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Kate Sosin
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Intersex surgery is condemned by the United Nations. Anti-trans bills are allowing it.
Exemptions for intersex surgery allow doctors to assign minors who are born with secondary sex characteristics as “male” or “female,” reinforcing rigid gender ideals and heterosexuality, experts say.
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Has the Biden administration made gender-affirming surgery accessible for federal prisons? Officials won't say.
Donna Langan has become the first transgender person to undergo gender-affirming surgery in a federal prison, but the White House won’t comment on its policies.
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Oklahoma lesbian will appeal after her parental rights were transferred to son’s sperm donor
After a judge’s ruling rocked LGBTQ+ rights advocates and donor communities, The National Center for Lesbian Rights will take on Kris Williams’ case in state court.
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Monica Roberts chronicled the lives — and deaths — of trans people as only she could
Before her death in 2020, the TransGriot founder fought against misgendering in media and used tough love to hold her Black and queer colleagues accountable.
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Biden administration releases first-ever report on diversity in federal government
The report reflects marginal gains in representation for women and some communities of color.
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An Oklahoma judge just transferred a lesbian mom’s parental rights to her son’s sperm donor
A ruling citing the state’s parentage act could have substantial implications for marriage equality and LGBTQ+ parental rights nationwide, legal experts warn.
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40 years ago, an author interviewed the kids of queer parents. His new book explores what they have to say now.
The five subjects in ‘A Secret I Can’t Tell’ — some of them now parents themselves — reflect on the impact secrecy and homophobia had on their lives.
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More than half of queer Florida parents have considered fleeing the state in the wake of ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ study finds
Of the respondents, 17 percent have already taken steps to leave Florida, and 11 percent have considered transferring their children to other schools.
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Biden keeps LGBTQ+ remarks brief in State of the Union as queer Americans face hostile legislation
Biden mentions marriage equality but not legislative attacks to LGBTQ+ rights in his annual address.
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The 19th Explains: Why the Respect for Marriage Act doesn’t codify same-sex marriage rights
If the Supreme Court reverses marriage equality, the landmark legislation offers protections for LGBTQ+ couples but falls short of a national mandate.