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This piece is part of When You Were Here, a series commemorating trans people whose lives were taken. Rather than centering their murders, our stories incorporate memories from people who loved them to illuminate the times when they were alive—when they were here.

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QueerVerse x Reckon will highlight important storylines and other news outside the far-too-often toxic environment of social media.

A Black queer woman named after the iconic mermaid herself, explores the deep connections she shares with the Disney movie while addressing the missed opportunities for queer representation.

Plus San Francisco welcomes its first drag laureate.

Karen Wild helps her autistic and nonverbal son in the restrooms daily, until an anti-trans bathroom law ordered her out.

In a concerning trend, major corporations are yielding to pressure from the right, resulting in a significant reduction in their support for the LGBTQ community.

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From the murder of Harvey Milk Day to recent mass shootings in queer clubs, we’re using this day to reflect on LGBTQ people’s unyielding spirit to show up for one another after gun violence.

Description: Florida’s HB1521 will criminalize trans people in public restrooms for not abiding to the bathroom of their “sex,” determined “by the person’s sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth.”

In honor of Mother’s Day, we’re educating fandoms of the history behind the ‘she’s so mother’ catchphrase where LGBTQ folks reinvent what motherhood means, especially for young queer and trans people.

To emphasize the importance of remembering the “Pacific Islander” in “Asian American and Pacific Islander,” we’re highlighting queer and gender-variant Pacific Islanders who are making waves.

The Charleston, South Carolina native discusses their debut book and their hopes specifically for future generations of Black trans folks to have it all.

Montana’s HB359 is one signature away from deeming drag shows as sexually inappropriate and banning drag from the public. Queer and trans Montanans are speaking up.

On May Day, The National LGBTQ Workers Center shares their thoughts about the crisis of LGBTQ workers’ rights, the significance of striking, and how we can show up for queer and trans workers.