Oklahoma is one of three states that does not allow trans people to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates
Oliver Haug
Contributing editor Oliver Haug (they/them) is a freelance writer based in the Bay Area, California. Their work focuses on LGBTQ2S+ issues and sexual politics, and has appeared in Bitch, them, Ms and elsewhere.
Idaho is pushing two of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ2S+ bills in U.S. history
Both proposals are now headed to the state’s Republican-majority senate
Texas is investigating families of trans kids for so-called child abuse. They’re fighting back
A lawsuit representing one family has been filed against Gov. Abbott and the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services
This trans inmate is fighting for a transfer to a women’s prison—and for her life
Ashley Diamond’s lawyers say she has been subjected to repeated sexual and physical assaults and has attempted to take her own life while in custody
Sponsors of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill backed by supposedly pro-LGBTQ2S+ corporations
Companies like Comcast/NBC Universal and AT&T have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the bill’s key supporters
Utah advances bill forcing trans kids to seek a committee’s approval before playing sports
After passing the Utah House on Feb. 16, the bill now moves on to the State Senate
