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Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates

5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (229+ words) New directives from the Bureau of Prisons amount to government-mandated conversion therapy. The Metropolitan Detention Center in New York City. Books & the Arts / Gus O'Connor Kali Holloway is a columnist for The Nation and the former'director of the Make It…...

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thenation. com > article > politics > langone-sinai-trans-care-zohran-mamdani

New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care?

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (781+ words) As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani made promises to New York City's trans community. With two hospital systems ending trans youth care, he's now facing his first test. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the New York City Pride…...

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thenation. com > article > society > gender-liberation-movement-raquel-willis-interview

We Must Raise Our Voices Against the Attacks on Trans Care

2+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (607+ words) The Gender Liberation Movement's Raquel Willis says trans youth "are our future" and that new HHS rules amount to a national ban on gender-affirming care for young people. Raquel Willis, cofounder of the Gender Liberation Movement, is arrested along with…...

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thenation. com > article > society > they-pronoun-writing-journalism

My Years-Long Fight to Say "They

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (256+ words) Over and over again, I would use the pronoun in my writing. Over and over again, editors would try to remove it. A protester at a rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 6, 2022. Giving the store away? When is a…...

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thenation. com > article > society > supreme-court-conversion-therapy-ban

The Supreme Court Just Condemned Countless Kids to Psychiatric Abuse

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (698+ words) The court's 81 ruling overturning Colorado's ban on conversion therapy is a disaster for LGBTQ+ kids'and also for the healthcare profession. The fa'ade of the Supreme Court Building. In an 81 ruling on Tuesday, the Supreme Court overturned Colorado's ban on conversion…...

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thenation. com > article > society > social-media-fraternities-maddie-kowalski

How Online Frat Mobs Target Sexual Assault Survivors

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (410+ words) A video documenting an alleged gang rape in Florida drew a flood of harassment, threats, and doxxing The fiercely tribal cast of campus fraternity life predates the rise of social media by at least a century. In 1914, reports documented the…...

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thenation. com > article > culture > george-whitmore-queer-nebraska

George Whitmore's Unsparing Queer Fiction

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (333+ words) Long out of print, his novel Nebraska is an enigmatic record of queer survival in midcentury America. JUDGE KRAMER: Did your uncle ever touch you on the genitals? WITNESS: I think he may have. JUDGE KRAMER: Good. That's right. That's…...

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thenation. com > article > society > supreme-court-trans-athlete-bans

The Supreme Court Just Held an Anti-Trans Hatefest

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (450+ words) The court's hearing on state bans on trans athletes in women's sports was not a serious legal exercise. It was bigotry masquerading as law. LGBTQ+ rights advocates rally outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to…...

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thenation. com > article > society > supreme-court-conversion-therapy

The Supreme Court Wants to Convert Your Kids

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (385+ words) During a hearing this week, the court's theocrats made it clear that they'll vote to end a ban on conversion therapy for minors. A man stands outside the US Supreme Court as the court hears oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar…...

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thenation. com > article > society > trump-catholic-church-religion-lgbtq-rights

The Queer Catholic Group Trying to Reclaim the Church

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (395+ words) At a time when our politics is openly hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, communities like New Ways Ministries are offering a vision of religion not as judgment but as sanctuary. Sister Jeannine Gramick marching alongside individuals at Prague Pride for faith…...