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The lead author of an eye-opening new report from the Trevor Project tells The Advocate about the "stigma" intersex youth face, how it impacts them, and how to rectify it.
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
The Massachusetts Medical Society takes a stand against doing intersex surgery without patients' consent, but other groups need to follow suit, writes Kimberly Zieselman.
Intersex people must come out in order to show the world they're happy as they are, writes Hida Viloria.
"Governor Abbott and General Paxton are ignoring medical professionals and intentionally misrepresenting the law to the detriment of transgender children and their families," one attorney said.
When an Oregon bakery refused to make a wedding cake for Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, it became a talking point for "religious freedom" proponents. The women say the ordeal has left them broke and scarred.
This activist is using his platform to stand up for transgender athletes and other marginalized communities.
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
The settlement comes as a vindication for Michelle-Lael Norsworthy, who was paroled before receiving the gender-confirmation surgery that a federal judge ordered the California Department of Corrections to provide.
People with gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, and their rights "are not given up at the jailhouse door."
Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.
