The Next Front in the Fight for Trans Rights Is the Courts
The pending transgender athlete cases reveal how a decades-long conservative effort transformed the judiciary and why reform has become central to the fight for civil rights.
Trans Rights
The Case for Transgender Asylum From Trump’s America
The Trump administration is following the Nazi playbook to a T, as they attempt to destroy the trans community and erase them out of existence. We must call it what it is.
The Danger in Filling Out “Organ Inventory” Forms
In states where abortion and gender-affirming care is restricted or banned, medical data collection on cis women and trans people can make going to the doctor a crime.
Trump’s Anti-Trans EOs Are Just the Beginning
The Republicans’ merciless obsession with destroying trans lives is indicative of something larger: a full-throated effort to strip all of us of our bodily autonomy.
The GOP Has a Master Plan to Criminalize Being Trans
A coalition of powerful conservative organizations have put together a 900-plus-page playbook that maps out their strategy to enact a sweeping "Don't Say Gay" policy that will eradicate queer and trans lives and destroy democracy, if given the power. We can't let them.
Real Journalists Don’t “Just Ask Questions”
It may seem harmless, but “just asking questions” is a bad-faith, politically motivated media tactic that manipulates readers into buying a skewed worldview.
Who Is Fighting the Rise of Fascism in the U.S.?
Republicans are filing terrifying bills by the fistful every week. But that doesn't mean resistance is futile.
Why Is Media Disavowing Activism?
In their pushback against criticism of their trans coverage, The New York Times argues that activism and advocacy work has no place in their reporting. But their op-ed pages reveal a different story.
The Moral Panic We Cannot Ignore
Fascists rely on scapegoating and stoking imaginary fears. Now Republicans have focused their hatred on trans people to deflect attention from their destructive policies, and it could cost us lives.
Trans People Aren’t a Threat to “Womanhood”
In the wake of Roe being overturned, writers and celebrities alike claim that including trans people in the abortion conversation "erases" women. But the reverse is actually true.