Anti-LGBTQ2S+ violence is on the rise, but critics say hate crime laws do little to prevent crime and only weaponize an already flawed system

The crisis needs meaningful, sustained coverage addressing the systemic issues that allow this violence to persist

Perpetrators of anti-trans violence becoming emboldened, experts say

ANALYSIS: Protection from discrimination on the basis of sex can and should be used to protect kids like Nex Benedict

Young people say adults, schools and politicians are failing them

How do we mourn people we’ve never met, yet feel inextricably connected to? How do we honour the dead without appropriating their stories?

With new elections on the horizon, more LGBTQ+ Russians than ever before are being pushed to leave the country

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

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

ANALYSIS: Breaking down the recent White Paper on the Status of Trans and Gender Diverse People

It’s become critical that Canadian politicians listen and take action to “alerts and warnings” community organizers have been issuing for years

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: April 19

5 queer and trans news stories we’re following: April 3

Advocates say anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Europe and Central Asia is “not going away” after a report found that 2022 was the most violent year for queer and trans people in the region

“I chose starvation over being raped again”

OPINION: The U.K.’s normalization of anti-trans hate has real-world consequences—the trans teen murdered this week should be alive

6 news stories impacting LGBTQ2S+ folk today

During Bolsonaro’s final year as president of Brazil, researchers say a queer person was killed every 34 hours in the South American country

Violence against LGBTQ2S+

Civil suits and better numbers: fighting hate crimes outside of criminal law

Anti-trans violence is on the rise. The media must step it up

Anti-trans violence still a rising issue across North America

Right-wing assaults on trans rights aren’t stopping. Title IX could be a weapon against them

‘What if I’m next?’ Canadian trans youth see Nex Benedict’s death as a warning

What we owe trans youth when we grieve them

As war brings new oppression, queer Russians decide whether to stay or flee

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

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

Randall Garrison’s white paper on trans health and safety a call for the government to act

Waterloo stabbings demand national response to queer, trans violence

Disney Pride Nite, Twitter removes trans protections, Manhattan gay bar killings suspect arrested, North Carolina to criminalize drag shows, Florida LGBTQ2S+ clinics under attack

Jinkx Monsoon and the Doctor, TDOV recap, Quebec’s publicly funded transphobia, Manhattan murder suspect and Twitter censorship

Anti-LGBTQ+ violence in Europe and Central Asia hits decade-high

New report describes ‘harrowing’ consequences of digital targeting of LGBTQ+ people in Middle East and North Africa

Brianna Ghey deserved better than the U.K.’s transphobia

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

Brazil recorded 242 violent LGBTQ+ deaths in 2022