Gender and Sexuality

People hold signs outside the US Supreme Court Building on December 4, 2024, in Washington, DC, during oral arguments on whether states can ban certain medical treatments for young people.

Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm

Contrary to what conservative lawmakers argue, the Supreme Court will increase risks by upholding state bans on gender-affirming care.

Dec 13, 2024 / Aziza Ahmed and Joanna Wuest

A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside of the US Supreme Court Building as the high court hears arguments in a case on gender-affirming care on December 4, 2024.

The Supreme Court’s Hearing on Trans Rights Was Bigotry Masquerading as Law The Supreme Court’s Hearing on Trans Rights Was Bigotry Masquerading as Law

The conservative majority spent much of the oral arguments for US v. Skrmetti trying to erase the trans community.

Dec 5, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court Building before the start of the United States v. Skrmetti case on December 4, 2024.

Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt” Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt”

There is plenty of uncertainty involved in gender-affirming care—as in most aspects of medicine. But the groups behind the Tennessee ban aren’t driven by science—or patient care.

Dec 4, 2024 / Joanna Wuest

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever

"Your body, my choice" is only the beginning.

Dec 4, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon

The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway

The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway The Nonstop Gay Sex Party on the Mexico City Subway

The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.

Dec 2, 2024 / Feature / A.W. Strouse

A split screen image of Glenna Halverson-Boyd and Dr. Curtis Boyd and the cover of their new book,

“We Never Assumed Anything”: A Lifetime of Providing Abortion Care “We Never Assumed Anything”: A Lifetime of Providing Abortion Care

In their new book We Choose To, Dr. Curtis Boyd and Glenna Halvorson-Boyd reflect on their decades helping women who needed abortions—before, during, and after Roe.

Nov 29, 2024 / Regina Mahone

Low Skill Club

Low Skill Club Low Skill Club

Takeover dreams.

Nov 26, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The Mirabal Sisters

The Mirabal Sisters The Mirabal Sisters

Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal were sisters from the Dominican Republic who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo; they were assassinated on November 25, 1960, und...

Nov 25, 2024 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

RFK Jr. at a podium pointing his finger.

How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination

He can pick a strident abortion opponent like Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on HHS, as his number two.

Nov 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a Pride celebration on June 28, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Trans People Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for Democrats’ Failures Trans People Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for Democrats’ Failures

Politicians and pundits are stoking a backlash to trans rights in the wake of the election. They’re playing a dangerous game.

Nov 20, 2024 / Sydney Bauer

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