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a young trans athlete speaks in front of Congress building against trans sports bans
Politics + Activism Sports

Athletic Governing Bodies Must Resist Trump’s Unconscionable Trans Sports Ban

This Executive Order is just going to give these sports-specific governing bodies who already have policies aimed at trans participation in their sports more fuel to enforce them.

Stef Rubino February 6, 2025 1 Comment
Hands hold up signs at the NYU Langone trans healthcare protest that read Trans Healthcare is human healthcare and shame on you NYU
Politics + Activism

Hundreds Protest NYU Langone’s Early Compliance With Trump’s Dangerous Anti-Trans Executive Order

“This decision is not only a moral and medical failure — it’s a betrayal of our patients and our profession,” said Dr. Michael Zingman, a second year child psychiatry fellow at NYU Langone.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 4, 2025 5 Comments
404 error page
Politics + Activism

Fascist 404s: The Government Is Deleting Vital LGBTQ Health Resources and Data

More than 8,000 web pages with vital information across a dozen government websites have been removed from the internet. These deletions are far-reaching, targeting diversity initiatives and pretty much anything pertaining to gender equality.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 3, 2025 3 Comments
Trump signing executive orders
Politics + Activism

Trump Wants To Fight Imaginary Indoctrination in Public Schools by Implementing Ahistorical and Anti-Trans Indoctrination

Trump’s Executive Orders aimed at America’s schools make it clear his administration wants to destroy public education.

Stef Rubino January 30, 2025 2 Comments
PROTECT TRANS YOUTH
Politics + Activism

How To Argue Effectively Against Trump’s Executive Order Banning Health Care For Transgender Youth

Trump’s executive order attempting to ban gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 relies on lies and misinformation to push through sweeping reform that will ruin a lot of lives.

Riese January 30, 2025 4 Comments
a person holding a sign that says TRANS HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES at a gender-affirming care rally
Politics + Activism

Trump’s Attack on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Will Be Challenged in the Courts, but It’s Alarming Nonetheless

Trump’s latest anti-trans Executive Order targets trans people seeking gender-affirming care under the age of 19, using pseudoscience, outright falsehoods, fear-mongering, and the threat of prosecution against medical practices enthusiastically endorsed by medical professionals to make its case.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 29, 2025 6 Comments
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks with the media during his first official arrival at the Pentagon as Secretary in Washington, DC, January 27, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Politics + Activism

Trump’s Latest Attempt to Ban Trans People From The Military Comes With Extra Malice

Famously dishonorable cretins Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth claim that being trans is incompatible with military principles of possessing an “honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”

Riese January 28, 2025 2 Comments
passport and social security card
Gender Politics + Activism

Updating Documents as a Trans Person Is Hell Right Now. Here Are My Tips for Navigating the Process

Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.

Motti January 28, 2025 13 Comments
A couple shows off their rings following their marriage during an event to mark the country's same-sex marriage law coming into effect in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto)
Politics + Activism

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Couples Eagerly Wed as Thailand Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Nearly two thousand couples got married in Thailand today as legalized same-sex marriage went into effect and these photos are going to warm your heart I guarantee it.

Riese January 23, 2025 6 Comments
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the WHite House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Politics + Activism

What Will Trump’s Anti-Trans “Gender Ideology Extremism” Executive Orders Actually Do?

Trump’s “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government Act” Executive Order is a doozie. But its implications aren’t as immediate or permanent as you might think.

Riese January 21, 2025 10 Comments
A group of trans kids wearing masks stand in an archway behind a sign that says KIDS with the i a chess piece surrounded by a trans flag.
Politics + Activism

Shroud Waving: On Trans Death, Callousness, Ancestors

Through all of the media and political bluster surrounding trans children, no one ever bothers to ask those of us who were trans children and are now adults what we think.

Morgan M Page December 17, 2024 2 Comments
Nikki Giovanni
Politics + Activism

Nikki Giovanni Never Stopped Standing Up for What’s Right

On Monday, it was reported that Nikki Giovanni — internationally recognized poet and leader in the Black Arts Movement who urged us to believe in and fight for a world without the limits of systemic racism and injustice — lost her third battle with cancer at the age of 81. 

Stef Rubino December 10, 2024 2 Comments
collage of terrifying repbulicans
Politics + Activism

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Ranked by the Raw Terror I Feel in My Soul When I Look Into Their Eyes

We’ve got an anti-vaxxer with a literal worm in his brain, a Christian Nationalist axe-thrower, a World Wrestling Federation founder, a former log-roller reality TV star, Marco F*cking Rubio and so many more bigoted losers nominated for Trump’s cabinet.

Riese December 6, 2024 18 Comments
A close up of Sarah McBride smiling at the Democratic National Convention
Politics + Activism

Sarah McBride Is a Zionist

As an elected official, McBride deserves a thorough examination of her beliefs and values.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 15, 2024 94 Comments
White House divided by blue and red
Politics + Activism

Forget ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ States — Fascism Is Everywhere

Fascism cannot be defeated by the thing that helps fuel its perpetuation and its intensification.

Stef Rubino November 14, 2024 5 Comments
END TRUMP'S GLOBAL GAG RULE
Politics + Activism

I’m South African. Trump’s Presidency Affects Abortion Access in My Country, Too

The Global Gag Rule prohibits organizations receiving US foreign aid from providing abortion procedures, referrals, and information in their countries of operation. It applies regardless of the legal status of abortion in that country.

Summer Tao November 12, 2024 2 Comments
Two people organize cans and bags of food in cardboard contianers.
Politics + Activism

Here’s How We Can Help Each Other in Trump’s America (and Beyond)

These are things to care for yourself, to feel better, to look out for others, to continue to fight against fascism and for a better world for everyone.

Nico November 7, 2024 8 Comments
a pro Palestine activist faces off with a cop
Politics + Activism

Only Palestine Can Save America From Fascism

Fascism was here, ripe and ready, growing steadily but profoundly in our own backyard.

Elena Dudum November 7, 2024 26 Comments
WEST PALM BEACH,FL - NOVEMBER 5: Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump cheer as results are announced during an election night watch party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, FL, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Politics + Activism

Bigoted Demagogue Donald Trump Re-Elected as U.S. President

Donald Trump has once again won the presidential election, riding a wave of hatred and bigotry towards women, immigratns, LGBTQ+ people and people of color. Where can we go from here?

Riese November 6, 2024 15 Comments
End Florida's Abortion Ban YES ON 4
Politics + Activism

Despite Majority Support, Abortion Rights Failed in Florida Due to a Stupid Rule — That’s Bad for Everyone

Due to a 2006 rule that requires a 60% approval rating for constitutional amendments in Florida, the abortion rights amendment did not pass despite majority support. This outcome is bad for Florida but also for everyone and points toward a trend of the ruling class making it harder and harder to enact change.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 6, 2024 5 Comments
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