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Orion Rummler
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LGBTQ+ families don’t always feel safe. Here’s where they can find support.
The 19th explains the legal rights around child care, fertility treatment and other protections along with resources for queer parents and their families.
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How children’s picture books got to the Supreme Court
In Mahmoud v. Taylor, parents of different faiths argue that LGBTQ-inclusive books in schools are infringing on their First Amendment rights to freely exercise religion.
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Activists pile 200 coffins outside State Department to protest cuts to global AIDS relief
Cuts to PEPFAR, the country’s emergency plan for HIV and AIDS relief, have resulted in an estimated 40,000 deaths overseas, analysis shows.
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Health care could get more expensive for transgender people under a new Trump rule
The proposed rule affects access to “essential health benefits” like hospitalization, mental health services and prescription drugs.
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Women made history in space long before the Blue Origin flight
As astronauts, engineers and mathematicians, women have been pioneers in aerospace for over 100 years.
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Jewish Americans feel echoes of history in transgender passport restrictions
LGBTQ+ Jewish people see passports — now outing them for being trans — as part of a familiar playbook from the Holocaust.
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What Cory Booker spoke about for 25 hours: the programs holding America together
Threats to public education, Social Security benefits and Medicaid funding were at the heart of the senator’s record-setting floor speech against the Trump administration.
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In Washington, an afternoon of solidarity for trans rights
In the crowd on the National Mall, trans people who have been living in a heightened state of fear since Election Day felt a moment of reprieve and solidarity.
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21 books bringing transgender visibility to book lovers
Independent booksellers, libraries and Trans Rights Readathon organizers share their favorite books written by and about trans people.
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From Stonewall to now: LGBTQ+ elders on navigating fear in dark times
LGBTQ+ elders share what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice to young people right now.