Glenn Burke made history as the first Major League Baseball player to publicly come out as gay. He’s also credited with inventing the high-five
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Cody Corrall's work has appeared in BuzzFeed News, TechCrunch, the Chicago Reader, CINE-FILE, Thrillist, Paste Magazine and other places on the world wide web. Cody was formerly Xtra's Social Video Producer. He lives in Chicago and speaks English.
Canada reportedly considered advisory for trans travellers to the U.S.
A new report from Reuters shows that Canadian officials struggled to advise travellers on Trump’s trans policies following his January executive order
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission takes aim at gender-affirming care
ANALYSIS: The U.S. government agency hosted an event about the “dangers” of gender-affirming care for minors. But that’s not what the FTC does at all.
Trump’s ban on passport gender marker changes is on hold—for now
ANALYSIS: A temporary window has opened for trans Americans to get documents that accurately match their gender identity.
China is cracking down on gay fiction and erotica writers
ANALYSIS: Danmei authors say they have been increasingly targeted with arrests and censorship
Hungary’s prime minister tried to ban Pride. Thousands showed up anyway
Despite Viktor Orbán’s right-wing populist government banning Pride, Budapest might have just had the largest Pride parade in its history
