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‘A Serious, Violent Incident.’ Promotion of an ‘Anti-Trans’ Paperback Stirs Criticism of Amazon, American Booksellers Association
The American Booksellers Association apologized on Wednesday for including what the nonprofit trade organization described as “an anti-trans book” in a recent promotional shipment to members. “This is a serious, violent incident that goes against ABA’s policies, values, and everything we believe and support. It is inexcusable,” the ABA said in a tweet. “We apologize…
‘I Couldn’t Keep Putting Myself on Hold.’ In Missing Out on the Tokyo Olympics, Skateboarder Leo Baker Found Himself
“When I was very young, I was like, ‘oh, I’m a boy. I just am,’” Leo Baker recalls of his childhood. For years, Baker tells TIME, he put questions about his gender on hold as he grew a successful career as a skateboarder, going on to win a series of international skateboarding competitions, including the…
Torrey Peters on Publishing the Most Subversive Book of the Year
'Detransition, Baby,' a book about trans women and queer families, has opened up a larger discussion of gender roles
‘Young People Are Taking Control Over Their Gender Identity.’ New Research Examines Diversity of Nonbinary Youth
Ahead of International Nonbinary People’s Day on July 14, new research released Monday by the LGBTQ mental health nonprofit the Trevor Project found that over one in four (26%) LGBTQ youth identified as nonbinary. An additional 20% said they are not sure or are questioning whether they identify as nonbinary. The term “nonbinary” refers to…
Ohio Allows Doctors to Deny LGBTQ Health Care on Moral Grounds
The new provision, snuck into a last-minute amendment to the budget, was signed by Gov. Mike DeWine
Pride Month Is Over, But Here Are Some LGBTQ-Owned Businesses You Should Still Be Supporting
Supporting the LGBTQ community shouldn't stop at Pride Month — here are some of the best queer-owned brands and business to support year-round
‘Stories Can Be War.’ How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Viral Essay Has Implications Far Beyond the Literary World
Last month, the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-published a personal essay that went so viral it briefly crashed her website. The piece, titled “It Is Obscene: A True Reflection in Three Parts,” addressed social media discourse, literary culture, freedom of speech and trans rights. In particular, Adichie referred to backlash she has faced in recent…
Most Christian Colleges Will Never Be a Safe Space For LGBTQ Students. But They Must Still Do Better To Affirm and Support Us
As a queer person of faith born and raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, I have only ever attended Christian educational institutions. I am a graduate of Andrews University, the Church’s flagship school in Berrien Springs, Michigan—a university that prides itself in empowering students to make a change in the world. Like many evangelical and…
Biden Administration to Create Nonbinary Designation for Passports
The State Department is working to create a new "gender marker for nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming persons"
What Makes a ‘Gay Icon’?
How George Michael's struggle with his sexuality helped nudge the closet door open for today’s openly queer artists
How Brandan Robertson, a.k.a. the ‘Tik-Tok Preacher,’ Is Taking on the Anti-LGBTQ Teachings of His Faith
Amid the pandemic, the progressive minister found a new way to spread a more inclusive, modern gospel
‘Here We Can Express Ourselves With Freedom.’ In Puerto Rico, A Trans Collective Is Reimagining Family Values
Among the rocks of their Caribbean archipelago, a group of trans artists and creatives in Puerto Rico have found their safe port. It is a harbor offering them safety and affirmation amid choppy waters. Both a natural resource and cultural construct, it has an appropriately reverential name: House of Grace. House of Grace was founded…