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People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study

Other operations, "while associated with higher rates of post-operative regret, are not as restricted and policed like gender-affirming surgery," a new study found.

7 Things to Do When Traveling While Trans

Our news editor has crisscrossed the country on planes, trains, and automobiles as an out transgender woman, and she's learned a few things along the way. 

What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?

Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.

Trump orders NIH to study gender transition ‘regret.’ Here's what we already know about it

Trump wants to study transgender people's "regret," but people are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery.

The untold story of Sally-Tom, who legally changed her gender in the 1860s

This excerpt from Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History by Eli Erlick dispels the myth that transgender people are somehow a new phenomenon.

Intolerable: Growing Up Gay in the Middle East

In this exclusive excerpt from his powerful debut, Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes, gay Arab author Kamal Al-Solaylee reflects on the first time he discovered the underground gay scene in Cairo.

The visible man

Female-to-male transgender people find that supervised testosterone therapy can work wonders, although surgical choices are more complicated. Part 8 in our ongoing Transgender 101 series.

Jan Morris Remembered as Gifted Writer, Transgender Trailblazer

Morris, who died Friday at age 94, wrote evocatively of world travels and her own gender journey.

Alicia Keys's Rejection of Makeup Is Not a Moral Decision

Makeup is not the enemy -- ask Rachel Maddow, Ellen DeGeneres, Laverne Cox, and even Neil Patrick Harris.

A Daughter's Diagnosis and a Refusal to Give in to Despair

This gay father has a lesson for finding joy in the most difficult of places.

Coming Out as LGBTQ — and Filipino-American

The two identities Darren Arquero loved and embraced were on a collision course.

Op-ed: In Defense of Aging

Why are gay men so afraid of getting older?

Op-ed: What I Learned Protesting in Ferguson

Every minority group in America is fighting some sort of war, be it social, economic, or political. Imagine what an army of minorities could do if we fought together.

Calories Are a Bullied Gay's Best Friend

Josh Sabarra shares how being bullied as a young gay teen led to an unhealthy relationship with food.

Op-Ed: Where'd You Get That Body From?

My ruminations on body issues, trans men, and penises of the gods.

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Does 'grow up' expire? The trans case for skipping adulthood's fine print

After watching Younger, I realized my transitioning is also about healing the younger self hiding away.

Irish Drag Queen Panti Bliss Makes History on Dancing With the Stars

How the legendary drag performer became an "accidental activist" and continues to break bounderies in queer representation on mainstream TV.

What Trans Movement?

Caitlyn Jenner's story is an important one. But stories like hers alone cannot sustain a movement of racially and culturally diverse trans men and women seeking community and visibility.

20 Great Gifts for Kids of All Ages

Queers have long been making our own kind of families, so it's not surprising many of us have found unique ways to expand those families. Whether you've got kids or fur babies, you'll find something to fill those stockings here. 

22 Marvelous Gifts For Anyone Who Likes to Look (or Smell) Marvelous

From butchy belts and men's boots to dead sea salts and a gel that promises to help obtain six-pack abs, there's something perfect for the fashionista, beauty maven, or narcissist on your shopping list.