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As Attacks on Queer and Trans People Accelerate, We Need Solidarity Now
“I've never seen anything like this in my life,” says journalist Melissa Gira Grant.
Ron DeSantis and the Florida GOP Are Targeting Trans Youth for Political Gain
Trans people in Florida are being targeted by their own governor, who “desperately wants to be president.”
10 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Go Into Effect Across Six States
Among them is Florida's “Don't Say Gay” bill, and other legislation that largely effects students.
Bigoted Attacks Are Injecting Fear Into Pride Month, But We Won’t Back Down
When we show up in numbers, anti-LGBTQ bigots are likely to back down.
Trans Activist Skips White House Event in Protest of LGBTQ Asylum Seeker Policy
Biden’s recent executive orders fail to adequately address anti-LGBTQ discrimination, says Jennicet Gutiérrez.
Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist “Moral Battering Ram”
“I am so disheartened by the lack of response to these attacks,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
85 Percent of Voters Want Congress to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
The ERA is a nearly 100-year-old measure that would enshrine equal rights for all genders in the Constitution.
DeSantis’s Next Move in War Against Trans Kids Is Banning Gender Affirming Care
His administration has made moves to ban both trans kids and Medicaid recipients from accessing gender affirming care.
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Attacks on Trans Rights and Abortion Rights Are “Bound Together”
“Some of the wildest dreams of the far right are being realized,” says Kelly Hayes.
Alabama Ban on Trans Youth Health Care Is Part of Attack on Bodily Autonomy
Right-wing attacks on abortion care and bans on trans health care are connected, Chase Strangio says.