Here are 5 queer and trans news stories we’re tracking: Feb. 10

OPINION: In his 2022 State of the Union address, Joe Biden told trans kids, “I will always have your back.” In this year’s speech, the president was silent on trans issues

In the state with the most anti-trans legislation proposed this year thus far, families, school communities and even rabbis are banding together

6 news stories impacting LGBTQ2S+ folk today

The study also found that when a transphobic bill was defeated, the number of searches on those topics decreased

Daily cases have fallen from 450 in August to single-digit diagnoses now

OPINION: In recent years, legislators in the state have occasionally shown compassion on LGBTQ2S+ issues. Utah’s recent anti-trans bill shows that empathy has run out

Experts say the state could experience a major outbreak as a result of the funding loss

ANALYSIS: Constant legislative attacks are damaging trans people’s mental health. How do reporters inform the public without telling them they’re doomed?

LGBTQ2S+ tipped workers struggle on their path to fairer wages

Seventeen percent have already taken steps to leave the state

A surge of proposed drag bans, which would bar “male or female impersonators” from appearing where children could see them, form part of a very contemporary moral panic—but the ideologies at their core are nothing new

A school board and the House of Representatives target LGBTQ2S+ signs and flags

OPINION: When schools are required to disclose a child’s trans identity, they prioritize parents over students’ well-being

Proposed legislation is the latest in a slew of anti-LGBTQ2S+ book-bannings across the United States

OPINION: Newly proposed legislation shows that attempts to curb trans rights were never going to stop with kids

Researchers found the vaccine, Mosaico, was “safe but ineffective”

Sanctuary state bills and bureaucratic improvements to name changes or gender marker updates are appearing in states like California and Illinois

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God’s gender, anti-trans legislation, Pauli Murray in your pocket, Hungarian court drama and the Super Bowl

As conservatives attack trans people, does Joe Biden still have our backs?

Meet the coalition of advocates fighting for Missouri’s trans youth

Celebrating more inclusion on ‘The Sims,’ anti-trans bills killed in Virginia and Finland’s gender update—just a few of the stories we’re tracking this week

The passing of transphobic laws increased internet searches for ‘suicide’ and ‘depression,’ study finds

Mpox is no longer a public health emergency in the U.S.

The ‘Utah-style compromise’ is dead

Tennessee rejects HIV funding over inclusion of trans rights, abortion groups

Several states are raising their minimum wage—queer tipped workers are still fighting distinct disadvantages

Over half of LGBTQ2S+ parents in Florida have considered moving out of state

Authorities have been trying to suppress public gender nonconformity for centuries—and now the U.S. is stepping up the attacks

Conservatives attack signage advocating LGBTQ2S+ rights

Forcibly outing trans kids is dangerous

North Dakota book ban could imprison librarians who stock queer literature

Multiple states have proposed bills that would ban gender-affirming care for adults

Another major HIV vaccine trial has failed

As Republican-led statehouses continue to attack trans rights, some blue states are fighting back