As the Trump administration targets transgender Americans, trans college students are declaring their right to exist.
Body Politics
Reckoning: No Bodily Autonomy Without Gender Liberation
Conservatives want to control and own our bodies. We can鈥檛 let them.
Texas Abortion Providers Fight Back
As sepsis-related deaths spike for pregnant people in Texas, Ken Paxton is targeting abortion providers.
Murmurations: A Dream for Trans Belonging
We have so much cultural wealth and lived wisdom rooted in our will to survive like hell against all odds.
Above and Beyond Restoring Roe
Abortion rights aren鈥檛 enough. The best reproductive care outcomes result from meeting basic needs.
What Frogs Teach Us About Queerphobia in Science
Critical Toxicity Studies calls for the scientifically rigorous study of toxicants that handles all bodies and identities with care.
Safe Havens for Trans Migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border
As asylum options dwindle in the U.S., Mexico is strengthening paths to citizenship for trans migrants.
A Beautifully 鈥淲icked鈥� Approach to Disability
Despite being pitied for the color of their skin or wheelchair use, the film鈥檚 characters don鈥檛 let society define them鈥攐r their power.
The Queer Organizations Protecting and Supporting Trans People
As more than 500 anti-trans bills circulate in the U.S., grassroots orgs are helping weather the storm and curb the harm.
A Feminism for the Many
It鈥檚 time to ditch the many forms of feminism that bolster oppressive systems.
Insulin Should Be a Right, Not a Privilege
Trump is attacking the policies aimed at making prescription medications affordable and accessible to all.
Organizers Brace for Resurrection of聽鈥淶ombie鈥澛燗bortion Laws
Despite conservative efforts to criminalize medication abortion using the 1873 Comstock Act, organizers continue to expand access to this necessary health care.
Rare-Disease Patients Know: We All Deserve Better Care
Often forced to become experts on their own treatment, rare-disease patients are modeling the collective care and mutual aid networks that can help ensure everyone's long-term survival.
Unlearning Queerphobia
Schools are a powerful place to begin building an LGBTQ-affirming culture, as an antidote to fear and bigotry.
A Liberatory Vision for Reproductive Justice
A progressive alternative to Project 2025's anti-abortion vision includes no-cost abortions, on-demand, for everyone who wants one.
A Progress 2025 Vision for Health Care
Instead of gutting Medicare and Medicaid, as Project 2025 envisions, here's what a holistic, collective approach to health care would look like.
Progress 2025: A Vision for LGBTQ Rights
The Heritage Foundation鈥檚 Project 2025 has promised a dystopian vision for LGBTQ rights. Its ideas are consistent with authoritarian, Christian nationalist, and white supremacist objectives. It aims to criminalize the existence
From The Current Issue
Serving Justice
On stage and in the courthouse, these queens prove drag is not a crime.
Protecting Black Pregnant People鈥檚 Health鈥攁nd Data
Birth workers serving Black pregnant people maintain the holistic methods鈥攁nd data privacy鈥攖hat distinguish doula care from the medical-industrial complex.
How Black Women Can Protect Their Peace This Election Cycle
In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harris鈥� nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black
Punjabi Californians Find a Lifeline Through Community Health Workers
Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community鈥檚 unique needs.
We Don鈥檛 Need Misogynoir to Critique Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political r茅sum茅鈥攂ut criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.
What鈥檚 in a Name? For Abortion Providers, Quite a Bit.
Even before abortion became illegal in 14 states, some reproductive health care clinics were rebranding to better reflect the broad spectrum of gender-inclusive care they provide.
Meet the Couples Upending India鈥檚 Caste-Based Marriages
In stark contrast to the billionaire Ambanis鈥� wedding, some Indians are subverting patriarchy, caste, and class in their ceremonies.
Courage By Any Other Name
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous鈥攁nd almost always those who are most marginalized鈥攚ho dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.
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