News & Commentary about Transgender People and Discrimination

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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

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

Oct 9, 2019

I Am One of Aimee Stephens’s Lawyers, and I Heard Yesterday’s Argument Firsthand

Sep 19, 2019

Gavin Grimm, From Teen Activist to Trans Icon

Apr 22, 2019

Supreme Court Takes Cases of People Fired for Being LGBTQ

Mar 12, 2019

Banning Trans Girls From School Sports Is Neither Feminist Nor Legal

Feb 7, 2019

The South Dakota Legislature’s Transphobia

Oct 25, 2018

My Boss Fired Me From My Funeral Home Job for Being Transgender

Oct 24, 2018

Aimee Stephens Was Fired Because She Is Transgender. That’s Sex Discrimination.

Oct 4, 2018

November Could be Consequential for Transgender and Nonbinary People Like Me