Trans Health

Trans healthcare is legal in the U.K. Prescriptions are still being denied

Advocates say the system has made trans people afraid to access medical care in general

By Jake Hall

Politics

The U.K. Labour Party has no backbone to stand up for trans people

OPINION: A Supreme Court ruling has opened the door for the Labour Party to turn further against trans people

By Katelyn Burns

Politics

Why are Democrats pivoting to transphobia?

ANALYSIS: Throwing trans people to the wolves to win elections is wrong. It’s also not going to work

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Dangerous Space

We must live for one another

ANALYSIS: Community-based suicide intervention is about creating a web of life between our bodies where we can take turns resting and being held when we are overwhelmed

By Kai Cheng Thom

Activism

Scaling walls and dropping crickets: how a group of U.K. trans kids is fighting back

The voices of young trans people have long been absent in policy-making decisions. Trans Kids Deserve Better wants to change that—whether the adults like it or not.

By Jake Hall

Social Media

Social media platforms are crumbling—and that hurts trans people

OPINION: We have long connected with one another, shared resources and advice on navigating the medical system and organized politically online

By Katelyn Burns

Dangerous Space

Trans representation isn’t trans liberation

OPINION: Even at its zenith, the trendiness of “diversity” appears to have done little to improve the day-to-day lives of trans people as a vulnerable and exploited class

By Kai Cheng Thom

Rainbow Rewind 2024

2024 was the year without truth

ANALYSIS: From the wilds of the internet to the most venerated and reputable mainstream publications, the collapse of truth has fallen squarely on the heads of queer and trans people

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Dangerous Space

Why is the anti-trans movement so obsessed with trans women?

Our bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else

By Kai Cheng Thom

Dangerous Space

To combat transphobia, we need to engage with the people who spread it

OPINION: opening up a dialogue with those we disagree with is key if we want to achieve widespread social change

By Kai Cheng Thom

Youth

Americans parents of trans kids to their Canadian counterparts: ‘Have a plan’

Ahead of upcoming provincial elections, parents who’ve been there share what they’ve learned from the onslaught of anti-trans hate in America

By Nico Lang

Transphobia

Will Imane Khelif’s complaint against J.K. Rowling change anything?

ANALYSIS: The Algerian boxer has named Rowling in a cyberharassment complaint following the author’s transphobic tweets during the Paris Olympics

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Media

Jael Holzman is sounding the alarm

The trans punk rocker and journalist on writing through rage and the how the media needs to change its coverage of the anti-trans movement

By Oliver Haug

As Told To

For families living in states with trans healthcare bans, Republicans have created an impossible situation

I’m the mother of two trans girls living in Ohio. Our state is making our family choose between giving up our home and our rights

By Niki Schaefer

Dangerous Space

Why can’t people stop fixating on ‘transition regret’?

OPINION: The mainstream “detransition” conversation is informed by transphobia, ignorance of trans history and collective denial of trans lives. Until we reckon with those realities, we won’t resolve the debate

By Kai Cheng Thom