News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights

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Demonstrators protesting anti-trans bills.

Apr 1, 2021

Doctors Agree: Gender-Affirming Care is Life-Saving Care

Mar 12, 2021

State Senator Sarah McBride on Making History and Affirming Trans Lives

Mar 11, 2021

State Senator Sarah McBride on Making History and Affirming Trans Lives

Protestors holding an ACLU "Trans People Belong" poster and "trans kids are kids" poster at a trans rights rally in South Dakota.

Feb 26, 2021

The Coordinated Attack on Trans Student Athletes

Feb 19, 2021

My Genderless ID Makes Me Feel Safe

Feb 17, 2021

I Am Who I Am and I Deserve an ID to Match

Shige Sakurai with the sky in the background.

Jan 27, 2021

I’m Nonbinary. My Passport Should Show That.

President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.

Jan 21, 2021

What President Biden’s LGBTQ Executive Order Does and Doesn’t Do

Dec 17, 2020

They The People: The Biden Administration Must go Beyond Repealing Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights

Black trans woman with long hair against dark background

Nov 20, 2020

To Protect Black Trans Lives, Decriminalize Sex Work