In January 2025, a ban on some gender-affirming surgeries for youth went into effect in New Hampshire. In June of this year, two laws passed in New Hampshire (HB 377 and HB 712), which together … Read More
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As Clinics Across the Country Cease Gender-Affirming Care for Youth, the Trans Youth Emergency Project is Ready With Support
It’s difficult to watch so many clinics overcomplying with the Trump Administration’s Executive Order targeting trans youth healthcare by shuttering their services for young transgender patients. As of this week, multiple clinics in Arizona, Illinois, … Read More
Our Living Record – Highlighting LGBTQ+ Resilience in the Face of Erasure
It’s no secret that the current administration continues to try everything possible to erase LGBTQ+ people. Most recently, we’ve witnessed the removal of queer culture and history on a national scale. As history has shown, … Read More
For William
Max was born in The Netherlands, but moved to Texas before he started elementary school. Max is currently a junior in high school, and came out as transgender at a young age. Max works with … Read More
The Trump Administration Shut Down the National LGBTQ+ Youth Suicide Hotline – But Help Is Still Available
In its latest attack on LGBTQ+ communities, the Trump administration is shutting down the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline as of July 17. In a statement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration … Read More
Now Hiring: Program Director, Trans Youth Emergency Project
The Campaign for Southern Equality is hiring for a new Full-Time Staff Position – the Program Director of the Trans Youth Emergency Project. Details on the position and how to apply are below. About Campaign … Read More
Now, Serenity
Content Warning: Discussion of suicide There are moments when everything stops. Like a freeze frame in a movie, time fractures, suspended between past and future. That’s how it felt last October when I received the … Read More
Unbroken: From Survival to Resistance
I grew up in the South, a preacher’s kid in a conservative Seventh-day Adventist household. In a world where queerness wasn’t just frowned upon—it was condemned. From an early age, I was taught that being … Read More
It’s Not You, It’s Them
An open message to trans and nonbinary youth on the Skrmetti decision The Supreme Court got it wrong. This isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. In 1896 the Court decided, in … Read More
“We Keep Moving Forward”: One Couple Copes with the Anti-Immigrant Hate Spurred by Trump’s Election
I moved to Orlando in 2014 when I was 26 years old. I come from a humble family in Puerto Rico, and my rural roots have always been a fundamental part of my identity. I … Read More
