Yesterday, the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services released a 409-page report on transgender youth health care entitled "Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices." LOTS to unpack in this report, and I honestly haven't had time to read all 409 pages yet, but it mainly advocates for "gender exploratory therapy" (aka conversion therapy) over established gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Notably, the report lists...

For allies, increasing our understanding and support of transgender people, including kids, involves a degree of humility. We have to humble that part of ourselves that needs to be right, needs to know, and needs to be in control. And that’s not easy to do. It’s not easy to recognize that what you thought was true about the world maybe wasn’t the entire picture and maybe even wrong. Sometimes we get in our bubbles and have a hard time seeing past our own experiences. It can even be helpful...

The Texas Round-Up Events and happenings around the Lone Star State Hey Reader - it's Texas legislative season! And you know what that means ... lots of anti-LGBTQ+ bills. According to Equality Texas's bill tracker, there are more than 200 anti-LGBTQ+ bills runnin' wild through the Capitol right now. And lots of those have to do with gender stuff, transgender adults, and trans kids. I know that's scary. The good news is that the legislative system is designed to "kill" bills. So not all of...