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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Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.
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Young people may perceive "queer" as a more fluid identity than gay or lesbian, say researchers at the Williams Institute.
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Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more will harm the community.
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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.
The data from UCLA Law School’s Williams Institute study showed that more than 80 percent of trans adults have considered suicide.
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to have student loans and experience economic insecurity, poverty, and disabilities.
The proposal would ban use of the discredited practice on minors and allow it for adults only under certain circumstances.
Trump's war on social programs hits the most vulnerable the hardest.
The Human Rights Campaign called the bill "cruel."
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.