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[Photo: A queer person with a grim expression listens as their doctor explains treatment options.]

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Make It Easier for Doctors to Deny Care to LGBTQ People

s.e. smith

Health-care providers would be able to refuse to provide treatment, referrals, or assistance with procedures if these activities would violate their stated religious or moral convictions.

[Photo: A young, Asian woman with a serious expression listens to her doctor.]

The Birth Control Benefit Fight Is for the Fundamental Right of Agency Over Our Bodies

Jane Liu

If allowed to take effect, the Trump administration's birth control rules would hit especially hard in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

[Photo: A young child looks sad as he sits between their parents during a therapy session.]

Colorado’s Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Won’t Stop the Catholic Church

Jason Salzman

The Archdiocese of Denver just launched a "conversion therapy" program that will skirt a law that would outlaw the practice.

[Photo: A young person looks unsettled as they hold a used condom.]

This Week in Sex: So You Won’t Use a Condom Because You Don’t Want to Throw It Away?

Martha Kempner

Puh-leeze. This is not the time to reuse, reduce, or recycle.

[Photo: Kathryn Goldston smiles as she takes a picture of herself in uniform.]

‘I Would Like to Say It’s Ignorance’: Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Throws Careers Into Flux

Serena Sonoma

Transgender service members are unsure of their fate after this week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to ban trans people from serving in the armed forces.

[Photo: To the left, Gov. Janet Mills looks at the camera defiantly. To the right, Paul LePage gives a concerned look as he listens at a meeting.]

Medicaid Work Requirements Rejected by Maine’s New Governor

Auditi Guha & An Abortion Provider—and Formerly Undocumented Immigrant—Tells Her Story

The Trump administration in December gave the green light to former Gov. Paul LePage's request to make Medicaid less accessible.

[Photo: Valerie Huber speaks into a microphone during a radio talk show.]

Valerie Huber’s New Role at HHS Could Bring Abstinence-Only Agenda to Global Policy

Jo Yurcaba & An Abortion Provider—and Formerly Undocumented Immigrant—Tells Her Story

Huber spearheaded the rebranding of abstinence-only sex-ed as “sexual risk avoidance”—and then brought that language into government health policy.

[Photo: Pro-choice advocates rally outside of the Supreme Court.]

46 Years After ‘Roe’ and We’re Still Fighting. We Must Do Better.

Andrew Jenkins

Rather than continue to feel helpless about the situation we now find ourselves in, here are seven clear steps those of us working in the reproductive and sexual health, rights, and justice movement can take to strengthen our tactics and organizing.

[Photo: Black and white image of a queer couple holding each other. The person on the left has their face cropped, the person on the right is smiling.]

Ask a Queer Chick: Help! My Parents Won’t Let Me Talk to My Online Girlfriend.

Lindsay King-Miller

Also: Should I break up with my boyfriend and date my lesbian co-worker instead?

[Photo: A close-up of a brown woman's eye.]

An Abortion Provider—and Formerly Undocumented Immigrant—Tells Her Story

Tina Vasquez

"I think I gravitated toward family planning because even as a little kid in Colombia, I saw how unplanned pregnancies derailed people’s lives."

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