Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Trans Youth
Recently, The U.S. Education Department (ED), under the Trump administration, announced the ending of Title IX agreements with five school districts and one college that protected transgender students from discrimination. Title IX is a 1972 civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs receiving federal funding. Under previous administrations, its regulations were further extended to transgender and gay students. […]
Defense of Trans Rights is Part of Larger Struggle
In recent years, attacks on LGBTQ people and specifically the transgender community have spread and intensified around the world. Here in the United States, right-wing religious organizations stoke hysteria over alleged men participating in women’s sports, over a few trans athletes possibly gaining unfair advantages over women, and over supposed indoctrination and mutilation of unsuspecting […]
Transphobia Hurts Us All – Inside and Outside of the Olympics
The 2024 Olympics played the same old tune of gender discrimination and transphobia. Despite it’s claim of being the “largest, gender equal sporting event in the world,” transphobia still managed to make its way to the games. Due to subjective ideas of who is and is not a woman, oppressive surveillance has for years been […]
No Rights Without Trans Rights
The recent International Transgender Day of Visibility served as a celebration for all marginalized gender identities, and a reminder of the distance still to go until we have equality for all. The Right continues to use state legislation to scapegoat trans people and the whole LGBTQ+ community. There are constant and growing attacks on our […]
Republicans Introduce Hundreds of Anti-Trans Bills Across the Country
Republicans are vilifying trans people, hoping to mobilize their far-right voters. We must organize against these attacks on the lives of trans people.
Health Care for Trans Youth is Not Abuse
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Texas allowed the state to resume child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth, something previously blocked by a lower court. Now, parents who provide their transgender or non-binary children access to gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, can be investigated by the Department of Family and […]