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Anti-Transgender Discrimination
December 9, 2024
Zane McNeill
The Next War Against Trans People Is Already Being Waged in Texas
The Lone Star State’s legal attacks on gender-affirming care hold major consequences for 2025—and beyond.
November 21, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
AOC Savages Nancy Mace’s Cynical Transphobic Attack on Sarah McBride
The New York congresswoman says Republicans are targeting the trans lawmaker for no other reason than manufacturing outrage for fundraising emails.
November 21, 2024
Parker Molloy
Nancy Mace’s Anti-Trans Crusade and the GOP’s Endless Outrage Machine
Instead of addressing real issues, Republicans are waging a culture war against Sarah McBride and trans Americans.
June 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Sets Up Major Battle Over Transgender Health Care
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
May 2, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Utah Republicans Find Creepy New Strategy to Bully Trans People
State lawmakers want to monitor which public bathrooms people use.
April 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
The Right Has a Crazy New Conspiracy…About Easter
The GOP is blaming Joe Biden for a coincidence with the holiday’s date.
October 11, 2023
Matt Ford
The MAGA Lawyer Who’s Draining a Nevada School District’s Coffers
Joey Gilbert was hired by Douglas County conservative to help foment culture war, and business is booming.
May 1, 2023
Tori Otten
Judge Blocks Extreme Missouri Anti-Trans Health Care Ban
State Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule would have forbidden gender-affirming care for both children and adults.
May 1, 2023
Prem Thakker
Iowa High Schooler Gives Governor Kim Reynolds an Earful Over Anti-Trans Bills
The episode underscores how the Republican agenda is increasingly out of touch with younger Americans.
March 20, 2023
Tori Otten
Missouri Becomes Latest State to Attempt a Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
The state’s attorney general pulled the trigger on an emergency order despite the fact that the legislature is currently debating a bill.
November 22, 2022
Tori Otten
Transphobes Hijack “Boycott Tampax” Hashtag After Company’s Viral Tweet
A closer look at the trending hashtag shows TERFs attacking trans and nonbinary people for purchasing tampons.
September 20, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
Glenn Youngkin Enlists in the Republican Governors’ War on Trans Kids
The GOP used to pass laws to scapegoat marginalized groups. Now it’s turning to executive fiat instead.
October 22, 2021
Esther Wang
Texas Republicans’ Attacks on Trans Kids and Abortion Are Part of the Same Sinister Strategy
With a bill banning trans student athletes, Republicans are claiming to protect children in order to consolidate power. Where have we seen this before?
July 21, 2021
Esther Wang
How Tucker Carlson and a Story About a Possibly Fictional Trans Person Fueled Two Weeks of Violent Right-Wing Protests
The chaos unfolding outside of a Los Angeles spa is a case study in how the right’s media and political ecosystems feed each other, often resulting in very real violence.
July 14, 2021
Esther Wang
Angry White Parents Are Once Again Winning the Battle for the American Classroom
Classes are being canceled, and teachers are being fired, as “anti–critical race theory” fights are coming to a head in Republican states. But the viral school board videos are only part of the story.
February 19, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mothers Leading the Battle Against Trans Student Athletes
Their tactics mirror those employed by white mothers who fought school integration: disguising bigotry with pleas to protect children.
February 11, 2020
Sydney Bauer
The New Anti-Trans Culture War Hiding in Plain Sight
The right's fixation on trans youth has found its new target: criminalizing doctors who provide puberty blockers and hormones.
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