Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'
Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.
June 27, 2024
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LGBTQ+ People Experience Health Disparities, Economic Insecurity: Poll
New polls from Data for Progress highlight this finding as well as a low sense of belonging among transgender Americans.
July 4, 2023
Trans People and Suicidal Ideation
A UCLA report details a high rate of suicide attempts by transgender Californians, but finds few disparities between trans and cis residents in terms of health care access.
November 1, 2017
80% of Transgender Americans Have Considered Suicide: Study
The data from UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute study showed that more than 80 percent of trans adults have considered suicide.
July 20, 2023
LGBTQ People Face Unique Challenges in COVID-19 Crisis
They work in sectors highly affected by the outbreak, have high rates of poverty, and more, says a new HRC report.
March 20, 2020
'Queer' Moniker Finds Favor Among the Young and Nonbinary
Young people may perceive "queer" as a more fluid identity than gay or lesbian, say researchers at the Williams Institute.
January 28, 2020
Federal student loan restrictions will disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ adults
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to have student loans and experience economic insecurity, poverty, and disabilities.
March 20, 2025
Why some lesbians and bisexual women experience poverty
Race and education level are involved, but there are differences among the two groups, according to a new study.
January 11, 2025
Transgender Adults Face Disproportionate Food Insufficiency
Almost half of the trans people in a new survey said they encountered issues paying standard household expenses such as food or rent.
March 29, 2022
Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness
Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.
July 14, 2025
Germany Considers Conversion Therapy Ban
The proposal would ban use of the discredited practice on minors and allow it for adults only under certain circumstances.
November 4, 2019
Most Transgender People Find Transitioning Positive: Poll
Even though trans people face hardships, transitioning has made them happier with their lives, according to a new survey.
March 23, 2023
The Farm Bill Will Take Food Out of the Mouths of LGBT Seniors
Trump's war on social programs hits the most vulnerable the hardest.
May 2, 2018
House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care: What you need to know
It would have terrible consequences for transgender Americans, impoverished LGBTQ+ people, and those living with HIV.
May 22, 2025
Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning federally funded gender-affirming care for trans people
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
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May 22, 2025
Why Canada Issued Travel Advisory for Its LGBTQ+ Residents Visiting the U.S.
There are many reasons for LGBTQ+ people to feel unsafe in the United States.
September 1, 2023
Gender-affirming care funding ban out of budget bill, but it still will devastate LGBTQ+ people
Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.
July 1, 2025
What Medicaid and SNAP cuts mean for LGBTQ+ people
Trump's "one big, beautiful" tax and spending law is poised to make drastic cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — programs on which many LGBTQ+ Americans rely.
July 16, 2025
Many trans Americans are living in fear. But LGBTQ+ advocates see a reprieve in statehouses
The number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being signed into law has shifted in the last year, leaving advocates feeling “cautiously optimistic” over a turning of the legislative tide.
April 16, 2024
Can trans rights survive in a Republican-controlled Congress?
Here’s what trans people should know about how a new Congress, and the first days of Trump’s presidency, could shape their lives.
January 12, 2025
Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but faulty science used to justify it has changed over time
As in the 1930s, opposition to trans medicine today is part of a broad reactionary movement against what some far-right groups consider the “toxic normalization” of LGBTQ people.
February 4, 2024