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Trans Rights
June 12, 2024
Parker Molloy
The Bogus Anti-Trans “Declaration” From a Bogus Medical Organization
A case study in how a right-wing “pediatric” group and the right-wing media work to stir up controversy over trans rights.
January 31, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Republicans Reveal Their Endgame in the Fight Over Trans Kids
This was never about children.
June 29, 2023
Prem Thakker
Dylan Mulvaney Slams Bud Light for Not Supporting Her
The trans influencer revealed the beverage company never reached out as far-right creeps made her fear for her safety.
April 7, 2023
Prem Thakker
North Dakota Senate Votes to Increase Its Own Meal Budget After Rejecting Free School Lunch Bill
Meanwhile, state Republicans are busy banning pretty much everything except hypocrisy.
July 6, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
Pamela Paul’s Great Replacement Theory
The New York Times columnist lays the groundwork for a mainstream case for trans exclusion.
February 23, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
Texas’s Attorney General Is Laying the Groundwork to Separate Trans Kids From Their Families
Ken Paxton says his “formal attorney general opinion” is that gender-affirming health care for trans kids is “child abuse.”
February 17, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
The Groups Pushing Anti-Trans Laws Want to Divide the LGBTQ Movement
The same people keep pushing bill after bill, developing their strategy as they go.
August 9, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
Behind the GOP Strategy to Outlaw Trans Youth
Activists are beating back Republicans’ virulent attacks on trans rights. But the battle is costing the trans community.
July 21, 2021
Esther Wang
How Tucker Carlson and a Story About a Possibly Fictional Trans Person Fueled Two Weeks of Violent Right-Wing Protests
The chaos unfolding outside of a Los Angeles spa is a case study in how the right’s media and political ecosystems feed each other, often resulting in very real violence.
June 30, 2021
Katelyn Burns
Where LGBTQ Equality Legislation Goes to Die
The Equality Act is languishing in Congress. It’s a familiar story.
May 4, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Right-Wing War on Trans Youth Was Hiding in Plain Sight
Conservatives’ moral panic over Drag Queen Story Hour set the stage for the anti-trans bills flooding Republican legislatures today—and the same hate groups are behind it all.
April 16, 2021
Danielle Tcholakian
Medical Risk Is Never Shared Equally. Our Health Care System Is Built to Guarantee That.
What the debate about the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine, birth control, and blood clots was really about
March 2, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
This Is How Sex Workers Win
The mainstreaming of “sex work is work” and strong decriminalization policy proposals are signs of the movement’s success. What comes next?
February 19, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mothers Leading the Battle Against Trans Student Athletes
Their tactics mirror those employed by white mothers who fought school integration: disguising bigotry with pleas to protect children.
November 23, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Dangerous Inversions of the Debate Around Trans “Censorship”
The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.
October 30, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Quiet Suppression of Trans Voters
“Trans people don’t know if that polling place is going to be safe. We don’t know if any place is going to be safe.”
December 30, 2019
Katelyn Burns
When “Biology” Becomes a Cover for Anti-Trans Bigotry
How an employment case in the United Kingdom revealed the ugly contours of anti-trans discrimination
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