Transgender People of Color Face Unique Challenges as Gender Discrimination and Racism Intersect
The health care system has historically been a fraught with danger for trans people of color
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What’s Sexual Orientation Got to Do With It? LGTBQ People Face Discrimination in Healthcare
It’s 2022 — and LGBTQ discrimination in healthcare is still a thing
Love Conquers All: My Journey as the Mother of a Transgender Daughter
My daughter came out as transgender at the age of 14. Since then, our entire family transitioned alongside her — and we’re now closer than ever.
I Came Out on Christmas Eve
After decades of hiding my sexual orientation, my family’s reaction wasn’t even close to what I expected
Transgender Children’s Rights Are Under Attack
An explosion of bills threatening health care for trans youth have recently been drafted
Removing Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for the LGBTQ Community
Misinformation, bias and lack of access to health care can put LGBTQ people with cervixes at greater risk of developing cancer
7 Tips for LGBTQ Parents to Help Schools Fight Stigma and Ignorance
Parents may want to talk to teachers about their family structure, and what their child calls each parent, before the start of the school year.
Transgender Medicine – What Care Looks Like, Who Seeks It out and What’s Still Unknown: 3 Essential Reads
Access to transgender medical care has been under attack in many places in the U.S.
Conversion Therapy Is Discredited and Increases Risk of Suicide – yet Fewer Than Half of US States Have Bans in Place
Conversion therapy, or the practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, is based on an outdated and incorrect notion that such identities are a choice that can be changed
What’s Behind the Rising Profile of Transgender Kids? 3 Essential Reads
The history of trans youth offers some of the most compelling proof that trans kids aren't some sort of new phenomenon
Trans Kids in the US Were Seeking Treatment Decades Before Today’s Political Battles Over Access to Health Care
These kids faced tremendous obstacles in a world where the word "transgender" didn't even exist
The Other Side of the Rainbow
Coming out to my family as transgender helped me find inner peace
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