Where did the rainbow Pride flag come from, and what do all the variations of LGBTQ+ flags mean? Their history is as fascinating as the history of Pride itself. It seems like every year, there are more striped flags than
Meet Peyton Rose Michelle, First Trans Woman Elected to Office in Louisiana
On July 12, Michelle became the first openly transgender woman to win political office in Louisiana, as Big Easy Magazine was the first to report. Her seat on the Democratic State Central Committee isn’t technically a public office, but it will allow
Mexico City Bans Conversion Therapy in Groundbreaking Vote
Mexico City has become the latest municipality to ban anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, a harmful, discredited practice that has been likened to torture. In a virtual session held on Friday, members of the Mexican capital’s regional congress voted to criminalize efforts
Survey Finds 25% of LGBTQ+ Youth Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns
A new survey from the Trevor Project indicates that about a quarter of LGBTQ+ youth use gender-neutral pronouns, a significant finding when coupled with an earlier study that shows significant improvements to mental health among youth whose pronouns are honored
Fight Back Against Stripping of Language Protections for Patients
Shukran. Datamana. Gracias. Merci. I’ve learned to say “thank you” in many of the languages my patients speak (Arabic, Pashto, Spanish, French and others) and can communicate with a game of peek-a-boo or a smile and a nod with children
Stripping of Transgender Protections Does Not Have to Hamstring Our Ability to Help All Patients
The consult request came late in the afternoon. A young person on inpatient psychiatry was expressing significant gender dysphoria. Could I come now? I co-lead our multidisciplinary gender team, providing medical and mental health care to gender-diverse youth throughout a
Publishers Develop Inclusive Name-Change Policies
Transgender scientists are seeing some success in advocating for standards that allow authors to change their names on previous work. Theresa Tanenbaum, a computer scientist at the University of California, Irvine, who is transgender, has been working to get her
What People Get Wrong About They/Them Pronouns
Preferring they/them pronouns isn’t synonymous with being nonbinary. After all, pronouns describe one’s identity — they don’t define it. Merriam-Webster made headlines a few weeks ago when it announced that it was adding a new meaning to the pronoun “they,” as a word “used
Five years ago, love won. Here’s how research helps make progress possible!
Five years ago today, the Supreme Court allowed same-sex marriage to become the law of the land when it struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman. It was a victory
HOW LGBTQ+ CULTURE CAN SURVIVE COVID-19
JUNE MAY BE PRIDE MONTH, but this one hasn’t felt like any Pride month before it. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been no parades and many people in the LGBTQ+ community have turned to digital platforms to celebrate