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Kentucky Republican Candidate: ‘Will Not Have Transgenders' in School if Elected

GOP gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft is a former UN ambassador.

How can you support transgender and nonbinary youth right now? The Trevor Project has some tips

These supportive actions can decrease the risk of suicide, notes a new research brief from the crisis intervention group.

A Call to Action for Trans Youth on Transgender Day of Visibility

We must keep fighting for civil rights for all transgender youth in order to provide the justice they deserve.

Idaho's Anti-Trans Sports Law Still Blocked After Appeals Court Ruling

“This is an important victory for common sense, equality, and the rights of transgender youth under the law,” the ACLU's Chase Strangio said.

A call to end modern medical apartheid in Ohio

Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors is a cruel assault on the rights and dignity of transgender youth, writes advocate Gulnar Feerasta, with the policy mirroring historical discriminatory practices.

Most Americans Don’t Want States Able to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids

A new poll from Data for Progress shows that voters aren't on board with Republican plans to regulate women's bodies or trans teenagers' identities.

Wyoming Is Latest State With Anti-Trans Sports Law

Gov. Mark Gordon called the legislation "draconian" and "discriminatory" but let it become law without his signature. The state is also moving against abortion rights.

An urgent call to protect gender-affirming care

While efforts to ban or severely limit access to gender-affirming care are blunt and sweeping, gender-affirming care is anything but, writes Human Rights Watch's Yasemin Smallens.

Over a quarter of college applicants are rejecting schools over their states' politics: report

Over a quarter of college applicants (28 percent) said in a new survey that they "exclude schools solely based on political considerations in the state where the institution is located."

Anti-LGBTQ+ insults don't just hurt queer kids — Straight boys react worse to homophobia in sports

The group most likely to report hearing anti-LGBTQ + language were students who play sports — particularly straight, cisgender boys.

Tennessee's first out LGBTQ+ school board member: 'pay attention' to your local government

Zach Young tells The Advocate about the "horror stories" overtaking U.S. school boards and how he'll use his position to fight back against anti-LGBTQ+ hate.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear perfectly explains why he vetoed the 'nastiest' anti-trans bill

Politicians and media personalities aren't "talking about what people are worried about" enough, according to Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.

For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything

Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.

No, Elon Musk's trans daughter Vivian Wilson isn't 'dead' — but he's dead to her

Vivian Wilson is once again calling out her biological father for claiming she's "dead" just because she transitioned.

3% of high school students are transgender — and their schools aren't supportive enough: CDC

The CDC has released the "first nationally representative data on transgender and questioning students," and its findings are revealing.

John Oliver slams Democrats who think transgender people lost them the election

"If what you want is a centrist campaign that's quiet on trans issues ... that candidate existed, and she just lost," Oliver said during a recent episode of Last Week Tonight.

Missouri Republicans pivot from attacking LGBTQ+ lives to focus on childcare and education issues

The state’s top Republican leaders have announced that LGBTQ+ issues will no longer be at the forefront of their legislative agenda as the state’s annual legislative session reconvenes.

Missouri billboards falsely claim abortion referendum involves 'child gender surgery'

Some billboards warn voters to “STOP Child Gender Surgery,” even though the amendment to legalize abortion on the Nov. 5 ballot doesn’t mention gender-affirming care.

Shocker! Gay Republican doesn't get LGBTQ+ group's endorsement after anti-trans comments

Curtis Bashaw’s campaign didn't react positively when Garden State Equality endorsed his Democratic opposition in the race for one of New Jersey's federal Senate seats, Rep. Andrew Kim.

Republicans and Democrats are split on transgender rights — and it's impacting swing states

Ohio's voters largely oppose protections for trans people. And yes, Ohio's voters are largely Republican.

Meet the young transgender teens changing America and the world

These inspiring young trans leaders from the GenderCool Project aren't waiting around for the world to change — they're making it happen.