Reclaiming lesbian: Why the label ISN'T problematic & the TERFs can't have it
Two proud lesbians take on the most complicated debates around the L word and explain why they will never give it up.
May 11, 2024
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley Seems to Think There's Only One Gender
The anti-LGBTQ+ Missouri Republican abandoned gender as a construct and, instead of the gender binary, embraced the unary.
September 22, 2022
The Latest Case of a Gay Man Taking Aim at Trans Lives
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.
April 14, 2017
Babies Can See Gender Stereotypes
Infants as young as 18 months can tell when gender norms have been violated, according to a Brown University professor's research.
October 24, 2012
Why Gender Is More Than Performance
Trans-bi author and activist Julia Serano decimates the often employed claim that 'all gender is performance' in this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, now available through Seal Press.
October 7, 2013
Trevor Project Study Finds One in Four Queer Youths ID as Nonbinary
The research comes from the organization's National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.
July 13, 2021
PHOTOS: Exploring Gender as Performance
Dutch transmasculine photographer Chris Rijksen uses his body and clothing to explore the 'multitudes' of gender identity.
September 9, 2014
Words to the Wise
A glossary of basic sex and gender terms you should know. Note: Terminology is hotly debated and ever-evolving.
December 3, 2007
Firefighter Dies in California Fire Sparked by Gender Reveal Party
The fire has been burning for weeks and has blazed through 21,000 acres.
September 18, 2020
Op-ed: Embracing Transgender Women
Why ignoring the differences between cisgender black women and transgender black women will lead to a less misogynist, less racist, less transphobic society.
January 28, 2014
Seattle Might Rename One of Their Schools After Marsha P. Johnson
A resolution was passed by the Seattle School Board to revamp its policies and curriculum so LGBTQ+ youth and identity are affirmed citywide.
June 30, 2020
WATCH: Trans Refugee Finally Finds Safety in New Zealand
After months of being rejected for asylum because she had not undergone any gender-confirming surgeries, trans refugee Eliana Rubashkyn says she can finally live as herself in New Zealand.
September 3, 2014
Montana Blocks Trans People From Changing Gender on Birth Certificates
The rule comes as LGBTQ+ rights groups sue Montana over another anti-trans rule made earlier this year.
September 13, 2022
Advocate Bookshelf Best Non-Fiction Transgender Books
Bookshelf: Best Non-Fiction Transgender Books
November 20, 2011
Op-ed: The Missing Stories Our Kids Need
Children's literature is too often a tale of two genders.
February 18, 2014
Regarding National Geographic's Trans Doc: Reductive Comes to Mind
This was a movie made for cisgender people by cisgender people, Julia Williamson writes.
February 28, 2017
Watch: 'Creepy' conservative influencer mocked for filming in all-gender restroom at Kansas City airport
A far-right media personality with Turning Point USA revealed that the only danger in a public bathroom is a right-wing extremist with a camera.
April 5, 2024
Maine Gov. Blocks Rules Protecting Trans Students
The Republican governor says a 2014 ruling in favor of a trans student's equal access requires the legislature to take action, not his administration.
February 5, 2016
Drag queen schools Marjorie Taylor Greene on gender: 'You have no idea what you’re talking about'
Drag queen Brigitte Bandit, who was born female, epically clapped back after Greene accused her of being a danger to women.
June 26, 2024
Life in the T zone
With the aid of testosterone, biological women are expanding the old ideas of male and female. But being gender-queer can involve health risks.
March 27, 2006