5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 21

Queer Youth Assemble is leading protests across the country after a trio of rulings that endanger queer and racialized people

Trans Canadians celebrate potential update to binary body scanners, but say staff training is needed to ensure the benefits stick

OPINION: There are reasons to worry that go far beyond “Straight Pride” T-shirts

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 19

ANALYSIS: Vague law gives homophobic agendas a chance to flourish and be directed at queer students

6 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 17

Writers and subjects from our Queering Family series discuss the importance of intentionality within LGBTQ2S+ families

Wolf shares his healing path from outsider to activist in this coming-of-age memoir

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 14

Julie Cohen’s latest feature is a traditional documentary bolstered by compassionate storytelling

How separating people physically gets in the way of the spontaneous pleasures of a queer night out

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 12

What is it? Does it protect the LGBTQ2S+ community? How is it evolving to better protect queer people? Find answers to all these questions and more in this explainer

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 10

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 7

Though the practice is banned elsewhere, it continues in the West African country

ANALYSIS: Breaking down the recent White Paper on the Status of Trans and Gender Diverse People

Power

Grindr employees join hot union summer, first out gay coach in major men’s U.S. sports and more

Meet the queer youth organizers taking on the U.S. Supreme Court

Calgary Airport trials first gender-neutral security screenings in Canada

Controversial photo ops are a warning sign of shifting conservative political goals

Quebec health card struggles, House Republicans defund queer community projects and more

Florida students, teachers fear ‘abuse’ over expanded ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

World cycling bans trans women, Troye Sivan feels the ‘Rush’ and more

How can we build queer family and bridge generations?

Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf’s memoir is a journey of healing we can all relate to

Gender-affirming care wins and losses in Texas and Maine, queers take home Emmy noms and more.

‘Every Body’ is a feel-good yet urgent look into the lives of intersex people

The gentrification of the dancefloor

Michigan salon owner refuses trans people, Japan court rules in favour of trans bathroom rights and more

Your questions about free speech, answered

Poland judge sides with homophobic protestor; our fave looks from the ‘Barbie’ pink carpet and more

DeSantis’s bizarre transphobic campaign video, Republican AGs just won’t quit and more

The harsh reality of conversion therapy in Nigeria

Randall Garrison’s white paper on trans health and safety a call for the government to act