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The Trump Administration Is Using the UN to Push Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally
The administration’s UN officials are objecting to the word “gender” in international resolutions and documents.
Queer as Fungi: What Mushrooms Can Teach Us About Resistance and Community
For powerful lessons about organizing and queer community, let’s look beneath our feet.
Trans, Nonbinary People Win Key Court Victory on Passport Rights
An ACLU spokesperson said the ruling was a win against “efforts to drive transgender people out of public life.”
Appellate Court Says Florida’s Drag Show Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional
The law is an “egregiously unconstitutional attempt to censor” free speech, the lawyer for the plaintiffs said.
Solidarity Is the Core of Our Movements — It’s Also Messier Than We Often Admit
Sarah Schulman discusses her new book, which examines solidarity as a practice, creative endeavor and performance art.
Federal Judge Mandates Return of Scrubbed Health Resources by Trump Admin
A Public Citizen attorney called the order “an important victory for doctors, patients, and the public health.”
NY AG Letitia James Tells Hospitals They Must Defy Trump’s Anti-Trans Order
“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status … is discrimination,” James said.
MT Anti-Trans Bill Would Lay Groundwork for Dangerous Legal Precedent If Passed
The legislation would criminalize parents for letting a child access gender-affirming procedures and hormone therapy.
Trump Makes Frightening Far Right Promises in Inauguration Speech
Trump made promises to target LGBTQ people and immigrants, and to enact a number of other right-wing plans.
Missouri Judge Cites Outdated Studies to Uphold Gender-Affirming Care Ban
“This is not the end of the fight and we will appeal,” opponents of the ban said after the ruling was issued.