Testosterone access for transgender people could be limited as COVID public...
COVID’s closure of clinics and doctors’ offices opened new doors online, and some trans and nonbinary patients were able to receive gender-affirming care for the first time thanks to new telehealth...
View ArticleOverwhelming majority of straight Americans back LGBTQ+ rights, new GLAAD...
This Pride Month, we’re telling the untold stories of LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. Nine out of 10 heterosexual Americans — 91 percent — think that LGBTQ+ people should live...
View ArticleAllyship, the emotional challenge of LGBTQ+ coverage — and why it will cost...
This Pride Month, we’re telling the untold stories of LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. To kick off Pride Month, LGBTQ+ reporters Kate Sosin and Orion Rummler joined story editor Karen...
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‘Tell the Rest’ reflects on the lives of queer adults by taking readers back...
Your trusted source for contextualizing LGBTQ+ news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Lucy Jane Bledsoe set out to write a book that would speak to our current political climate. She did it by taking...
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The 19th Explains: Everything you need to know about gender-affirming care
We’re answering the “how” and “why” of LGBTQ+ news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Political efforts to ban gender-affirming care for transgender people have escalated in the United States....
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The 19th Explains: The Supreme Court’s decision in the LGBTQ+ 303 Creative case
Your trusted source for contextualizing the news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that Colorado could not force website designer Lorie Smith to serve LGBTQ+...
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Through his transformative designs, Miguel Rosales is building bridges —...
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. There’s something about a bridge. For one thing, it...
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United States scores a C on global LGBTQ+ human rights scorecard
Your trusted source for contextualizing LGBTQ+ and military news. Sign up for our daily newsletter. Uruguay, Luxembourg, Brazil, Norway, Colombia, Malta and Chile are the countries that best uphold...
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Despite anti-LGBTQ+ bills, queer Republicans are standing by their party
Lady Maga USA still has a blonde wig, heels and a beauty pageant sash. She still goes to Republican rallies and meetings in gowns. She just doesn’t call herself a drag queen anymore. A lot has...
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After 30 years of silence, Althea Garrison is claiming her place in LGBTQ+...
Althea Garrison’s summation of her life’s work won’t go down in the history books. “Well, one thing, I’ve been living in the neighborhood for more than 50 years,” she said. Garrison has been dodging...
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Boston police recommit to solving murder of Rita Hester, whose death inspired...
This article was co-reported with WGBH. Your browser does not support the audio element. Kathleen Hester never stopped trying to find out who killed her daughter. She marched through the streets of...
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How a failed anti-trans bill in South Dakota changed everything for...
At The 19th, we’re committed to publishing journalism that you can trust throughout the critical moments that shape our democracy and our lives. Show your support during our Fall Member Drive, and...
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A night they can’t remember, at one of the country’s most popular LGBTQ+ bars
Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault and druggings. One of the reporters who worked on this investigation had a disorienting experience at The Abbey years ago. One of her...
View ArticleHas life improved for transgender Americans in the last 10 years? Not really.
Transgender Americans are at the center of growing political attacks and national media coverage, and yet there is little data — and plenty of misinformation — about their lives. A report released...
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20 years ago, San Francisco’s ‘Winter of Love’ set off an unintended campaign...
It was 11 p.m. by the time Toni Broaddus picked up the phone in her office to call her partner of a decade with a last-minute plan. “I said, ‘Look, there’s gonna be a two-hour window tomorrow where...
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Nex Benedict’s death is an ‘awakening moment’ for parents of trans kids in...
As news broke this week about the death of 16-year-old nonbinary student Nex Benedict, who died after a fight in a school bathroom, crisis calls to an Oklahoma LGBTQ+ support organization more than...
View ArticleThe 19th Explains: How you can make bathrooms safer for trans and nonbinary...
For many trans and nonbinary people, bathrooms can be complicated places to navigate — a fact highlighted by the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict in Oklahoma. Oklahoma is far from an outlier when it...
View ArticleBlack LGBTQ+ youth need spaces that embrace them fully, researchers say
Twenty-one percent of Black trans, nonbinary and questioning youth have made a suicide attempt in the last year, nearly half said they felt unsafe at school, and 64 percent said they had encountered...
View ArticleAlabama judge unseals report accusing top LGBTQ+ rights attorneys of improper...
A federal judge in Alabama has unsealed a report that accuses dozens of the nation’s top LGBTQ+ rights attorneys of improperly trying to select a judge friendly to a lawsuit they brought in the state....
View ArticleFlorida’s rule against updating gender on driver’s licenses may violate...
In Florida, transgender people can no longer update their driver’s license with their correct gender, according to a memo shared by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)...
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