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.

A 2022 study digs into the mental and emotional harm of having official identification that doesn’t match a person’s real identity.

Leading Off: The media corporation is union busting, the NewsGuild says. Trans troops take Trump to court over broken promises. The week’s top story lines.

An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology

As the government declares war on black, brown, gender diverse, and impoverished communities, activists in Georgia are working to secure people’s ability to travel out of a country that is increasingly hostile to their existence.

Leading off: The Labour-led government codifies bigotry, triggering a “human rights disaster.” Trans people win big in a U.S. passport case. The top story lines as the week begins.

In 1925, the first passport ever issued to a woman without her husband's last name on it was sent to Doris Fleischman. One hundred years later, hundreds of trans folk lost theirs,

Will Trump obey the courts? Cass is getting lonelier by the moment. And the Germans warn about travel to the U.S. The leading story lines as the week begins.

A guide on how to change your name and you gender markers on documents across the United States.