What is it? Does it protect the LGBTQ2S+ community? How is it evolving to better protect queer people? Find answers to all these questions and more in this explainer

OPINION: Legal precedent allowing homophobes to discriminate based on a “worry” could put trans rights in severe jeopardy

OPINION: If elected, McBride would bring hope to Virginians—and to trans people across the U.S.

Just 2 of the 5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 30

With anti-drag protests intensifying and spilling across borders, drag artists worldwide are losing gigs and fearing violence

OPINION: We need more than a single piece of legislation to protect queer and trans lives

Attention: We’ve arrived at peak party season

OPINION: The gender experimentation offered by the cosplay community must be preserved as conservatives continue on their mission to destroy gender nonconformity

OPINION: No civil rights movement can exist, much less thrive, without hope

Plus, for those in Toronto, queer music from NXNE

An increase in anti-LGBTQ2S+ hate has forced some events to cancel, while others hire more security and take up emergency training

OPINION: Why pitting Christians versus Pride Nights is a terrible “compromise”

ANALYSIS: There’s nothing inherently sexual about young people learning about queer and trans people

Plus a great non-binary anthem from External Signal

5 queer and trans stories we’re following: May 29

OPINION: You cannot “eliminate transgenderism” without deeply restricting the gender presentation of all people in society

6 queer and trans stories for your Friday

After a harrowing youth and a wild career, the 68-year-old musician and author is clear on one thing: queer people are fighters

United States

Your questions about free speech, answered

What the 303 Creative case might mean for trans people

Sarah McBride’s Congress run is a beacon of hope

An F-you to drag bans from boygenius, plus two trans healthcare bans overturned

Drag artists are workers, and protests are putting them in danger

Democrats have reintroduced the Equality Act yet again

Mexico City, New York, Toronto, Madrid… at which Pride in which city are you celebrating?

Florida’s drag ban is facing a new test: comic conventions

Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for youth has been blocked. We need to celebrate that victory

Black trans town hall, masc films, Manuel Betancourt’s ‘The Male Gazed’ and Cher, Cher, Cher

‘We’re very fearful’: Pride organizers prepare for the worst as they gear up for June festivals

If MLB wants to support its LGBTQ2S+ fan base, it can’t play both sides

Kids should learn about sex. Why is such a basic fact now contentious?

Hot new music from Devours, Witch Prophet, Alex Lahey, Jessie Ware and Tafari Anthony

Transphobes are targeting cis people now. That should be a wakeup call

Jeopardy! Master Mattea Roach, Montana drag ban, Manitoba city saves queer books, Ontario councillor resigns over flag ban, RIP Tina Turner and all things ‘Barbie’ movie

How Adele Bertei incited rebellion and connection through rock ’n’ roll