OPINION: I question what consuming so much doomerism will do to us as a community over the long term—and I want us to make more space for celebration

OPINION: Missouri’s targeting of gender-affirming care is part of the goal to eradicate trans people entirely

5 queer and trans stories we’re following: April 14

OPINION: When media publish trans kids’ medical histories without their full consent, they thrust them into a harmful spotlight

Dianna Boileau’s life is being celebrated in the small northwestern community of Fort Frances

5 queer and trans news stories we’re watching: March 31

Parents call their experience “traumatizing”

Kai Cheng Thom weighs in on how trans and detransitioned communities can cut through pain and anger to try to find compassion and understanding

With little information or support available, trans people who use testosterone are left to advocate for themselves

But we need more than outrage and temporary media coverage to save trans lives

People seeking bottom surgeries face a four-year waiting list

OPINION: Under the euphemisms, transphobic figureheads are sending a clear message

Closing the doors on vulnerable patients “was our worst fear,” says The Lavender Clinic’s CAO

The clinic is supposed to be replaced by regional service centres, to help reduce waiting times—but the centres don’t yet exist

OPINION: In his 2022 State of the Union address, Joe Biden told trans kids, “I will always have your back.” In this year’s speech, the president was silent on trans issues

OPINION: In recent years, legislators in the state have occasionally shown compassion on LGBTQ2S+ issues. Utah’s recent anti-trans bill shows that empathy has run out

Participants of the study showed increased life satisfaction, decreased anxiety and depression

OPINION: When schools are required to disclose a child’s trans identity, they prioritize parents over students’ well-being

Trans Health

First they came for trans kids. Now, in Missouri, they’re coming after trans adults

Billy Porter as James Baldwin, Florida travel advisory, book bans booming, Missouri trans nightmare and TIME’s notable queers

Won’t somebody think of the children?

A pioneering Canadian trans woman is being commemorated with a plaque in her hometown

Supportive families key to trans youth health, boygenius slams anti-LGBTQ2S+ laws, Trans Bill of Rights reintroduced, Lizzo’s affirming shapewear and Texas lawmaker pranked

How Republican lawmakers are using custody threats to eliminate gender-affirming care for trans kids

My friend detransitioned and has started to become transphobic. What should I do?

Canada’s testosterone shortages are ongoing—and trans people still aren’t getting answers

The death of Eden Knight, a young trans woman, garners international attention

Advocates call for bottom surgery funding in Alberta

Decoding the language of the anti-trans movement

Hawaii’s only youth gender clinic will stay open, after ‘unbelievable’ fundraising success

Nothing in place for U.K.’s trans youth as the country’s only children’s gender care clinic closes

As conservatives attack trans people, does Joe Biden still have our backs?

The ‘Utah-style compromise’ is dead

Yet another study shows gender-affirming care leads to better, long-lasting mental health for trans youth

Forcibly outing trans kids is dangerous