Texas Has Been Investigating the Briggle Family Because of Their Trans Son. Here’s Their Story.
Adam Briggle and his sonCourtesy of the Briggles Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In September 2016, Adam and Amber Briggle nervously prepared their Dallas-area home for a special dinner guest: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Briggles were nervous because Paxton, a…
I’m a Cop With a Trans Daughter. Lawmakers Want Me to Arrest the Doctors Who Saved Her Life.
Mother Jones illustration; Photo courtesy of David Fuller Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said it was child abuse to give transgender teens gender-affirming health care like puberty blockers or hormone therapy. Now, Alabama lawmakers are on…
Transgender Teens and Their Families Prepare to Flee Texas
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a small town about an hour outside Dallas, a transgender teen I’ll call Amber began plotting out a safety plan with her mom. It was late February, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had just ordered child…
ACLU Sues Texas Over Investigation of Parents With Transgender Child
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ civil rights organization, filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of a Texas family that says it is being investigated by the state…
Rachel Levine Is a Trailblazer. Her Transphobic Attackers Are Certainly Not.
Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This week, the Biden Administration made history by tapping Dr. Rachel Levine as the head of the US Public Health Service’s Commissioned Corps. Levine is a transgender woman; the job comes with a…
Is Trans Telehealth the Future—or Just a Cash Grab?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.By August, Felicity Giles knew it was time. Her happiness was long overdue. The 36-year-old trucker changed her name, adopted the middle name Saoirse—freedom in Gaelic—and started looking into transitioning medically. “It was an attempt to break…