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Opinion: In a stunning Supreme Court ruling, Tennessee's law mandating minors embrace their birth sex has ignited fierce debate over bodily autonomy, revealing a troubling intersection of religious zealotry and state power in the fight for individual rights across America.
As legislation targeting the trans community increases, it is important to ground ourselves in the details of the laws that impact us, writes Riki Wilchins.
For trans people, the question isn’t “Are trans advocates being too loud and strident,” but “How am I going to survive the next four years under Trump?” Riki Wilchins says.
A look at the winding road to Monday's SCOTUS ruling that codified employment protections for all LGBTQ+ Americans.
Much has changed since Kimberly Peirce's groundbreaking film, and Riki Wilchins doesn't love all of it.
Good luck with that, Junior.
The gay conservative jumps the shark with his latest New York column. Maybe a career at Breitbart awaits?
Making anti-LGBTQ parents responsible when their children die from suicide may be another step in ending this plague, writes Riki Wilchins.
It's nearly three years since the author of Stone Butch Blues left the world, and Riki Wilchins is still grieving.
Trump tried to make trans people into scapegoats. It's not working.
Donald Trump maybe be ginning up transphobia to save his imploding presidency, but he's actually to the right of many Republicans on the issue.
A surprising experience in South America has this writer pondering the larger issues involved in bathroom access.
Making South Florida's queer community inclusive of trans people was a Herculean feat, Riki Wilchins recalls.
The growing media focus on the concept of de-transitioning is yet another way to delegitmize transgender people, writes Riki Wilchins.
Our vernacular is evolving -- especially when it comes to discussing LGBTQ lives -- but not fast enough for some impatient folks.
From Sense8 to Alien: Covenant, the future appears to be binary.
Before a trans contestant was outed by a gay man on Survivor, Andrew Sullivan insinuated that trans people are capricious with their identities. Enough is enough, writes Riki Wilchins.
These are scary times, but good news can be found -- even at the Social Security office.
Young folks are chipping away at the gender binary. We should embrace their courage, not run from it.
