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Trans and non-binary Manitobans face major delays in receiving corrected health card
Identity

Trans and non-binary Manitobans face major delays in receiving corrected health card

Some have waited months to years to receive updated cards, while others have never received a response

By Oliver Haug
My trans partner is no longer attracted to me or my gender. What should I do?
Ask Kai: Quickies

My trans partner is no longer attracted to me or my gender. What should I do?

Ask yourself if sexuality plays a primary role in intimacy, or if sexuality can be explored outside the relationship?

By Xtra Video
A trans 10-year-old will be able to play girls’ softball again after judge rules against Indiana law
Power

A trans 10-year-old will be able to play girls’ softball again after judge rules against Indiana law

The singling out of trans girls “is unequivocally discrimination on the basis of sex,” ruled the judge

By Nico Lang
Trans and non-binary people are vastly more likely to self-induce abortions
Health

Trans and non-binary people are vastly more likely to self-induce abortions

This fraught, at times dangerous, history offers valuable lessons for everyone post-Roe

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Nova Scotia is making the process easier for people seeking gender-affirming surgery
Trans Health

Nova Scotia is making the process easier for people seeking gender-affirming surgery

Two letters that were previously mandatory will no longer be required by patients seeking care in the province

By Chris Stoodley
‘Third Person’ captures what it’s like to be a trans person with dissociative identity disorder
Mental Health

‘Third Person’ captures what it’s like to be a trans person with dissociative identity disorder

In her debut memoir, graphic novelist Emma Grove chronicles her experience navigating the mental healthcare system while trans

By Cassandra Kislenko
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Meet the trans war correspondent at Ukraine’s frontlines
Media

Meet the trans war correspondent at Ukraine’s frontlines

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo has spent over four months covering the war like few others—becoming a target of Russian propaganda and right-wing attacks in the process

By Adam Zivo
Am I a bad person for not wanting to talk about my friend’s dysphoria all the time?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

Am I a bad person for not wanting to talk about my friend’s dysphoria all the time?

“The mark of a healthy relationship is one that can withstand conflict and challenge, and simultaneously, one where everybody’s boundaries are respected.”

By Kai Cheng Thom
This red state high school is creating a gender-affirming closet to support trans and non-binary students
Power

This red state high school is creating a gender-affirming closet to support trans and non-binary students

With the help of a $10,000 grant from the It Gets Better Project, the initiative will allow students to change into clothing that expresses who they are

By Ursula Muñoz S.
Texas court blocks ‘child abuse’ investigations into two affirming families of trans youth
Power

Texas court blocks ‘child abuse’ investigations into two affirming families of trans youth

Meanwhile, a new poll finds that a majority of Texans support the rights of trans youth to gender-affirming care

By Dika Ofoma
How did Bette Midler get to tweeting anti-trans nonsense?
Culture

How did Bette Midler get to tweeting anti-trans nonsense?

OPINION: A well-orchestrated effort for years to pit cis women against trans folks is working through traditional mainstream media and straight to beloved stars

By Mel Woods
I’m a high femme trans lesbian and I really want to play with other high femme trans lesbians. How?
Ask Kai: Quickies

I’m a high femme trans lesbian and I really want to play with other high femme trans lesbians. How?

What’s important is that we are expressing interest, inviting consent and then we become erotic explorers

By Xtra Video
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Treatment for body dysmorphic disorder is still failing queer people of colour
Health

Treatment for body dysmorphic disorder is still failing queer people of colour

Formal supports remain largely white-centred, so LGBTQ2S+ people of colour are finding their own empowerment and healing

By Diamond Yao
These two countries are making it easier for trans people to correct their legal gender
Politics

These two countries are making it easier for trans people to correct their legal gender

Spain and Germany are the latest countries to move forward with gender self-determination policies

By Oliver Haug
These U.S. lawmakers want to pass a Trans Bill of Rights to protect trans Americans from discrimination
Politics

These U.S. lawmakers want to pass a Trans Bill of Rights to protect trans Americans from discrimination

The resolution would expand access to gender-affirming medical care and outlaw conversion therapy

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

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
Remembering trans icon Mama Gloria, the ‘Emily Post of Halsted Street’
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
Biden wants to expand federal laws to protect trans students from discrimination
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
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