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Censorship

FCC explores adding warning labels for trans content on TV

FCC explores adding warning labels for trans content on TV

The U.S. government agency is taking comments on whether television ratings should be updated to signal “controversial gender identity issues”

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • May 20, 2026 at 2:40 pm EDT
Politics

Michigan’s election dispute reveals how name-change laws are weaponized against trans people

Michigan’s election dispute reveals how name-change laws are weaponized against trans people

Efforts to list a Michigan statehouse candidate’s deadname—from within her own party—reveal the indignities baked into ID systems

By Katelyn Burns • May 19, 2026 at 3:32 pm EDT
Politics

U.S. counterterrorism strategy takes aim at ‘pro-transgender’ groups

U.S. counterterrorism strategy takes aim at ‘pro-transgender’ groups

The Trump administration’s updated counterterrorism strategy targets “left-wing extremists” and groups who are “radically pro-transgender”

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • May 12, 2026 at 5:14 pm EDT
Politics

Canada’s national pharmacare plan helps trans people—so why isn’t the program expanding?

Canada’s national pharmacare plan helps trans people—so why isn’t the program expanding?

Politicians across the country have accused the federal Liberal government of stalling expansion of the plan

By Kevin Hurren • May 6, 2026 at 11:20 am EDT
Media

Only 1 in 5 ‘New York Times’ news stories about trans issues quote actual trans people: report

Only 1 in 5 ‘New York Times’ news stories about trans issues quote actual trans people: report

A new ‘Assigned Media’ report found that the ‘New York Times’ rarely cited trans people in coverage about trans issues

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • April 28, 2026 at 4:48 pm EDT
Politics

Mark Carney’s majority likely won’t help queer and trans people

Mark Carney’s majority likely won’t help queer and trans people

After this week’s byelection results, Carney’s governing Liberals will have more unchecked power. But the party has moved away from its old progressive politics

By Dale Smith • April 16, 2026 at 12:52 pm EDT
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Social Media

How a Canadian social media age ban would impact trans people of all ages

How a Canadian social media age ban would impact trans people of all ages

Whether it’s requiring government ID or scanning users’ faces, digital age-verification tools pose a host of problems for queer and trans people

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • April 13, 2026 at 5:59 pm EDT
Politics

Democracy is under attack in Alberta. Queer and trans people are in the crossfire

Democracy is under attack in Alberta. Queer and trans people are in the crossfire

Attacking queer rights is a part of the province’s larger democratic backslide

By Dale Smith • April 9, 2026 at 11:41 am EDT
We've Been Here

What trans visibility looked like in the 1950s

What trans visibility looked like in the 1950s

Photos of beloved organizer Alison Laing show how trans visibility has persisted for decades

By Cody Corrall • March 31, 2026 at 11:32 am EDT
Transphobia

Trans visibility promises a better world. That’s why it’s under attack

Trans visibility promises a better world. That’s why it’s under attack

Trans Day of Visibility is a call to action reminding us that other things in our world can change for the better too

By Mel Woods • March 31, 2026 at 6:00 am EDT
TV & Film

There’s no excuse for ‘The Last of Us’ casting a cis actor to play trans

There’s no excuse for ‘The Last of Us’ casting a cis actor to play trans

Putting the care into casting a young trans actor might be a challenge. It’s also an opportunity

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • March 23, 2026 at 5:21 pm EDT
Media

No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’

No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’

Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard

By Katelyn Burns • March 9, 2026 at 2:25 pm EDT
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Youth

8 Alberta community leaders share their resources for trans youth

8 Alberta community leaders share their resources for trans youth

From summer camps to affirming churches, advocates say trans youth in the province aren’t alone

By Elena Sénéchal-Becker • February 24, 2026 at 3:15 pm EDT
Justice

What the Barry Neufeld tribunal ruling means for trans rights in Canada

What the Barry Neufeld tribunal ruling means for trans rights in Canada

A former Chilliwack school trustee has been ordered to pay $750,000 after years of anti-LGBTQ2S+ posts

By Cody Corrall, Mel Woods • February 24, 2026 at 3:06 pm EDT
Politics

Gavin Newsom is the wrong choice—for trans people and for Democrats

Gavin Newsom is the wrong choice—for trans people and for Democrats

The California governor’s backpedaling on trans rights represents a grim shift, two years out from the first presidential primaries

By Katelyn Burns • February 19, 2026 at 5:32 pm EDT
Politics

Where do the NDP leadership hopefuls stand on queer and trans issues?

Where do the NDP leadership hopefuls stand on queer and trans issues?

Xtra asked candidates about their policies on healthcare, trans athletes’ participation in sports and more

By Michelle Kay • February 19, 2026 at 2:43 pm EDT
Politics

The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada

The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada

Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

By Mel Woods • February 11, 2026 at 3:14 pm EDT
On the Clock

Trans public service workers say Ontario’s return-to-office mandate puts them at risk

Trans public service workers say Ontario’s return-to-office mandate puts them at risk

Doug Ford has forced Ontario public servants back into the office. Trans workers fear the fallout

By Jacob Aron Leung • February 10, 2026 at 2:37 pm EDT
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