OPINION: Anti-trans laws are tearing apart the families conservatives purport to want to protect

Plus two great fiction choices for tweens and teens

ANALYSIS: The LGBTQ2S+ travel warning drops as Canada wrestles with a rise in extremism within its own borders

REVIEW: The U.K.-born singer-songwriter is breaking new ground in a stellar career at a time when trans rights are increasingly under threat

REVIEW: The film places young queer female sexuality at the forefront and bristles with an anarchic, subversive energy

Faced with anti-trans bans, trans youth and their families in Mississippi scramble for alternatives

Sibley was killed while voguing to Beyoncé with friends in a gas station parking lot last month

OPINION: For all their talk of patriotism, the right would rather root against an American team than support its progressive players

The Alliance Defending Freedom has deep and surprising connections in Ottawa

OPINION: Federal Democrats have so far rarely directly addressed growing anti-trans rhetoric. That changed last week

Queer and trans librarians, activists and everyday people are keeping access to LGBTQ2S+ literature alive

OPINION: Conservatives are courting voters using the little trick that they’ve always turned—demonizing a minority

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 24

OPINION: Today’s panic over transness and kids is largely driven by the overactive imaginations of people who have never met a trans person in their lives

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 21

Queer Youth Assemble is leading protests across the country after a trio of rulings that endanger queer and racialized people

ANALYSIS: Vague law gives homophobic agendas a chance to flourish and be directed at queer students

Wolf shares his healing path from outsider to activist in this coming-of-age memoir

United States

The ‘trans debate’ isn’t just about wonky policy issues, it’s about families

Book your date with queer country love from Tyler Childers and trans advocate Chanel Lopez

Canadian travel advisory a sign the world is noticing U.S. transphobia

Anohni is back with the Johnsons for her most important album yet

The gonzo fight club comedy ‘Bottoms’ is deeply, gloriously queer

Mississippi trans youth forced to flee the state in wake of health care ban

Brooklyn’s queer nightlife community rallies together after the killing of O’Shae Sibley

Conservatives won’t stop celebrating the Women’s National Soccer team’s loss

This U.S.-based ‘hate group’ is using a shadowy network of lawyers and doctors to infiltrate Canada

At last week’s federal hearing on youth gender affirming care, Democrats finally stood up for trans people

Queer libraries are on the front lines of the fight against book bans

Ohio Republicans are trying to limit the power of ballot measures—and using transphobia to circumvent democracy

‘Barbie’ takes the world by storm, lesbian rights in Italy and the U.K. and more

Trans parents have always existed

Grindr employees join hot union summer, first out gay coach in major men’s U.S. sports and more

Meet the queer youth organizers taking on the U.S. Supreme Court

Florida students, teachers fear ‘abuse’ over expanded ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf’s memoir is a journey of healing we can all relate to