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When laws fail to protect trans people, harmful medicalized norms creep in

"Medical intervention for trans people, like all others, should be undertaken based on individual informed consent," writes Kyle Knight, co-interim director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program.

US v Skrmetti is a public health disaster

The stakes are high for trans youth, their families, and equitable healthcare.

Trump's latest order will devastate innocent trans youth and their families

Trans children only want to be their authentic selves, and this action will have severe repercussions, John Casey writes.

Elliot Page is 'angry and frightened' by anti-trans 'misinformation'

“I really want to encourage people to educate yourselves, to listen to trans people, to listen to trans youth, to listen to the parents of trans youth," Page said.

Montana's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Challenged in New Lawsuit

"This law represents government overreach on steroids," says Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Peter Renn.

Mass. Dept. of Education Issues Directive On Trans Students

A new directive from the Massachusetts Department of Education aims to make schools safe and affirming for transgender students by instructing administrators to let the youth use the bathroom and locker room corresponding to the student's gender identity.

Texas Investigates Parents of Trans Teen Under Abuse Law, ACLU Sues

"No family should have to fear being torn apart because they are supporting their trans child," said an ACLU of Texas representative.

Alabama's State Motto Is Something Governor Kay Ivey Ignores

If state legislatures believe they are defending the rights of all residents, they haven't been paying attention.

Freedoms for LGBTQ+ Americans Are on the Ballot: Make A Plan to Vote

Voters must choose lawmakers who will work to protect their privacy, private health decisions, and decisions personally affecting them and their families. 

Stepping Out as Allies to Stop Anti-Trans Attacks

For Pride Month, SAGE, the world’s largest advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders, donated $75,000 to the three leading national trans organizations to help the trans community fight back

Meet the Gay Combat Vet Who Will Run the American Medical Association

Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld on LGBTQ+ health and his plans to protect trans and queer youth.

South Dakota Advances Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

The South Dakota House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate, but not before the House's only out member, Kameron Nelson, spoke passionately against it.

Hundreds protest Pittsburgh hospital for caving to Trump and denying trans youth gender-affirming care

Almost 200 people alone showed up at UPMC’s hospital in Pittsburgh, home to the largest gender clinic in Southwest Pennsylvania, and continued to make their voices heard even as rain poured on the rally last week.

For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

The Undoing of the Mask Mandate Further Reveals America’s Selfishness

From anti-LGBTQ+  and abortion laws, to waning interest in Ukraine, and Americans short attentions span, and interest only in themselves is crippling our altruism.

Protests erupt across U.S. at hospitals complying with Trump's under-19 anti-trans executive order

Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.

Anti-trans CNN segment targets Harris’s support for providing gender-affirming care to those incarcerated

Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski are being criticized for the transphobic segment.

Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but faulty science used to justify it has changed over time

As in the 1930s, opposition to trans medicine today is part of a broad reactionary movement against what some far-right groups consider the “toxic normalization” of LGBTQ people.

Alicia Garza: You Don't Get Far Being Mealy-Mouthed

The longtime organizer discusses her book "How We Come Together When We Fall Apart."

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.