As my interfaith family heads towards Passover and Easter, holidays of hope, renewal, and freedom, I’m thinking about recent wins that LGBTQ families have had despite a climate of rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and action.
USA Fencing, the governing body for the sport of fencing in the U.S., disqualified a cisgender woman from a recent competition after she refused to fence a transgender woman. As a former competitive fencer, I fully support the organization’s decision. Here’s why.
In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility today, here are some terrific recent picture, chapter, and middle grade books with trans protagonists (including real-life heroes), great for reading at any time of year!
Catch up on some additional news, family stories, and more tidbits from here and there—including baby news from an NWSL soccer player, recent court wins, legislative challenges, and new research on LGBTQ youth and social media.
Today is the 10th annual National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Trans Stories, so let’s celebrate with some terrific recent picture, chapter, and middle grade books with trans protagonists and role models to read today or any day!
Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old biracial transgender man, was murdered in upstate New York this month. Anti-trans violence is sadly nothing new, but the brutal death of this young man, whom classmates describe as “a friend without limits,” feels particularly horrific, underscoring the need to keep fighting against anti-trans policies and rhetoric.
This roundup looks at further negative impacts of recent executive orders, but also at another lawsuit against them, the introduction of positive legislation in two states, and some celebrity moments of queer joy.
This week has seen a steady stream of appalling, transphobic executive orders from the new administration. We shouldn’t minimize the harm these will cause—but we can find some hope in the actions already being taken to stop them.
A lawsuit has been filed challenging Monday’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. One of the plaintiffs is an Army officer, trans woman, and parent—reminding us that the many harms from this ban extend to children and families.
Newbery honoree Kyle Lukoff’s new middle grade novel is the tale of a Jewish, transgender boy trying to save the world from anti-trans demons. That alone should be enough to commend it. But it’s also much more: a powerful story of self-growth, the many ways of transformation, and the complexity of human relationships.
