How Abortion Foes Are Using Transphobia to Derail New York’s Equal Rights Amendment
Mother Jones illustration; Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In late August, on the fringes of a press conference outside New York City Hall, a man wearing a “Kill your local pedophile” T-shirt and a “Babies Lives Matter” pin screamed at…
GOP Attorneys General Have Launched a New Attack on Gender Care for Kids
More than 300 people gather in front of the Idaho Capitol to oppose anti-transgender legislation.Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last August, the American Academy of Pediatrics renewed its guidance supporting the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other medical…
In Republican Primary, Bigot Loses to Election Denier
Mother Jones; Getty; Valentina Gomez Campaign Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Valentina Gomez, the 25-year-old former Missouri Secretary of State candidate known for crass posts—like calling her opponents “weak and gay” while jogging in a tactical vest—lost her eight-way primary last night. Gomez…
Will Ohio Strike Down Its Draconian Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
A transgender rights advocate holds a sign outside the Ohio Statehouse during a protest against a bill to ban trans girls and women from playing women’s sports. Stephen Zenner/SOPA/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The fate of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in…
Why Smashing the Administrative State Is a Disaster for Reproductive Rights
An abortion rights advocate participates in a protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 24, 2024, in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. It turns out the most consequential reproductive rights case before the Supreme Court this past…
Learning to Love My Trans Self After Conversion Therapy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Growing up, Myles Markham always felt like an outsider. Markham was multiracial in small, mostly white Florida towns. And they were queer. “I was swimming in water that told me that who I was, what I was, needed to change…