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Biden Reversed Trans Military Ban, But States’ Attacks on Trans Rights Continue
A raft of new legislation on the state level targets trans people in education, health care, and more.
Biden Executive Order Ends Transgender Military Ban Established by Trump
The order will also seek to correct the records of service members who were adversely affected by the previous ban.
The Year of COVID, Elections and Police Brutality Also Saw LGBTQ Activism
This year has reaffirmed that queer and trans liberation is inextricable from the liberation of all marginalized people.
Amazon Has Allowed Anti-LGBT Groups to Raise Money on Its Donations Platform
The online shopping giant has given many anti-LGBT groups a fundraising platform despite its anti-discrimination policy.
Black Trans Feminist Thought Can Set Us Free
Writer Che Gossett discusses how deconstructing racialized gender binaries helps us move toward justice and liberation.
“Better Than Trump” Is Not Enough. We Need More From Biden on LGBTQ Policy.
Biden promises a return to Obama-era policy on LGBTQ issues — but even if he follows through, that is not enough.
2020 Was the Deadliest Year for Trans and Gender-Nonconforming People on Record
Advocates call for media to counteract -- rather than perpetuate -- systemic discrimination.
Activists Center the Grief, Joy and Humanity of the Black Trans Community
On Trans Remembrance Day let's recognize the centrality of the struggle for trans rights for all justice movements.
I Was a Student of Amy Coney Barrett. She Isn’t an LGBTQ Ally.
As a professor at Notre Dame Law Judge Barrett made her anti-LGBTQ sentiments very clear to her students and peers.
Clarence Thomas Screed Suggests Supreme Court Should Overturn Same-Sex Marriage
Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito argue “the Court has created a problem that only it can fix.”