First They Tried to “Cure” Gayness. Now They’re Fixated on “Healing” Trans People.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The conversion therapists met last November at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. Behind the closed doors and drawn blinds of a Hampton Inn conference room, a middle-aged woman wearing white stockings and a Virgin Mary blue dress…
The UK’s New Study on Gender Affirming Care Misses the Mark in So Many Ways
Protesters gathered in August 2021 outside the office of the Prime Minister demanding an end to discrimination against the trans community in the United Kingdom.Vuk Valcic / ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last month, the UK’s four-year-long review of medical interventions for transgender…
A Gay Couple Is Suing New York City Over IVF Denial
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The city of New York is discriminating against its gay male employees by denying them the same health care benefits as women and straight men, a new lawsuit alleges. Under the city’s insurance, employees are entitled…
United Methodist Church Repeals Ban On LGBTQ Clergy
Chris Carlson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the United Methodist Church repealed its 1984 ban on LGBTQ clergy with an overwhelming 692–51 vote by church leaders at its general conference. The conference, which ends on May 3, has also resulted in the…
Uganda Cited Dobbs in an Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown. Americans Should Worry Too.
Human rights activists stand outside the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda.Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge in unexpected places—and to threaten other civil liberties. Yesterday, Uganda’s constitutional court, the country’s second-highest judicial body, cited the…
Florida Supreme Court Approves a Six-Week Ban—And Lets an Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Move Forward
Abortion rights advocates protested in Florida last year as the legislature debated a six-week ban—which will now take effect next month. The Washington Post/Contributor/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Florida’s Supreme Court issued a pair of major rulings today on abortion that will both further…