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[Photo: A portrait of a queer person of color looking sternly at the camera.]

The Trump Administration’s Latest Proposed Rule Rolls Back Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ People

Lisa Needham & Katie Hill’s Resignation Should Have Been Met With Outrage, Not Silence

The proposed rule removes nondiscrimination protections put in place by the Obama administration meant to ensure that LGBTQ people be treated equally

[Photo: Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) speaks during a news conference.]

Katie Hill’s Resignation Should Have Been Met With Outrage, Not Silence

Mallory McMaster

Activists, advocates, and even organizations that fundraise on anti-revenge porn work have an obligation to speak up when we see this abuse happening.

[Photo: High school students watch at a sexuality presentation in their classroom.]

With STIs On the Rise, Advocates Want Evidence-Based Sex Education

Sony Salzman & In Latest Round of LGBTQ Discrimination Cases Before SCOTUS, Religion Is ‘The Elephant in the Room’

Only 17 states currently require schools to teach medically accurate sex ed, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

[Photo: A young woman speaks to her doctor.]

Adolescent Health Groups Warn of Risks Anti-Choice Crisis Pregnancy Centers Pose to Young People

Jo Yurcaba & In Latest Round of LGBTQ Discrimination Cases Before SCOTUS, Religion Is ‘The Elephant in the Room’

Crisis pregnancy centers pose a unique threat in states like Ohio, where they outnumber abortion providers.

[Photo: Outside view of the U.S. Supreme Court.]

The Hidden Link Between Domestic Violence and Abortion

LySaundra Campbell

Anti-choice laws have direct effects on people experiencing domestic violence, especially those seeking abortion care without their abuser’s knowledge.

Catholic Anti-Nuke Activists Looking at 20 Years in Prison a True Test for Religious Freedom

Patrick Hornbeck

Either sincere religious conviction should be a defense, or it shouldn’t. There should be a healthy debate about religious exemptions in a pluralistic society, but not about the content of the religious conviction concerned.

Anti-Transgender Panel at Values Voter Summit Continues Shift Towards Storytelling as Tactic

Heron Greenesmith

Religious conservatives have begun to employ heartbreaking stories of people who have detransitioned to bolster the same old misinterpreted statistics and discredited studies that have propped up the infrastructure of anti-trans advocacy for years.

[Photo: Erin Reed poses in front of a mountainous landscape.]

Meet the Woman Making It Easier for Trans People Around the Country to Get Hormones

Casey O’Brien

After her challenging road to finding the resources she needed, Erin Reed felt inspired to help others.

Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism

Sikivu Hutchinson

Far from being a refuge from religious tyranny, mainstream atheism is just another microcosm of American gender and racial hierarchies.

In Latest Round of LGBTQ Discrimination Cases Before SCOTUS, Religion Is ‘The Elephant in the Room’

Patrick Hornbeck

There’s much to say about this week's arguments, including the question of whether the employers were arguing, in effect, that it is acceptable to discriminate against LGBTQ people so long as they discriminate against all LGBTQ people.

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