3+ hour, 21+ min 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....

1+ week, 9+ hour 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,…...

1+ week, 4+ day 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day 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...

1+ mon, 1+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 4+ 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ 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…...

8+ 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…...

1+ 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....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1926+ words) "I feel like, up until this point, I probably was being 88% honest at face with everything," Rashad says. "And then now it's more like a hundred. And it doesn't hurt to. I don't feel the risk factor in talking about…...