Hot trans summer: Celebrating gender expansiveness in the U.K. after a hard year for British trans and non-binary people

From Pride marches and non-binary club nights to little-known historical archives, there’s something for everyone in London and environs

By V.S. Wells

Politics

Alabama is trying to use Roe’s repeal to ban trans youth medical care

The state’s AG said gender-affirming treatments for trans minors are not “deeply rooted in our Nation’s history and tradition”

By Nico Lang

Power

Family-friendly drag events across Canada are facing a dangerous wave of bigotry

Right-wing rhetoric from the United States has been trickling north

By Chris Stoodley

Activism

Remembering trans icon Mama Gloria, the ‘Emily Post of Halsted Street’

In this previously unreleased 2014 interview, Gloria Allen reflects on her life and legacy

By Nico Lang

How tiptap is paying it forward with LGBTQ2S+ communities

The technology start-up’s contactless donations is helping LGBTQ2S+ charities and beyond

Created for tiptap

Politics

Doctors in the U.S. could face lawsuits for treating trans minors under proposed federal law

The bill would allow a 30-year statute of limitation for anyone who wishes to bring legal action against a medical provider of trans-affirming care

By Nico Lang

Hate Watch

Norway’s LGBTQ+ community mourns after two killed in Oslo gay bar shooting

Oslo’s Pride parade was cancelled following the tragic attack, in which at least 21 additional people were injured

By Jackie Richardson

Pride 2022: Party & Protest

Long-awaited Pride celebrations bring joy, solidarity, hedonism—and anxiety

Events hosting millions of people have been mostly peaceful and carefree, even following violence in Norway and other threats

By Paul Gallant

Education

Biden wants to expand federal laws to protect trans students from discrimination

He is also preparing to sign an executive order preventing LGBTQ2S+ youth from being subjected to conversion therapy

By Dika Ofoma

Power

‘Blaring red alert’: Activists worry the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn marriage equality next

“This decision will embolden our opponents to come after all of our hard-won progress”

By Oliver Haug

Power

The Boy Scouts of America avoided a big fight over trans youth. But can it be a model for inclusion?

After one family fought to have their trans son included in Cub Scouts five years ago, the Boy Scouts of America have welcomed trans youth—but some challenges remain

By Mike De Socio

Politics

Saskatchewan government criticized for funding schools run by homophobic churches

“No way our tax dollars should be funding a school that doesn’t meet basic fundamental human rights”

By Ursula Muñoz S.

History

A new Stonewall visitor centre will honour the legacy of LGBTQ2S+ activism

This will be the first visitor centre in the U.S. park system to highlight queer and trans history

By Jackie Richardson

Pride 2022: Party & Protest

A safe space in Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Pride, one of the most crucial LGBTQ+ rights organization in Ukraine, just launched a new LGBTQ+ refugee shelter

By Adam Zivo

Power

It happened. Roe v. Wade is overturned. Now what?

OPINION: The Supreme Court decision caps a decades-long misinformation campaign. Reproductive justice leaders from queer and trans communities might know the way forward

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle