The Texas drag ban has been ruled unconstitutional. But the fight isn’t over

OPINION: Some Trump-appointed judges are testing the limits of free-speech protections to help push forward right-wing agendas

September 28, 2023

Politics

The so-called ‘parental rights’ movement is about control, not personal freedoms

OPINION: Canadians should be vigilant against growing anti-trans backlash

September 22, 2023

Trans Health

Months after becoming the subject of an anti-trans media circus, a Missouri youth gender clinic is officially closing

OPINION: Anti-trans media has real-world consequences for trans health

September 13, 2023

Politics

The ‘trans debate’ isn’t just about wonky policy issues, it’s about families

OPINION: Anti-trans laws are tearing apart the families conservatives purport to want to protect

September 8, 2023

Politics

Canadian travel advisory a sign the world is noticing U.S. transphobia

ANALYSIS: The LGBTQ2S+ travel warning drops as Canada wrestles with a rise in extremism within its own borders

August 31, 2023

Culture

World Chess’s new guidelines place restrictions on both trans men and trans women

OPINION: The convoluted new policy treats trans women as men, and trans men as … also men

August 24, 2023

Tech

I asked ChatGPT to write an article about trans athletes. It didn’t go well

OPINION: Language learning models are a threat to queer journalism that we should be taking very seriously

August 21, 2023

Sports

Conservatives won’t stop celebrating the Women’s National Soccer team’s loss

OPINION: For all their talk of patriotism, the right would rather root against an American team than support its progressive players

August 11, 2023

Politics

At last week’s federal hearing on youth gender affirming care, Democrats finally stood up for trans people

OPINION: Federal Democrats have so far rarely directly addressed growing anti-trans rhetoric. That changed last week

August 2, 2023

Politics

Ohio Republicans are trying to limit the power of ballot measures—and using transphobia to circumvent democracy

OPINION: Conservatives are courting voters using the little trick that they’ve always turned—demonizing a minority

July 28, 2023

Identity

Trans parents have always existed

OPINION: Today’s panic over transness and kids is largely driven by the overactive imaginations of people who have never met a trans person in their lives

July 21, 2023

Human Rights

What the 303 Creative case might mean for trans people

OPINION: Legal precedent allowing homophobes to discriminate based on a “worry” could put trans rights in severe jeopardy

July 6, 2023

Politics

Sarah McBride’s Congress run is a beacon of hope

OPINION: If elected, McBride would bring hope to Virginians—and to trans people across the U.S.

July 4, 2023

Politics

Democrats have reintroduced the Equality Act yet again

OPINION: We need more than a single piece of legislation to protect queer and trans lives

June 23, 2023

Culture

Florida’s drag ban is facing a new test: comic conventions

OPINION: The gender experimentation offered by the cosplay community must be preserved as conservatives continue on their mission to destroy gender nonconformity

June 15, 2023