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This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages

Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.

Boy Asks Santa If God 'Loves Me for Being Gay' in Heartbreaking Letter

The note was posted to the website of USPS Operation Santa.

People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study

Other operations, "while associated with higher rates of post-operative regret, are not as restricted and policed like gender-affirming surgery," a new study found.

Nicole Kidman Tries on New Role: Transgender Woman

After winning an Oscar for playing the bisexual Virginia Woolf, Nicole Kidman will again go LGBT in The Danish Girl, an independent film that tells the story of the first post-operative transsexual, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Anatomy of a Right-Wing Lie: No Threat to Wedding Chapel

The fear that the owners of an Idaho wedding chapel would be forced to host same-sex weddings is much ado about nothing.

4chan Trolls Attack The Trevor Project, Delaying Help to LGBTQ+ Youth

The Trevor Project says help to at-risk queer youth was delayed after the group was flooded with fake pleas for help.

Iconic D.C. Gay Nightclub Town Reopening in Baptist Church

Town, a touchstone for the past decade, will resurface inside a historic church north of Union Station.

Karen Black Dead at 74

The prolific actress succumbed to cancer on August 7.

Laverne Cox Among Paper Magazine's Most Beautiful People

The transgender actress continues her ascent, listed alongside the likes of Abigail Breslin, Chelsea Peretti, Chris Hardwick, and 39 others in the popular indie magazine.

Sun-Times Apologizes for Carrying Antitrans Op-ed

The piece calls trans people delusional and refers to gender-confirmation surgery as 'mutilation'; the Chicago Sun-Times has apologized for republishing it.

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FAA Ends Unnecessary Tests for Trans Pilots

The Federal Aviation Administration has done away with medical certification procedures that singled out trans pilots.

CDC Worker With Lanyard Instills Faith That Lesbians Will Fix COVID-19

A viral tweet praising the sight of a competent-appearing woman involved in coronavirus response has Twitter users referencing Fun Home's "Ring of Keys."

How fitness coach Tyriek Taylor reclaims his power from HIV with self-commitment

How fitness coach Tyriek Taylor reclaims his power from HIV with self-commitment

Artist, activist and coach Tyriek Taylor discusses his journey with HIV, from initial terror to full acceptance, through treatment, self-commitment and support from communities.

Feminist Germaine Greer Slams Survivors of Sexual Abuse for Not 'Stopping' It

The author of The Female Eunuch, recently infamous for transphopic comments, is currently writing a book titled On Rape. 

Another Lap for Michael Phelps’s Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend

The intersex 'cougar' has been the focus of uninformed tabloid coverage, but she appears to have willingly stepped into the spotlight.

When laws fail to protect trans people, harmful medicalized norms creep in

"Medical intervention for trans people, like all others, should be undertaken based on individual informed consent," writes Kyle Knight, co-interim director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program.