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Report: GOP State AGs Abused Authority to Get Trans Patients’ Health Records
Committee Chair Ron Wyden chided Vanderbilt University Medical Center for its “utter betrayal” of transgender patients.

Tennessee GOP-Sponsored Bill Requires Schools to Out Trans Students to Parents
Experts say such laws threaten the mental and physical well-being of transgender children.

TN Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing People Who Help Trans Youth Access Care
“This is an absolutely horrifying development in Tennessee,” LGBTQ legislative researcher Allison Chapman told Truthout.

Federal Judge Rules FL Teacher No Longer Has to Be Referred to by Wrong Pronouns
The case will likely be cited in other attempts to bar trans students and teachers from using their pronouns in schools.

Nearly 9 in 10 Trans People in State Prisons Have Undergone Solitary Confinement
Solitary confinement was sometimes used “as a result of harassment, discrimination, or concerns for safety.”

LGBTQ Advocates to SCOTUS: Don’t Let Cities Criminalize Houseless People
Groups warn the Supreme Court that LGBTQ youth make up 65 percent of the chronically houseless youth population.

LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Urge Tennessee Governor to Veto New Adoption Bill
The bill risks exposing LGBTQ children in the state to religious abuse, conversion therapy and family rejection.

What Does Queer Ecological Resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline Look Like?
A new book explores the reclamation of Appalachian identity and interrogates settler colonialism in the region.

Nearly 1 in 4 Trans Adults in US Report Access to Care Disrupted by New Laws
A new poll confirms the impact of laws targeting transgender people over the past year.

Meet the Drag Artists Using Their Platforms to Combat the Genocide in Gaza
Drag artists are defying corporate media censorship to uplift the Palestinian liberation struggle.