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Tyler Warner and his mom, Mandy, outside of a courthouse after a hearing in his case.

Feb 19, 2020

Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong in Schools

Feb 18, 2020

There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures

Protesters hold signs at a rally in support of transgender youth

Jan 16, 2020

Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade

A banner with historical LGBTQ moments and people

Dec 19, 2019

10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019

Menstrual activists demonstrate at the Capitol during a National Period Day rally.

Dec 17, 2019

Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination — We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point

Dec 9, 2019

Three Ways the “Fairness for All Act” Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ People from Discrimination

Demonstrators protesting FOSTA and SESTA.

Dec 1, 2019

Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work

A Meals on Wheels driver loading food into a truck

Nov 5, 2019

Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding

Oct 15, 2019

The Supreme Court Could Allow the Use of a Religious Litmus Test for Foster Parents

Oct 9, 2019

I Am One of Aimee Stephens’s Lawyers, and I Heard Yesterday’s Argument Firsthand