Bred on social media platforms and legitimized by mainstream outlets, the language of contempt for fellow human beings endangers us all. Trans people have been the early targets.

An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.

Leading Off: Studies try to put a veneer of legitimacy on Cass’s political project. A powerful UK agency says bigotry based on appearance is A-OK. Top story lines for the week.

A Brown alumnus recalls his time at the ‘gayest’ university and calls for the Brown community to stand united against the Trump deal.

The proposed change includes the information that there are no known beneficial effects.

Leading Off: Get your passport while you can. Plus, the Supreme Court will rule on trans sports bans and increasing legal activism targets the trans community in the U.K. The top storylines this week.

Leading Off: A government report that reads like a long anti-trans opinion piece. Trump just keeps losing in Maine. The top story lines as the week begins.

Listing one's pronouns is actually useful for everyone. Potential for confusion arises not only in names that are commonly considered gender-neutral in American English, but in foreign names as well.

In the middle of a hostile Administration, the Transgender District in San Francisco is taking a lead in empowering trans people.

A fiery rally outside Stonewall Inn marked the re-emergence of an activist group that had been a force from the days of Brandon Teena. “You never really get away from being a menace,” a founder said, “but I’m angry I have to do it.” 

The National Parks Service erases all mention of trans people from the Stonewall National Monument after a flurry of executive orders, but erasure will not stop us from existing.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has, like most government agencies, complied with an executive order defining transgender people out of existence. But don’t worry… trans employees can still get their bonuses! I guess!

As has become customary among household name organizations, the NCAA has given in to Trump’s demands about trans student-athletes just as quickly as they possibly could.

In the wake of the anti-trans legislation by the Trump Administration, Wikipedia stands as a reliable source for information on trans topics.

Veronica Esposito offers her perspective as a therapist on how to stay safe and healthy during this time of crisis.

Trump’s threats are having a disastrous effect on trans health care across the country, despite significant resistance to them.

The language of these executive orders are a bit unclear, Allison Chapman helps decode them and their legal ramifications.

One of many executive orders issued by Trump in the first week of his second term is facing litigatory pushback for allegedly violating two amendments to the constitution by sending trans women to men’s prison facilities and denying them access to necessary medication.