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LGBTQ+
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Ashley Diamond won a legal victory to protect incarcerated trans people in 2016. Now, she’s suing again.
The transgender activist’s first case prompted policy changes in Georgia, but years later, she discovered little had changed.
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'They’re erased': When trans people are misgendered after death, the consequences extend beyond paper
The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.
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Health care for transgender adults becomes new target in 2023 legislative session
Lawmakers prefiled many anti-trans bills ahead of state legislative sessions — newly targeting health care for trans adults under 21 or 26 years old.
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Mental health of incarcerated LGBTQ+ youth is understudied — but new analysis shows kids are in crisis
Minnesota’s Student Survey shows high suicidal ideation and self-harm — pointing to a broader problem that needs to be studied.
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The hate hasn’t stopped, Club Q shooting survivors tell House lawmakers
Survivors recounted the horror they lived through — and tied what they experienced during the Club Q shooting to growing anti-LGBTQ+ political rhetoric.
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'It’s your job to be you': American Girl book promotes inclusion but faces right-wing backlash
The attacks on a body image book speak to the heightened state of anti-LGBTQ+ hate and the unique cultural position that the American Girl brand holds.
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'We don’t want to leave': If Obergefell is overturned, LGBTQ+ people in the South will bear the brunt
For LGBTQ+ couples in southern states, love and their community support systems have anchored them in states without marriage equality safeguards.
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Pleas, letters and negotiations: Brittney Griner’s long road home
The details that led to the day the Biden administration had been focused on for months, a promise fulfilled to a family and a nation.
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The 19th Explains: What we know about Brittney Griner’s case and what it took to get her home
As details about Griner’s release continue to emerge, The 19th spoke with Russia expert Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon about her case and the significance of her release.
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‘We can’t take this for granted’: Black LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary leaders celebrate Brittney Griner’s release
Many describe a sense of kinship with the WNBA star incarcerated in Russia since February.