LGBTQ

“How many more GoFundMe’s will people have to create to [not be homeless]?” According to The Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, 28% of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing housing instability—37% for trans and nonbinary youth. Offering their own solution, the Queer The Land collective is on a mission of owning their own land and labor.

South Carolina's bill SB627 could ban not only medical care, but any services that “aids or abets” trans minors in their transition, introducing a new level of violation for those providing gender-affirming care

This piece is part of When You Were Here, a series commemorating trans people whose lives were taken this year. 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.

Culture critic Clarkisha Kent gets candid about writing her memoir and her hopes for readers.

Texas’ HB4378 would grant the ability for private citizens in the state to sue those who perform in drag wherever children are present.

A report by The Washington Post about the intendedly-private investigation by Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal was focused on gay priests, a move some Catholic priests are calling an example of homophobia in the church.

Ursula, portrayed by Melissa McCarthy in the adaptation, was heavily inspired by a drag queen from the 60s through the 80s named Divine.

All of the anti-trans furor is nothing new. Both at the founding of the American colonies and as recently as a few years ago, state and local governments punished people who wore clothes of what others judged the wrong gender.

Florida may offer a forecast for what parents in other states can expect in the coming year.

Arkansas’ SB270 would criminalize adults for using a bathroom that does not align with their sex assigned at birth if a child is present.

I was born in March, so turning the calendar over to this month always feels powerful. I’m an Aries—one of the most passionate and intense signs of the zodiac. I’ve always had a complex relationship with my birthday, as it coincides with my worst seasonal depression month and now the anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As legislators and organizers seek to control and censor student access to LGBTQ books in school, librarians and libraries are perhaps more urgent than ever.

Welcome to Matter of Faith, Reckon’s newest weekly newsletter where we get into the nitty gritty of the unholy trinity of faith, sex and politics. I’m Anna Beahm, Reckon’s faith, sex and politics reporter and the real person on the other side of the screen.

Missouri to prohibit public or charter schools from discussing gender and sexuality with their students, by passing SB134 out of the Senate committee last week.

We are humbled and excited to introduce "When You Were Here," which commemorates transgender people in America whose lives were stolen by violence