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To Protect Trans Health Care, We Need to Fight Bigotry — and Win Medicare for All
Trans people are up against bigoted legislation, bureaucratic red tape, and the U.S.’s cruel lack of health care access.
Dozens of GoFundMe Users Seek Funds to Flee States Passing Transphobic Laws
Many trans individuals and their families see little recourse but to leave their states in response to anti-trans laws.
Autistic Youth and Those With Mental Health Conditions Target of Anti-Trans Laws
Withholding hormone therapy based on the presence of depression, anxiety or suicidality may cause harm, experts say.
Trans Youth Held a Prom Outside the US Capitol. It Sparkled With Joy & Healing.
The day of laughter and hope offered youth a reprieve from having to always defend themselves from anti-trans attacks.
DeSantis Signs Bill to Allow State to Take Trans Kids Away From Their Families
Another bill signed the same day requires trans adults to get permission from state boards for gender-affirming care.
Nebraska GOP Passes Combo Ban on Youth Gender-Affirming Care and Abortion
GOP lawmakers used a secret tunnel to exit the state Senate chamber to avoid confrontation with protesters of the bill.
Rules Limiting Gender-Affirming Care in Missouri Abruptly Removed by State AG
Observers said the removal of the rules was because the state attorney general knew he couldn't defeat legal challenges.
A Mother’s Day Chat With Revolutionary Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
Janet Mock has called Miss Major, who has nurtured generations of queer and trans youth, “the mother we all deserve.”
GOP Megadonor Partnered With Hate Group “to Defund Trans Pediatrics” in Texas
A Republican donor took part in a massive pressure campaign to force a Texas hospital to turn away transgender patients.
In Response to MO’s Attack on Trans People, Kansas City May Become a Safe Haven
Trans advocates say that the safe haven designation is needed to combat the state’s attacks on LGBTQ people.