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The Left Needs a Better Defense of Trans People

Stop emphasizing population size and start talking policy

April 24, 2025 • by Amelia Nonemacher

In the opening months of the Trump administration, the full power of the state has been deployed to suppress the rights of trans people to access healthcare, play sports, change their gender marker on official documents, and use public bathrooms, among other attacks. These policies have been critiqued by LGBTQ+ ...

Fighting for Bodily Autonomy Is a Texas Tradition

As the state shuts down services for abortion and transgender kids, grassroots activists call on their history to fight back

June 27, 2022 • by Lauren Gutterman

All historical moments may be unique, but our current struggle is not new, and Texans are not unprepared. Recognizing the enduring nature of these battles, and acknowledging that activists fighting for our rights in Texas today are part of an ongoing struggle, has provided me with some strength and comfort ...

Texas’s Fetal Heartbeat Law Isn’t Just a War on Women

When the pro-choice argument includes trans folx, the principles of bodily autonomy and universal healthcare grow stronger

October 1, 2021 • by Kathryn Gruszecki

When the Supreme Court refused to block the Texas Fetal Heartbeat Act in late August, the court signed off on the strictest limitations on abortion since Roe v. Wade (1973). Banning the procedure after six weeks, the Texas law’s most insidious provision permitted the court to undermine the rights conveyed ...