‘Healthcare is not abuse’: More than 200 activists protest Texas’ attacks on trans youth

A Texas court halted all “child abuse” investigations into families that affirm trans youth in a Friday ruling

Her trans son is 18. Texas is investigating her for child abuse anyway

Despite her son being an adult, Hayley Morgan is still being targeted for supporting his gender-affirming health care while he was a child

By V.S. Wells

Politics

Idaho is pushing two of the most extreme anti-LGBTQ2S+ bills in U.S. history

Both proposals are now headed to the state’s Republican-majority senate

By Oliver Haug

Parenting

I’m a parent of a trans kid. I was investigated for supporting her right to be herself

OPINION: As parents across the U.S. speak out against attacks on trans youth in Texas, one mom shares her story

By Jamie Bruesehoff

Parenting

How one Facebook group is redefining Black queer and trans parenthood

A Black queer mother felt excluded in mainstream parenting spaces so she created an international community for mutual support

By Derrick Clifton

The Buzz

Elliot Page, Jamie Lee Curtis, Gabrielle Union slam trans reporting policy

Stars are speaking out against Gov. Greg Abbott’s “horrific” new policy

By Mel Woods

Power

Taiwanese same-sex couple become first to legally adopt following historic court ruling

The case marks the first time in the country’s history that LGBTQ+ spouses have been permitted to adopt a child unrelated to either party

By Nico Lang

Parenting

Israel lifts surrogacy ban for same-sex couples, trans people and single men

“Everyone has the right to parenthood”

By Paula Tran

Power

This historic ruling just secured equality for same-sex parents across Europe

The victory could lay the groundwork for future wins in the EU

By Sophie Hurwitz

Identity

What does it mean to be a dad, anyway?

We spend so much time establishing that transmasculine people can be fathers that we almost never discuss what kind of fathers they might be

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Politics

Biden reverses Trump-era policy allowing foster care discrimination

LGBTQ2S+ advocates celebrated the move but warned it would not be the end of discrimination in the foster care system

By Nico Lang

Queer Culture Catch-Up

An approach or two to being a daddy, plus a satirical song about gay recruitment

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning July 15

By S. Bear Bergman

Relationships

The amazing aunties and uncles of Desi Rainbow

Why this support network for South Asian families took off last year during the pandemic

By Krishna Rau

Books

In ‘With Teeth,’ Kristen Arnett shows that gay moms can be messy too

The Florida writer discusses her latest novel, queer fluidity and the perfect lesbian bar

By Mel Woods

Parenting

The cost of building a family

Ken McNeilly wants the Canadian government to make tax credits more fair for queer men—and others—grappling with the cost of assisted reproduction

By Alison Motluk

Parenting

From adoption to trans pregnancy

One of the most famous trans dads in the world goes behind the headlines to celebrate queer parenting

By Sarah Prager

Politics

What a Canadian court ruling on polyamory means for multi-parent families

Members of a triad in B.C. have been recognized as equal parents, changing legal and societal conceptions of what families look like

By Niko Bell

Books

How Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo turned his queer parenting experiences into fiction

“The only two critics I really care about are my parents,” says the founder of The Violet Hour reading series

By Matthew Hays