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Photo of Evan Minton sitting on a couch in an office.

Feb 27, 2020

A Hospital Refused to Provide Medically Necessary Surgery Because I Am Transgender

The front of the Supreme Court, as a few people are walking up and down its stairs, on a sunny day in 2012.

Feb 27, 2020

Defending Immigrants’ Rights and Reproductive Freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court

Tyler Warner and his mom, Mandy, outside of a courthouse after a hearing in his case.

Feb 19, 2020

Federal Appeals Courts Agree: Trans People Belong in Schools

Feb 18, 2020

There is a Coordinated Attack Against Trans Youth in State Legislatures

Protesters hold signs at a rally in support of transgender youth

Jan 16, 2020

Lawmakers Playing Politics with Trans Kids’ Lives at the Start of the Decade

A banner with historical LGBTQ moments and people

Dec 19, 2019

10 LGBTQ Moments that Defined 2019

Menstrual activists demonstrate at the Capitol during a National Period Day rally.

Dec 17, 2019

Menstruation-Related Discrimination is Sex Discrimination — We Don’t Need to Erase Trans or Non-Binary People to Make That Point

Dec 9, 2019

Three Ways the “Fairness for All Act” Doesn’t Protect LGBTQ People from Discrimination

Demonstrators protesting FOSTA and SESTA.

Dec 1, 2019

Reducing HIV Transmission Requires Decriminalizing Sex Work

A Meals on Wheels driver loading food into a truck

Nov 5, 2019

Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination with Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding