After Mississippi banned his hormone shots, an 8-hour journey
A swath of adjoining states in the South now ban transition-related care for minors, forcing families of trans youth to travel long distances for care
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The Transgender Family Handbook
144 specific suggestions, from trans young people and their loved ones, that parents may find helpful.
ContinueWhen Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know
Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school. Jessica Bradshaw found out that her 15-year-old…
ContinueTransgender athletes score legal victory in Connecticut case
Transgender athletes in Connecticut and their advocates secured a victory on Friday when an appeals court ruled that the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) may…
ContinueFirst openly transgender NFL cheerleader Justine Lindsay a ‘face of the possible’
After becoming a member of the Carolina Panthers TopCats cheerleaders in March, Justine Lindsay had heard that there was nothing like the team’s first home…
Continue‘Massive Win’: Court Rules Transgender People Entitled to Disabilities Act Protections
LGBTQ+ rights advocates on Tuesday celebrated Tuesday after a federal court became the first in the U.S. to rule that transgender people who suffer from…
ContinueHartford Public Schools adopt policy protecting transgender, nonconforming students
Hartford — A gender-nonconforming student’s face lit up when Jackie Harris-Stone, a Farmington resident who has children in the Hartford Public Schools system, showed the…
ContinueSending your kid to camp can be hard — especially when they’re trans
Mommy, I’m scared,” my daughter said from the backseat of our SUV, surrounded by her backpack, a sleeping bag and some other odds and ends…
ContinueThe difficult road for Trans youth in Texas
Texas leaders have targeted trans youth, their families and gender-affirming care practices for months. It’s exacerbated feelings of anxiety and fear in trans youth, who…
ContinueHistory of Pride Month
On a hot summer’s night in New York on June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village, which resulted…
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Meet the Southern Doctor Fighting to Help Trans Kids
“As a physician, I took an oath to not abandon my patients,” says Lowell.
ContinueSan Francisco proposes to spend $6.5 million to end homelessness for transgender people
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced an ambitious plan to spend $6.5 million to end homelessness for transgender individuals in five years. The mayor’s office…
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