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    sports

    Gender Essentialism Already Had Track and Field in
    a Chokehold. Now Even Stricter Rules Are Being Proposed

    Stef Rubino
    Feb 12, 2025
  • 404 error page
    politics + activism

    Fascist 404s: The Government Is Deleting
    Vital LGBTQ Health Resources and Data

    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    Feb 3, 2025
  • A trans woman leans against a wall in a doctor's office in the new documentary GEN_, Sundance Film Festival 2025 is written on the side
    movie features

    Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’
    Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

    Drew Burnett Gregory
    Jan 31, 2025
  • Trump signing executive orders
    politics + activism

    Trump Wants To Fight Imaginary Indoctrination in
    Public Schools by Implementing Ahistorical and Anti-Trans Indoctrination

    Stef Rubino
    Jan 30, 2025
  • legs running on a track
    sports

    Gender Essentialism Already Had Track and Field in
    a Chokehold. Now Even Stricter Rules Are Being Proposed

    Stef Rubino
    Feb 12, 2025
  • 404 error page
    politics + activism

    Fascist 404s: The Government Is Deleting
    Vital LGBTQ Health Resources and Data

    Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
    Feb 3, 2025
  • A trans woman leans against a wall in a doctor's office in the new documentary GEN_, Sundance Film Festival 2025 is written on the side
    movie features

    Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’
    Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

    Drew Burnett Gregory
    Jan 31, 2025
  • Trump signing executive orders
    politics + activism

    Trump Wants To Fight Imaginary Indoctrination in
    Public Schools by Implementing Ahistorical and Anti-Trans Indoctrination

    Stef Rubino
    Jan 30, 2025
trans
legs running on a track
sports

Gender Essentialism Already Had Track and Field in a Chokehold. Now Even Stricter Rules Are Being Proposed

World Athletics — the largest international governing body for track and field and cross country running — wants to enforce stricter “sex testing” in the wake of Trump’s trans sports exclusion EO.
Stef Rubino —
Feb 12, 2025
trans
404 error page
politics + activism

Fascist 404s: The Government Is Deleting Vital LGBTQ Health Resources and Data

More than 8,000 web pages with vital information across a dozen government websites have been removed from the internet. These deletions are far-reaching, targeting diversity initiatives and pretty much anything…
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —
Feb 3, 2025
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trans
A trans woman leans against a wall in a doctor's office in the new documentary GEN_, Sundance Film Festival 2025 is written on the side
movie features

Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare

The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.
Drew Burnett Gregory —
Jan 31, 2025
trans
trans youth
Trump signing executive orders
politics + activism

Trump Wants To Fight Imaginary Indoctrination in Public Schools by Implementing Ahistorical and Anti-Trans Indoctrination

Trump’s Executive Orders aimed at America’s schools make it clear his administration wants to destroy public education.
Stef Rubino —
Jan 30, 2025
trans
trans youth
PROTECT TRANS YOUTH
politics + activism

How To Argue Effectively Against Trump’s Executive Order Banning Health Care For Transgender Youth

Trump’s executive order attempting to ban gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 relies on lies and misinformation to push through sweeping reform that will ruin a…
Riese —
Jan 30, 2025
trans
a person holding a sign that says TRANS HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES at a gender-affirming care rally
politics + activism

Trump’s Attack on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Will Be Challenged in the Courts, but It’s Alarming Nonetheless

Trump’s latest anti-trans Executive Order targets trans people seeking gender-affirming care under the age of 19, using pseudoscience, outright falsehoods, fear-mongering, and the threat of prosecution against medical practices enthusiastically…
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —
Jan 29, 2025
trans
trans military ban
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks with the media during his first official arrival at the Pentagon as Secretary in Washington, DC, January 27, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
politics + activism

Trump’s Latest Attempt to Ban Trans People From The Military Comes With Extra Malice

Famously dishonorable cretins Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth claim that being trans is incompatible with military principles of possessing an “honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”
Riese —
Jan 28, 2025
trans
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gender

Updating Documents as a Trans Person Is Hell Right Now. Here Are My Tips for Navigating the Process

Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.
motti —
Jan 28, 2025
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trans
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the WHite House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
politics + activism

What Will Trump’s Anti-Trans “Gender Ideology Extremism” Executive Orders Actually Do?

Trump’s “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Act” Executive Order is a doozie. But its implications aren’t as immediate or permanent as…
Riese —
Jan 21, 2025
regular
trans
"I've been trying to find resources/advice for how to support a partner who is starting the process of taking hormones, but am really struggling to find information that isn't transphobic."
relationships

‘I Want To Support My Partner Who Is Starting HRT’

“I know there will be need to be a lot of conversations about what they’re feeling and conversations specific to how I can support them.”
Summer Tao —
Dec 24, 2024
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10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy
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10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

From trans memoirs that revel in the beauty of transition to sci-fi novels, manga, and quiet literary dramas that give us a reason to be proud, these books remind us…
Willow Heath —
Dec 5, 2024
trans
trans men
passport
gender

I’m Legally Changing My Name and Sex Designation, and I Feel Complicated About It

As much as my transition is a deeply personal journey, the external pressures and political environment complicate this process in ways I never anticipated.
motti —
Nov 27, 2024
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