Hate Watch

4chan trolls flooded a suicide hotline by pretending to be LGBTQ2S+ youth in crisis

The Trevor Project said the calls increased wait times for actual queer and trans youth seeking help

By Jackie Richardson

Youth

The life-changing power of West Virginia’s only queer youth summer camp

Being queer in Appalachia can be hard. This one-of-a-kind program hopes to make it a little easier

By Nico Lang

TV & Film

Four queer Canadian directors talk bringing grit and glitter to TIFF 2022

The filmmakers behind “Something You Said Last Night” “ROSIE” and more are queering the Toronto International Film Festival

By Pat Mullen

Gaming

‘Curses’ explores the queer magic of owning your darkest feelings

Emily Flynn-Jones’s new semi-autobiographical video game asks players to take big feelings seriously—especially the bad ones

By V.S. Wells

Power

The next big Supreme Court battle could be over LGBTQ2S+ student groups

A potential shadow docket case is raising alarm bells over the latest freedom of speech controversy

By Oliver Haug

Censorship

School district threatened with lawsuit after shutting down student newspaper over LGBTQ2S+ coverage

The ACLU claimed the district “blatantly violated” the U.S. constitution

By Nico Lang

Politics

America’s QAnon congresswoman wants to ban all gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deadly anti-LGBTQS2+ bill would create a frightening reality for trans youth

By J.E. Reich

Politics

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin wants teachers to out LGBTQ2S+ children

The Republican looks to continue the state’s rightward shift on queer issues

By Silas Le Blanc

Sports

This state secretly investigated a cis athlete’s gender after the parents of the students she beat complained

Sources said the student wasn’t the only athlete subjected to an investigation

By Jackie Richardson

Justice

Family of eight-year-old girl sues over discriminatory Tennessee bathroom law

Under the law, trans students in Tennessee are not allowed to use the bathroom in alignment with their lived gender

By Oliver Haug

Politics

Florida governor suspends prosecutor who refused to punish trans youth for seeking gender-affirming care

Andrew Warren, state attorney for Hillsborough County, also vowed not to prosecute people seeking abortions

By Dika Ofoma

Mental Health

The pandemic is causing an LGBTQ2S+ mental health crisis in Canada

New polling indicates increasing rates of anxiety and depression, particularly among LGBTQ2S+ youth and people of colour

By Oliver Haug

Identity

Oklahoma is requiring student athletes to sign ‘biological sex affidavits’

The policy comes in the wake of a law prohibiting trans youth from playing on the sports team that matches their gender

By Oliver Haug

Politics

Twenty-two Republican attorneys general target federal school lunch program

The group argues that the USDA’s anti-discrimination directives restrict their states’ ability to enforce their own laws

By Jackie Richardson

Identity

A record number of African youth support LGBTQ+ equality, according to new survey

Thirty-eight percent of young adults in sub-Saharan Africa said they want their governments to do more for LGBTQ+ rights

By Ursula Muñoz S.

Identity

This Ontario mom is throwing a gender reveal for her trans daughter

Eight-year-old Ella is celebrating her new name and transition with family this weekend

By Maddy Mahoney

Power

A trans 10-year-old will be able to play girls’ softball again after judge rules against Indiana law

The singling out of trans girls “is unequivocally discrimination on the basis of sex,” ruled the judge

By Nico Lang

Power

A Trump-appointed judge just blocked federal protections for U.S. trans students

Twenty states sued the Biden administration to halt enforcement of the trans-affirming guidelines

By Jackie Richardson