3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (580+ words) Lyndsey Sickler, one of Pittsburgh Pride organizers. Hannah Frances Johansson hide caption PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Pride celebrations across the country continue to lose out on large sponsorships as corporations, a key source of funding, shrink their affiliation with diversity causes and…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (34+ words) The dynamics of long-time gay couple Jesse and Norman are completely upended when Norman is abducted by aliens in Steven Rowley's comic novel "Take Me With You." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (475+ words) The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says transgender youth should wait until age 19 to have any surgeries. Surgery is already rarely performed for transgender young people. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons made headlines this week. A statement of their…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (284+ words) The Supreme Court's decision outlawing bans on conversion therapy will change the legal situation in many states. An evangelical Christian therapist and LGBTQ activist share how people are responding. JASON DEROSE, BYLINE: Hello. DETROW: Let's start by reminding everybody what…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (423+ words) Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes in recent months, from canceling gender studies programs to directing faculty to sign a pledge not to indoctrinate students. CAMILLE PHILLIPS, BYLINE: In late February, a group of students and faculty gathered…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (580+ words) Siding with a Christian counselor in Colorado, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out the state's law banning conversion therapy. The decision could well invalidate laws in some two dozen other states — laws that bar mental health therapists from practicing…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (300+ words) Prompted by a new law, Kansas began sending letters to some trans people saying their drivers licenses were being invalidated until they change their gender information. ZANE IRWIN, BYLINE: Thanks for having me. SIMON: So this began Thursday with reports…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1437+ words) KAI WRIGHT: This was never about the health of Black women. This was about creating a boogeyman, which is the hypersexualized, dangerous Black man who walks around horny and just destroying everything with his lust. JEFFREY MCCUNE: And so it…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1298+ words) Transgender rights supporters rallied at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, DC, after the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in June 2025. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption The Trump administration celebrated a recent…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (149+ words) Texas A&M University adopted a rule last November banning the teaching of “race and gender ideology,” which includes Plato’s 2,400-year-old “Symposium.” Professor Martin Peterson explains how he thinks the move will hurt his philosophy students.Then, Bob Weir, a…...