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Trump Administration Targets Trans Health Care Protections
A new Department of Health and Human Services rule will roll back discrimination protections for transgender people.
‘Stonewall Generation’ Confronts Old Age, Sickness — And Discrimination
By 2030, about 4.7 million of LGBT people in America over 50 will need elder care.
All I Want for Mother’s Day Is Equality for My Child
My child has fought her whole life for her right to exist. This administration wants to take that right away.
New Trump Rule Permits Anti-LGBTQ Health Care Discrimination
Those who refuse to provide health care services based on religious or conscience objections will have protections.
The Crisis of Violence Against Transgender People Is Not a “Myth”
If we ever hope to end transphobic violence, we fight for the recognition of its existence and the urgency to stop it.
House Republicans Use “Lesbian Radical Feminist” to Advance Anti-Trans Rhetoric
Julia Beck has been granted a platform to give the right wing's anti-transgender activism the veneer of bipartisanship.
Racist Anti-LGBTQ Violence Is Real. Smollett Doesn’t Change That.
Too much focus on Jussie Smollett distracts from the fact that violence against LGBTQ people of color is rising.
Trump Administration Wants to Deny Health Care to LGBTQ People
A conscience protection rule being considered would allow doctors to deny care on moral and religious grounds.
An Antiwar Response to Trump’s Anti-Trans Military Ban Is Possible
If transgender people had better access to education and careers, they would not need to join the military.
Remember That Anti-Trans Memo? Its Threat Hasn’t Vanished.
Amid the fear and uncertainty, transgender, gender nonconforming and intersex communities are fighting back.