Telling my mother I was trans was the hardest part about coming out as a teen, but she ended up being my greatest support. Now we want to help families like ours
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Telling my mother I was trans was the hardest part about coming out as a teen, but she ended up being my greatest support. Now we want to help families like ours
Three families—including the parents of the once-controversial Baby Storm—share their stories
In the nine-part series Queering Family, Xtra guest editor Stéphanie Verge introduces us to people who are redefining what it means to build and sustain a family
The ruling could have wide-reaching reverberations in LGBTQ2S+ parenting, experts say
A reader questions whether she has to change her personality in order to respect her “tender” friends’ boundaries
Bellwether passed away in December, but her legacy lives on through her work
Kai advises a reader who feels like they’re selling their soul
OPINION: The Respect for Marriage Act passed without a hitch—but Republicans still seek to control queer and trans bodies at all costs
New study examines the nature of intimate partner violence in queer and trans communities
“It takes a strong soul to correct a person in a position of power—but this is what it means to stand up to injustice.”
Queer Americans are celebrating the culmination of a decade-long campaign to protect same-sex couples from one of the country’s most homophobic federal laws
A reader navigates wanting to challenge a previous partner’s version of events—without turning the conflict into a “he said, she said” situation
A new study says collaborative stress-management skills are higher in same-sex couples than in different-sex couples
“Let’s go to war with the heterosexual world. Let’s kill the homophobe in our hearts and trample its grave”
Kai answers a reader whose conflict with a friend is further complicated by race, mental health and privilege
“Whenever that kind of news comes as a surprise or comes secondhand or thirdhand, then it is likely to be hurtful,” Kai says
PERSONAL ESSAY: An epic love story between an Iraqi Arab and a Punjabi Sikh
I told my friend she needed to stop centring herself and step back, and she got upset. Was I being too harsh?