U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
July 15, 2025
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Trump is ‘dangerously’ conflating gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
February 14, 2025
LGBTQ Activist Jeudy Charlot Dead; Some Fear Foul Play
The Haitian civil rights leader was working with an international organization to combat sexual and gender-based violence in his nation.
November 25, 2019
LGBTQ+ women face more challenges than men in running for office: report
Women from the LGBTQ+ community are often discouraged from running, find their qualifications questioned, and experience gender-based violence, according to Victory Institute.
March 27, 2024
Op-ed: How to Lessen Violence Against Trans Men
Boys Do Cry: Hatred and fear of transness and femininity undergird most gender-based violence, so protecting trans women will help protect us all.
July 17, 2015
Domestic violence nonprofits rocked by Trump funding freeze
Gender-based violence organizations have begun to self-edit their public-facing media out of fear they will lose federal grants essential to the provision of life-saving services.
February 10, 2025
Transgender women have a higher risk of HIV infections. A new CDC report reveals why
A new CDC report reveals that discrimination against transgender women is the main cause behind adverse health trends in the group.
January 28, 2024
HIV and Gender Inequality's Perilous Connection
Why are we moving so slowly in tackling HIV's assault on women?
April 11, 2016
Trump Admin Expands Anti-Trans Campaign to U.N.
U.S. diplomats are urging deletion of references to gender in human rights documents.
October 25, 2018
Sonya Passi: A New Approach To Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors
Passi discusses the "national crisis" of domestic violence and the need to financially empower survivors.
September 14, 2018
Why This Activist Is Biking 4,200 Miles This Summer
Trystan Cotten is taking advocacy to new lengths.
July 24, 2017
Mike Pence Is Covertly Weaponizing Language Against LGBTQ People
These attacks are part of a coordinated approach by the administration to strip LGBTQ people and women of their rights, writes Tarah Demant of Amnesty International.
December 14, 2018
Newest Tool to Battle Transphobia: Puppets
An actor in a new puppet-based video series for students says storytelling is how we'll break down the gender norms that hold us all back.
April 18, 2017
Decriminalize Transgender Sex Work, Urges New Report
Here’s what we learned from RedUP, NCTE & BPPP’s new report on trans sex work.
December 13, 2015
National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: New Progress, Old Challenges
Things are getting better, but not fast enough, writes Jennifer Sherwood of amfAR.
March 10, 2016
Will Trump Dismantle Women's Programs Hillary Clinton Set Up?
Officials in the State Department are reportedly "freaked out" by a request from the incoming administration.
December 23, 2016
How anti-trans policies are disrupting efforts to prevent genital mutilation
The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.
October 16, 2025
Trans Woman Michelle Washington Murdered in Philadelphia
Washington, who also went by the name Tamika, was shot to death on a city street.
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May 21, 2019
World's largest psych association passes policy supporting trans youth care by massive margin
The American Psychological Association, representing 157,000 members, has issued a resolution calling for an end to trans care bans and misinformation around care.
February 28, 2024
State Dept. omitting anti-LGBTQ+ actions from foreign human rights reports
This and other changes are detailed in drafts obtained by The Washington Post.
August 8, 2025
Suspect in killing of Black trans man Righteous Torrence 'TK' Hill identified by police
Hill was the founder and owner of Evollusion, a hair and beauty salon that was a safe space for the Black LGBTQ+ community in the Atlanta area.
April 12, 2024