How Can Midwives Help Queer and Trans Families Feel Safe?
Midwifery care is steeped in a cisgender and heteronormative worldview. Traditionally, when a midwife offers support to…
Jay-Z's New Album Features 'Becky' Admission, His Mom Coming Out
Late Thursday night Jay-Z, who brought back the hyphen but not the umlaut, dropped 4:44, an album that on the first few…
Donald Trump Personally Pressured Betsy DeVos Into Fucking Over Transgender Students
Esteemed President Donald J. Trump reportedly joined Attorney General Jeff Sessions in personally pressuring Education…
Gavin Grimm's Lawyer on the Rise of Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills, & How They're Prepping for the Supreme Court
Gavin Grimm, a transgender teenager from Gloucester, Virginia, has been fighting to use the boys’ bathroom for over two…
The Westboro Baptist Church DNC Protest Was Exceedingly Tame
On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people (though 3,100 RSVPed on Facebook) gathered to build a “great wall of love” in…
Rep. Pete Sessions: Pulse Wasn't a Gay Club
On Tuesday, National Journal reporter Daniel Newhauser asked House Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions whether…
Texas Girl Reportedly Forced to Attend Gay Conversion Program Has Left the Facility [Updated]
Sarah, a 17-year-old Texas girl whose extended family says her parents forced her to attend a residential Christian…
Unironic Conservative Male 'Activists' Are Seeking Access to Women's Bathrooms in Target Stores
Over one million people have signed an online petition calling for a boycott of Target stores after the chain announced…
PayPal Abandons Plans For North Carolina Expansion Due to State's Anti-Gay Legislation
Just two weeks after announcing their plans to “open a new global operations center” in Charlotte, NC that would…
Missouri Republicans Kill Record-Breaking 39 Hour Filibuster to Approve Anti-Gay Bill
On Monday afternoon at 4 p.m., eight Missouri Democrats began what would turn into the longest filibuster in state…
Missouri Democrats Have Been Filibustering a Discriminatory Anti-Gay Bill for 20 Hours
And they aren’t showing any signs of stopping.
Antony Hegarty Is the First Trans Person to Be Nominated for an Academy Award
The 2016 Academy Award nominations didn’t have to be so white, straight, and boring. Tangerine, Straight Outta Compton, …
Chris Christie on Transgender Bathroom Policy: 'Life Is Confusing Enough'
On Monday, Gov. Chris Christie responded to a question about transgender bathrooms by talking about terrorism in a very…
Two Dozen Religious Universities Are Legally Allowed to Discriminate Against LGBT Students
Over 24 religious colleges and universities have obtained exemptions from Title IX federal civil rights protections…
Marine Found Guilty of Killing Transgender Woman in the Phillippines
A 20-year-old Marine has been convicted of killing a Filipina woman after he discovered she was transgender. Lance Cpl.…
A Conversation with Genderqueer Activist and Latest MTV True Life Subject Jacob Tobia
When I called Jacob Tobia, 24, they put me on hold. “I’m just gonna take off one dangly earring so that it’s not…
Mormons Are Planning to Leave the Church Over New Anti-Gay Policy
Last week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced new guidelines classifying people in same-sex…
Oregon City Councilor Calls Muslims 'Pure Evil,' Threatens to Deliver 'Ass Whooping' to Trans Kids
Welcome to Big Time Small-Time Dicks, a regular column on The Slot that explores local politicians, small-town…
Kim Davis: Pope Endorsed My Struggle! Pope: Nah
Kim Davis, a famously ineffective Kentucky county clerk, has been strutting all over the fucking media, being like “I…
White House Just Hired Its First Openly Transgender Staffer
On Tuesday, the White House announced that it had hired its first openly transgender staffer, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan,…