News | Prisons & Policing DOJ Plans to End Sexual Violence Protections for Incarcerated LGBTQIA+ People The proposed changes would impact many adult prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, and halfway houses. By Adam Rhodes , Prism December 5, 2025 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Trump’s Day 1 Anti-LGBTQ Orders Will Likely Run Into Legal Trouble Executive orders typically direct federal agencies to begin changing their policies — and can be challenged in court. By Orion Rummler & Kate Sosin , The19th January 21, 2025 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights House Democrats in West Virginia Help Republicans Pass Anti-Trans Bill This bill “would cause direct harm to the trans community in West Virginia,” one advocate said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout February 12, 2024 Truthout
Interview | LGBTQ Rights New Film Explores Intersex Community’s Fight for Recognition, Bodily Autonomy “Every Body” tells the stories of activists whose childhoods were marked by shame, secrecy and nonconsensual surgeries. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! June 12, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Biden White House Holds Largest Meeting With Intersex Advocates Intersex activists said the meeting was a historic start, but it's "time to pass the listening stage” and take action. By Orion Rummler , The19th October 28, 2021 Truthout
News | Human Rights Intersex Activists Push Hospitals to Ditch Nonconsensual Surgeries on Children While intersex activism has existed for decades, the past few years have seen a series of historic victories. By Amy Littlefield , Truthout October 26, 2020 Truthout
News | Human Rights Intersex Activists Are Closer Than Ever to Banning Nonconsensual Surgery This year, four states have introduced bills to ban medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children. By Amy Littlefield , Truthout October 26, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | LGBTQ Rights Remember That Anti-Trans Memo? Its Threat Hasn’t Vanished. Amid the fear and uncertainty, transgender, gender nonconforming and intersex communities are fighting back. By Hannah Walker & Mik Kinkead , Truthout January 30, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | LGBTQ Rights Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students. By Aleo Pugh and Victor Ultra Omni , Truthout November 10, 2018 Truthout
News Analysis | Does Germany’s New Law About “No Gender” Babies Go Far Enough? Germany has become the first country in Europe to allow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both sexes as being neither male nor female. By Kristina Chew , Care2 November 6, 2013 Truthout