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Articles for Nonbinary People

Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-trans laws fueled a spike in suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth

Raw Story  

The number of suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary youth in states that passed anti-transgender laws increased by as much as 72% over five years, according to a study released on Thursday. While other studies had already found that access to gender-affirming care alleviates depression and risk of suicide in transgender and nonbinary youth, this is believed to be the …

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Is the Lesbian Community Really Suffering From a “Masc Shortage”?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Is the Lesbian Community Really Suffering From a “Masc Shortage”?

Slate  

If you live on a certain side of social media—the side with a lot of Chappell Roan videos and Cate Blanchett memes—you’ve seen them: videos insinuating that the lesbian community is currently undergoing a “masc shortage.” In one representative example, a woman dramatically pantomimes protecting her tomboyish girlfriend from crowds of admirers. In perhaps the biggest flash point in our …

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LGBTQ+ residents flock to progressive L.A. County. But many can’t afford it, survey finds
6 months ago

LGBTQ+ residents flock to progressive L.A. County. But many can’t afford it, survey finds

LA Times  

A new study found that the rising cost of living is creating new headaches for L.A. County’s LGBTQ+ residents. “What does it mean to keep drawing people here if they can’t afford to live here?” The survey, which Sears said was the largest to gauge how the county’s LGBTQ+ residents are faring, used responses collected last year by the county …

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Americans approve of LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, but their support drops for trans people, poll shows
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Americans approve of LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, but their support drops for trans people, poll shows

LA Times  

Americans broadly support LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, with large majorities backing same-sex marriage, same-sex couples raising children and laws to protect queer people from job discrimination, according to a new nationwide poll for the Los Angeles Times. Those questions showed that “some of the levels of acceptance just aren’t as high for trans and nonbinary people” as they …

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More states are pushing to stop legally recognizing trans people in public life
10 months, 4 weeks ago

More states are pushing to stop legally recognizing trans people in public life

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by The 19th. The proposed bills acknowledge that that standard “forbids unfair discrimination against similarly situated male and female individuals,” but allows the law to make such distinctions when they are “substantially related to important state interests.” The bills argue that it is an important point of state interest to enforce distinctions between the sexes …

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'It turns you trans': Fox host shares conspiracy theory that substance in water creates 'nonbinary affiliations'
1 year, 5 months ago

'It turns you trans': Fox host shares conspiracy theory that substance in water creates 'nonbinary affiliations'

Raw Story  

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld, during a Wednesday segment of The Five, insisted conspiracy theorist and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was right about his "nonbinary" theory. Media Matters for America shared a video of Gutfeld's conversation with his Fox News colleagues, including host Jesse Watters, about testosterone. In 2020, Penn Medicine News reported the dangers of …

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Wellesley Students' Push For Gender-Inclusive Admission Rejected By School President
1 year, 9 months ago

Wellesley Students' Push For Gender-Inclusive Admission Rejected By School President

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Even as students at Wellesley College voted this week to allow transgender men and nonbinary students to attend the longtime women’s college, Wellesley’s president said the school would not be changing its admissions policy. The Massachusetts private school’s gender policy states that it admits students who “live as women and consistently identify as women.” Wellesley’s website states …

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EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack
2 years ago

EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack

Associated Press  

The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect’s assertion of being nonbinary has put gender identity and pronouns — and some sensitive questions around them — back in the spotlight. Respecting Anderson Lee Aldrich’s request to be referenced with they/them pronouns does not amount to placating someone accused of a heinous act, nonbinary people and advocates say. And they stress that …

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Yes, Marathons Will Recognize Nonbinary Runners — But There's A Major Piece Missing
2 years, 2 months ago

Yes, Marathons Will Recognize Nonbinary Runners — But There's A Major Piece Missing

Huff Post  

During the past five years in particular, transgender athletes have fought for their right to participate in every level of competitive sports. In 2021, the New York Marathon included a nonbinary division, and this year, Chicago, Berlin, Boston and London all announced they would also allow nonbinary runners. The nonbinary division of the Chicago Marathon literally doesn’t have a finish …

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The language we use to talk about pregnancy and abortion is changing. But not everyone welcomes the shift
2 years, 3 months ago

The language we use to talk about pregnancy and abortion is changing. But not everyone welcomes the shift

CNN  

CNN — From patient waiting rooms to the halls of Congress, the language being used to talk about reproduction is shifting. Earlier this year, The New York Times opinion columnist Pamela Paul decried the use of terms such as “pregnant people” in a piece, writing that “This isn’t just a semantic issue; it’s also a question of moral harm, an …

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‘We’re a part of this movement, too.’ Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight
2 years, 3 months ago

‘We’re a part of this movement, too.’ Transgender and nonbinary people say they feel excluded from the abortion fight

CNN  

CNN — Mikiko Galpin still feels the impact of being sexually assaulted by someone he thought he could trust – and the tough decisions he was forced to make after multiple pregnancy scares. “So even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, folks were struggling to find reproductive care that was affirming of their gender identities, struggling to find accessible, affordable, …

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How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close
2 years, 4 months ago

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close

NPR  

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close Enlarge this image toggle caption Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA Today Network via Reuters Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel/USA Today Network via Reuters When someone set ablaze the only Planned Parenthood health clinic in Knoxville, Tenn., earlier this year, the center was immediately inundated with patients' questions of what will happen to …

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Conversations About Abortion Are Missing Voices: Trans And Nonbinary People
2 years, 6 months ago

Conversations About Abortion Are Missing Voices: Trans And Nonbinary People

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of a larger series titled “The End Of Roe.” Head here to Three years ago, Jack Meraxes had an abortion after being sexually assaulted. “The ultimate decision to have an abortion because of a lack of financial resources and communal support was one I hated making and one I still feel grief over.” …

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Our Dream Of Moving To The UK Turned Into A Nightmare For My Trans Husband And Me
2 years, 11 months ago

Our Dream Of Moving To The UK Turned Into A Nightmare For My Trans Husband And Me

Huff Post  

"Every time J and I visited England together, I’d see how the place lit him up, and when he shared his dream to live there, I found I longed for it, too." “I can’t see any reason why J would be denied,” we were told. J had been told he couldn’t be given more than a “bridging prescription,” until he …

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I Came Out As Nonbinary And Changed My Name. Then I Changed My Mind.
3 years ago

I Came Out As Nonbinary And Changed My Name. Then I Changed My Mind.

Huff Post  

The author attending a wedding in August 2021. “I’m realizing that this identity isn’t about banning anything from my name or my wardrobe; it’s about creating space for an abundance of queer possibilities.” When I first started addressing my big gender feelings last summer, my wife and I had a couple of emotional conversations about it, many of them late …

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Why Margaret Atwood’s defense of the word ‘woman’ is so misguided
3 years, 2 months ago

Why Margaret Atwood’s defense of the word ‘woman’ is so misguided

The Independent  

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Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to writing about trans athletes
3 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to writing about trans athletes

LA Times  

Rook Campbell is a swimmer and a trans guy. Even so, when the story landed, a pair of phrases were seared into my brain: “Campbell made the decision to transition and started taking male hormones.” And: “In July 2019, he had surgery to transition from a woman to a man.” The article was well intentioned, and the choice of putting …

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1.2 million nonbinary people live in the US, a new study says
3 years, 6 months ago

1.2 million nonbinary people live in the US, a new study says

CNN  

CNN — There are more than 1 million nonbinary adults in the US, a first-of-its-kind study found. Approximately 1.2 million people living in the US identify as nonbinary, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. “Our study found nonbinary adults tend to be younger, but as the use and acceptance of gender nonbinary …

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Remote Work Is Leading To More Gender And Racial Harassment, Say Tech Workers
3 years, 8 months ago

Remote Work Is Leading To More Gender And Racial Harassment, Say Tech Workers

NPR  

Remote Work Is Leading To More Gender And Racial Harassment, Say Tech Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Wilfredo Lee/AP Tech workers say they have experienced more harassment based on gender, age and race or ethnicity while working remotely during the pandemic, according to a survey from a nonprofit group that advocates for diversity in Silicon Valley. Sponsor …

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I'm Not A Woman Or A Man And Existing In This Binary World Is Really, Really Hard
4 years, 2 months ago

I'm Not A Woman Or A Man And Existing In This Binary World Is Really, Really Hard

Huff Post  

The author at home in their Nashville apartment during quarantine. While it’s often hard to place exactly what I do identify with — we live in a culture that erases LGBTQ people and robs us of even basic language to help us define ourselves — simply put, I don’t feel like a girl. “While it’s often hard to place exactly …

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