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Biden Offers Support to Trans Americans on Transgender Day of Visibility
The president released a statement of affirmation, plus a new report on mental health and a call for support across the federal government.
Transgender Suicide Is More Than a Mental Health Issue
Government policy and legislation impact lives just as much as the availability of health care services.
Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans
Rigorous and long-standing research demonstrates that LGBTQ+-inclusive policies support safer communities and stronger economies for everyone, while exclusionary laws worsen and limit access to essential services.
Bisexual and transgender adults report loneliness twice as much as straight adults: CDC
Bisexual and transgender adults also reported having the highest rates of stress, frequent mental distress, and histories of depression.
National Intervention Needed to End Conversion Therapy
As pastors challenge Illinois's ban on "ex-gay" therapy for minors, Equality Illinois CEO Brian C. Johnson calls for a nationwide end to the discredited practice.
Strengthen mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth through public-private partnerships
The LGBTQ+ youth mental health crisis is real and urgent. With alarming rates of suicide attempts and barriers to care, we must act now, writes Kooth Digital Health's Dr. Beth Pausic.
Kentucky leads the fight against conversion therapy amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation
Kentucky has become a beacon of hope against the current political climate targeting queer people, writes Kentucky state Rep. Lisa Willner.
Janelle Monáe Honored as Trevor Project Suicide Prevention Advocate
The LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization awarded the honor for the first time last year when it went to singer Lil Nas X.
How the Supreme Court’s conversion therapy case could reshape LGBTQ+ protections across America
Here's what to know about the case as oral arguments tee off the high court's next term.
Almost 200 members of Congress call on the Supreme Court to uphold bans on conversion therapy
Lawmakers are asking the high court to uphold states’ rights to ban the dangerous practice.
Pennsylvania regulatory health boards condemn conversion therapy
Those who subject minors to the procedure may face discipline, they warn.
Walking the tightrope: Being a queer therapist in a system built to erase us
Opinion: When therapy honors chosen family, queer joy, and resilience, it does more than heal—it resists, argues Whitney Coulson.
Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.
A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Trevor Project condemns end to federal LGBTQ+ youth crisis line, stresses its services will go on
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
Mutual aid saved my life. Now, I’m paying it forward
The community stepped in when the system failed Gabrielle Inès Souza. She reflects on how leading The Okra Project returns that care to others.
How the ACA Repeal Will Impact HIV-Positive People
Obamacare is not perfect, but it's still a lifeline for tens of thousands of us.
WATCH: Oregon's Bi Gov. Emotionally Bans Conversion Therapy
Young people shouldn't be broken down because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, says the state's bisexual governor. And now they won't be -- at least in Oregon.
Sen. Rand Paul Rants: Trans Inclusion Will 'Destroy Girls' Athletics'
The Republican from Kentucky went on an anti-trans tirade at a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education nominee Miguel Cardona.
When Sharing Pain Makes Us Stronger
Trump's trans military ban caused pain to all of us -- and we must stand together to fight back, writes Jessie Earl.