2+ week, 3+ day ago   (598+ words) Magic: The Gathering, the fantasy card game with over 50 million enthusiasts worldwide, has become an important social outlet for some real people: the transgender community. Magic: The Gathering is a fantasy card game with over 50 million enthusiasts around the globe,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (265+ words) NPR 'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert For "Weird Al" Yankovic — pop parodist, comedy lifer, occasional movie and TV star, and improver of countless adolescences — coming up with a fresh set of songs for the Tiny Desk was never going…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (561+ words) Protestors rally for healthcare for transgender people at a march in June 2025 in Manhattan. NPR has learned the Trump administration shelved a plan to cut off all Medicare and Medicaid funding to any hospital that provided gender-affirming care to minors....

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (277+ words) NPR Militant LGBTQ+ rights group 'the Lavender Panthers' was founded on this day in 1973 This was back in 1973, but even then, "Reverend Ray" was a problematic, controversial figure, and not just for his militant tactics. The group he founded, however,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (188+ words) Opting Out © 2026, Maia Kobabe and Swati "Lucky" Srikumar, used with permission from Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc Graphix hide caption In an important scene in the new middle-grade graphic novel Opting Out, 12-year-old Saachi's father is giving her a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (41+ words) NPR Another blockbuster Supreme Court term in review The Supreme Court's ruling that presidents can fire leaders of independent agencies — at will — could lead to less regulation of corporate interests. Become an NPR sponsor...

3+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (705+ words) People in favor of healthcare for transgender youth march outside NYU Langone hospital in New York City in February 2025. Heather Khalifa/AP hide caption Families of transgender youth in California learned this week that their private medical records will not…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (219+ words) Across the U.S., cities and communities are celebrating Pride during the month of June.At the same time, a new poll from Gallup suggests attitudes around LGBTQ issues are shifting. After two decades, support for the community has now dropped. The…...

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…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (385+ words) The library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is pretty typical: rows of books, a cafe. But then there's also a haunted stuffed mongoose. We visit the large parapsychology collection. The library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County…...