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Nov 1, 2023

Why We鈥檙e Taking the Fight for Trans Youth Health Care to the Supreme Court

Demonstrators perform a die-in symbolizing the amount of people dying from AIDS, Monday, August 17, 1992, in Houston. Hundreds of police and gay rights activists clashed outside the Republican National Convention Monday night as protesters sought to block a street near the Astrodome.

Oct 19, 2023

How ACT UP Changed the Face of AIDS and Activism

Transgender Pride flag on shoulder of a military camouflage uniform.

Oct 16, 2023

Congress is Trying to Deny Health Care to Transgender Veterans

A hand holding up a "With LGBT Refugees" sign.

Oct 10, 2023

Asylum Seeker's Wrongful 6-Year Detention is Emblematic of a Broken System

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Oct 5, 2023

Internet Censorship Won't Make Kids Safe

A graphic of a child looking at a shelf of library books surrounded by other graphics of thought bubbles and lightbulbs.

Sep 27, 2023

10 Advocates on Why They Won鈥檛 Stand for Classroom Censorship

A group of young demonstrators holding ACLU signs that say Trans People Belong.

Sep 7, 2023

How I Fought for Trans Justice This Summer

Library protest.A person walks past empty shelves at the library in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, after residents have spent the week withdrawing their maximum allowance of books to stop the council's plans to close it as part of budget cuts.

Sep 7, 2023

Why Is Texas Eliminating School Libraries?

Aug 30, 2023

How Mastercard is Endangering Sex Workers

A group using a computer and smartphone.

Aug 1, 2023

Arkansas Wants to Unconstitutionally 鈥淐ard鈥� People Before They Use Social Media

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News & Commentary about LGBTQ Rights