By Renata Arrington Sanders, Errol Lamont Fields
In many ways no different from their peers, LGBTQ youth face some unique challenges that parents often feel unprepared to tackle.
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Being able to safely affirm one’s gender identity and sexual orientation is crucial to mental and physical well-being. Yet many LGBTQIA+ people face enormous challenges in owning their true identities.
Experts say the lack of LGBTQ-inclusive care is caused by a variety of factors, but the need to improve the system is vital in preventing potential detrimental outcomes for people in this community.
While HIV affects Americans from all walks of life, the epidemic continues to disproportionately impact certain members of the LGBTQ+ community.
For a new generation of trans parents and their children, the meaning of motherhood is undergoing a thorough renovation.
“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”
Creating spaces where the need to assimilate, conform, and belong are no longer important
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La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to discuss the dynamics of race and gender in a world that is typically White, cisgender and straight.
It’s only halfway through the year, but state lawmakers across the nation have already proposed a record-breaking number of anti-trans laws. Many of these laws seek to restrict transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming medical care and participating in sports.
There was an impassioned debate in the South Dakota State Senate this week over a proposed bill that would restrict transgender female students from participating in female sports.
The opposition is cast as one between cis-girl athletes on the one hand and a vast liberal conspiracy on the other.