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My Language Doesn't Have the Terminology to Describe Who I Am
English vocabulary is evolving with our understanding of LGBTQ+ identities, but its dominance risks alienating older languages.
Lockdown Helped Me Recognise My Gender Identity
Being cut off from their support networks left many LGBTQ people feeling isolated. Others have found it unexpectedly liberating.
ID Laws and Stigma Are Keeping Some Trans Voters Away From the Polls
“When you want to go practice your right as an American citizen to cast a ballot, you have this person looking at you and you wonder, Are they going to challenge my ballot or say ‘You don’t look like this person?’”
We Asked Former NYPD About the Unmarked Van Used in Trans Protester's Arrest
“That’s not the normal warrant arrest.”
Queer People Have Always Found a Way to Tell Their Own Stories
Because LGBTQ people's perspectives have historically been absent from mainstream publications, they've had to make their own.
The Alpaca Ranch That’s Creating a Rural Utopia for Trans People
Hidden away in the Colorado countryside, the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch is becoming a sanctuary for queer and trans people with nowhere else to go.
How Queer Households Are Celebrating Pride During Lockdown, in Photos
Photographer Heather Glazzard spent the day travelling around London to find out what Pride looks and feels like this year for chosen families across the city.
For Many Young Trans People, YouTube Is a Mentor
As a trans minor, finding accurate information about the practicalities of living as a trans person can be difficult and overwhelming. YouTube has changed that.
As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed
Though medical facilities may soon become overtaxed for everyone, the coronavirus pandemic has shed light on how transgender people's care can be treated as "non-essential."
Trans Activists Want Bloomberg to Apologize for His ‘Guy Wearing a Dress’ Slur
Now the Bloomberg campaign is selling campaign shirts reading "Protect trans rights."
Jess T. Dugan's Moving Photos of Trans People Over 50 Enjoying Life
Photographer Jess T. Dugan portrays queer and trans people with striking intimacy.
9 Photographers Flipping the Script on Trans and Non-Binary Representation
Artist Laurence Philoméne invites some of their favorite photographers to show what trans and non-binary representation outside of the cis gaze looks like.