News & Commentary about LGBTQ Youth

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Aug 6, 2024

High School Students Explain Why We Can’t Let Classroom Censorship Win

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Jun 28, 2024

55 Years After Stonewall, Police Reform Stalls at Symbolic Gestures

Jun 21, 2024

"Taking Pride in Who We Are"

Transgender, hijra, gender diverse population form human chain to demand 8 points of gender identity in front of National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 5, 2022

Jun 6, 2024

Why Do Trans Women Face so Much Violence?

A person holding a sign with the text: Protect Trans Kids, during the pride parade.

Feb 29, 2024

A Teenager’s Fight Against Idaho’s Harmful Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care

A sign reading FREE SPEECH is held aloft by person protesting immigration laws banning some Muslims at Battery Park in Manhattan in 2017 in New York City

Feb 20, 2024

Defending Speech We Hate

Someone holding a sign saying "Trans People Belong."

Feb 15, 2024

A Plan to Block Trans Health Care in Ohio Was Stopped — But the Fight Isn’t Over

Feb 14, 2024

Anti-DEI Efforts Are the Latest Attack on Racial Equity and Free Speech

Queer & transgender youth march from Union Station to U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 2023, calling for autonomy following recent legislation and threats of violence directed towards transgender people.

Jan 11, 2024

The Way Forward for Trans Justice

With the U.S Capitol in the back ground thousands of demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021.

Dec 14, 2023

2023 in Review: The Latest on the Stories That Made Our Year