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Read Susan Stryker's foreword to Nico Lang's book on trans youth, American Teenager (exclusive)

"Lang offers space for [trans youth] to tell their own stories while pro­viding helpful context for the audience. The stories Lang’s subjects tell are heartbreaking, sweet, infuriating, and inspiring in equal measure," writes trans studies scholar Susan Stryker in the foreword to Nico Lang's book American Teenager.

Families ask appellate court to overturn Florida's youth trans care ban

“As a parent, it is heartbreaking to see my right to make healthcare decisions for my child taken away by political bullies, and the hurt and harm that has caused my child,” one parent of a trans youth said in a new legal brief.

White House clarifies support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth after backlash (exclusive)

The Human Rights Campaign led an effort to get the White House to clear up its previous statement opposing some treatment options for transgender Americans.

Texas doctor charged for leaking health records of transgender kids to far-right extremist

Eithan Haim allegedly stole private health records of transgender kids who weren’t his patients and gave their medical information to an anti-trans activist.

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A second Trump term would double down on erasing transgender rights. Here’s how advocates are preparing.

“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.

Colorado Republicans tell parents to take kids out of school over fears they ‘turn more kids trans’

The state GOP sent out a bigoted email filled with misinformation.

In the Mississippi Bible Belt, a Family Wrestles with Raising Trans Kids in the Mormon Church

Amid the surge of anti-trans bills in America, this Mississippi family is still trying to raise trans kids in a faith that tends to have a strict binary view of gender.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers Vows to Veto Anti-Trans Legislation

Lawmakers are considering bills to ban gender-affirming care for youth and bar trans girls and women from female school sports teams.

Florida Subpoenas Medical Associations Over Trans Youth Care

It comes as the state's GOP-controlled legislature has passed a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session.

Karine Jean-Pierre to LGBTQ+ Community: ‘President Has Their Back’

The White House press secretary asked Americans to consider what it’s like to be a trans or queer kid in the country today.

Utah GOP Senator Explains Why He Supports Trans Kids & Adults

The state lawmaker says Republicans worry that accepting transgender people will lead to an outbreak of new trans people nationwide.