The Under-the-Radar Legal Battle Protecting Health Care for Trans People
Angela Weiss/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Shauntae Anderson lived for the weekends. Growing up Black and transgender in a small West Virginia city in the 1990s, she spent a lot of time alone, hiding her self-knowledge from her mom and coping with ridicule…
Utah Just Became the First State of 2023 to Ban Gender-Affirming Care
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Kennedy, second from left, sponsored legislation banning gender-affirming careRick Bowmer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation banning gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth and placing an indefinite moratorium on hormone treatment for minors who…
Being Gay Shouldn’t Be a Crime, Pope Says
Andrew Medichini/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis has become the first Roman Catholic pontiff to denounce laws that criminalize homosexuality. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” the 86-year-old pontiff told the AP on Tuesday. Laws that criminalize…
The House Just Voted to Protect Gay Marriage
Jose Luis Magana, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a vote Thursday morning, the House passed a bill that would enshrine same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law. All Democrats voted for the bill, as did 39 Republicans. Democrats pushed the legislation after Supreme…
After Shooting, Hate-mongering Republicans Are Suddenly Silent About LGBTQ Issues
David Zalubowski/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The man suspected of killing five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday night faces preliminary charges of murder and hate crimes, suggesting that officials believe he may have targeted victims based on their…
My School District’s Trans Sports Ban Is the Blueprint for Yours
Mother Jones illustration; Samuel Metz/AP, Larry Deklinski/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Oliver Wenditz, who goes by Ollie, catches me up on the goings-on at my old school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Though we’re separated by close to 20 years, we adore the…