Transgender Rights

A hospital worker in a hospital

Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge Oregon Will Protect Reproductive Health Care When Hospitals Merge

A landmark bill will ensure that health care services don’t disappear when Catholic hospitals take over other providers.

Jul 19, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

Stonewall Place

The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations

If passed, a Senate resolution introduced in June would apologize to LGBTQ federal workers for historical acts of discrimination. Real reparations demand far more.

Jun 29, 2021 / Omar G. Encarnación

Supreme Court

Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights

The NAACP, the ACLU, and the Human Rights Campaign—the country’s largest LGBTQ+ political organization—have all joined forces with the Koch network–funded Americans for Prosperity ...

Jun 21, 2021 / Joanna Wuest and Briana Last

As Pride Month Begins, Republicans Double Down on Restricting Transgender Americans

As Pride Month Begins, Republicans Double Down on Restricting Transgender Americans As Pride Month Begins, Republicans Double Down on Restricting Transgender Americans

An unprecedented effort in state legislatures across the country.

Jun 1, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

trans rights demonstration

Visibility Alone Will Not Keep Transgender Youth Safe Visibility Alone Will Not Keep Transgender Youth Safe

This Trans Day of Visibility, we must be active in the fight against anti-trans legislation proliferating across the country, starting with Arkansas, Alabama, and South Dakota.

Mar 30, 2021 / Chase Strangio and Raquel Willis

Student protest Turkey

Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights

After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.

Mar 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rafael Logroño

This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide

This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide This International Women’s Day Rise Up Against Capitalism and Femicide

Across Latin America, women are protesting economic as well as gender-based violence.

Mar 8, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell

Sophie

I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie I Wish We Could Be Dancing to Sophie

It’s an added cruelty that we cannot mourn the loss of the avant-pop icon properly.

Feb 4, 2021 / Annie Howard

Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again

Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again

By using Title IX to threaten a school’s federal funding, DeVos and Trump are imposing their own definition of what constitutes a woman athlete. 

Oct 23, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Trans rights activist Schuyler Bailar.

We Can’t See Young Progressive Voters as a Monolith We Can’t See Young Progressive Voters as a Monolith

Young people have diverse, complex demands for the future—and we should be taking them seriously.

Oct 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Petruce Jean-Charles and James Lepinsky

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