQ Youth in the U.S.

A new study by the LGBTQ suicide prevention nonprofit The Trevor Project found that over the past three years, the rates of suicidal thoughts have trended upward among LGBTQ youth in America.The survey, published Wednesday,...

Why It's a Mistake to Call Those Anti-LGBTQ Laws 'Don't Say Gay'

At least 16 states, including Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama, have introduced or passed “parental rights” legislation that bars discussion of LGBTQ subjects in schools. Specifically, educators are not allowed to instruct students...

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...

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...

‘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”...

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...

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 Protective...

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.

What Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Could Mean for LGBTQ Kids

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 “sexually...