Transgender Rights

Zohran Mamdani participates in the New York City Pride Parade on June 29, 2025.

Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures

Despite the attempts by so many in the party’s establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.

Nov 7, 2025 / Gillian Branstetter

The Portland Pride Parade and Festival in June 2019.

Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over

After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there's more work to be done.

Oct 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Charlie Bloomer

Sister Jeannine Gramick marching alongside individuals at Prague Pride for faith and inclusion, holding a banner that reads “LGBTQ věřící” (“LGBTQ believers”).

The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church

At a time when our politics is openly hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, communities like New Ways Ministries are offering a vision of religion not as judgment but as sanctuary.

Oct 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Amara McEvoy

Demonstrators hold photographs during a rally for Trans Day of Visibility in New York City on March 31, 2025.

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

A person holds a sign supporting transgender veterans at the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, Friday, June 3, 2025.

Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members

Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell.

Aug 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a podium during a news conference.

Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon

Trump’s defense secretary loves taking selfies while presiding over administrative anarchy.

Jul 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Children hold signs and transgender pride flags as supporters of transgender rights rally by the Supreme Court, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington.

The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Decision Will Live in Infamy The Supreme Court’s Anti-Trans Decision Will Live in Infamy

In its bigotry and deceitfulness, US v. Skrmetti is destined to be seen alongside Plessy, Dobbs, Dred Scott, and all of the court’s other most notorious decisions.

Jun 18, 2025 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump wears a baseball cap with military insignia and holds up a fist. He faces away from a crowd of troops at Fort Bragg who wear camouflage-printed fatigues and maroon berets. Some troops hold up their phones or American flags.

Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord

The quickest way for the United States to become fascist is by politicizing the military.

Jun 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Transgender Day of Visibility

We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights

It’s long past time we foregrounded trans people in the fight for dignity and democracy.

Jun 12, 2025 / Aaron Scott, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Moses Hernandez McGavin

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Letters From the July/August 2025 Issue Letters From the July/August 2025 Issue

The radical Self… In defense of Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon (online only)… George Foreman in a new light (online only)… Elon Musk’s apartheid influences (online only)…

Jun 10, 2025 / Our Readers

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