Transgender

Approximately one-fifth of transgender and non-binary individuals have been denied equal treatment when trying to access doctors or hospitals.

• By Shanna K. Kattari

The landmark legislation gives citizens the right to choose their gender identity and to have it recognized on official documents such as passports.

• By Rebecca Worby

More trans women are taking up arms than before to protect themselves. But even the simple act of self-preservation can be deemed aggression to conservatives.

• By s.e. smith

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• By Kristina Kutateli
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Their presence signals fairness toward not only transgender individuals, but also women and racial minorities.

• By Tom Jacobs

Trump can't enforce a policy banning transgender troops while a lawsuit against the policy change makes its way through court.

• By Kate Wheeling

Research finds fictional shows can change minds.

• By Tom Jacobs

Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft said that his office reached out to the Coast Guard's 13 openly transgender members after the president's announcement last week.

• By Kate Wheeling

Some said Trump's proposed ban on trans military service members was a distraction from the health-care bill. But his rhetoric is meant to turn those he sees as undeserving into targets.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

As the Trump administration moves to roll back protections for trans students, institutions of higher learning find themselves caught in the middle.

• By Amma Marfo

In their California comedy show, couple Robin Tran and Cate Gary share their complex love story—and normalize comedy about gender transitions in the process.

• By Jennifer Purdie

• By Peter C. Baker

LGBTQ acceptance is slowly growing in Baptist communities. But when Ro Sibaja wanted to marry his girlfriend, he learned that the path to acceptance isn’t always linear.INLINE

• By Natalie Pattillo

The North Carolina legislature has passed a law that leaves the state's gay and transgender residents unprotected against discrimination.

• By Kate Wheeling

Conservatives and religious groups are borrowing myths about transgender people from feminists.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

Or at least they can be, with their parents' support.

• By Nathan Collins

The exclusion and denial of trans lives gets imagined as something we've moved on from, while the everyday struggles that face trans people remain ignored.

• By Melissa Gira Grant

Very few surveys ask people if they're transgender. One economist managed to mine American government data for clues to the transgender American experience over the last seven decades.

• By Francie Diep

Most gender dysphoric children outgrow their dysphoria, and do so by adolescence.

• By Debra W. Soh

Last week, India Clarke became the 10th transgender woman murdered in 2015. As they investigate Clarke's death, the police and local media disrespect her life when they insist on calling her a man.

• By Kate Wheeling

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has some questions. Research can provide some answers.

• By Francie Diep

Despite recent news coverage, transgender is a term that one-third of Americans still can’t define.

• By Kate Wheeling

Gender-non-conforming children who are supported can thrive. But if pressured to be strictly male or female, they can be harmed for life.

• By Diana Divecha & Sandra Collins

Caitlyn Jenner's transition offers an important moment to highlight what our culture needs to work on with female inequality.

• By Wes Judd