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Hurricane Helene Devastated Asheville. A Local LGBTQ+ Organization Is Supporting Youth — With Cash

“We know that [direct cash transfers] are the number one support for preventing youth homelessness.”

How This Trans Teen Found Support from Her Family in 1905

Emma Heinrich’s story shows us how young trans girls explored their identities before our modern concept of gender.

Attacks on DEI Programs Are Making Students Rethink Their College Choices

“Without [this scholarship], I would not have gone to school in Ohio."

School-Issued Laptops Are Monitoring Students' Every Word

Nearly half of K-12 students are subject to digital surveillance systems.

A Year Without Nex Benedict

"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."

MattXIV Wants to Make Young Queer People Feel Less Alone

“People who follow me tend to walk with me.”

Teen Vogue’s Top 10 Op-eds of 2024

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Trans Teen Badly Beaten at High School Party

"Being bullied throughout your life sucks, but being jumped is even worse.”

Reneé Rapp Says She Is a Lesbian 'For Sure'

“Writing this then coming out as a lesbian I contain multitudes.”

Nex Benedict Died After a Bathroom Beating. Oklahoma LGBTQ+ Advocates Are Speaking Out.

“All 2SLGBTQ+ Oklahomans deserve the safety to thrive. And that is becoming increasingly difficult.”

Almost Half of LGBTQ+ Youth Feel Unsafe at School, According to a New Survey

That number was higher for trans and gender expansive kids.

Trans Youth Are Being Forced to Leave Their Home States Behind

“No kid should be forced to leave the place where they grew up.”

This Bill Threatens Access to LGBTQ+ Online Communities

The Kids Online Safety Act is a censorship bill in disguise.

The Untold Story of the High Schoolers Behind the First Gender Sexuality Alliance

The group was formed by queer students of color at a New York City high school in 1972.

I’m a Homeless Black Trans Youth, But I’m Not Just a Statistic

“Not only am I powerful, but I command respect.”

How to Be a Better Ally This Pride Month and Beyond

Protecting LGBTQ+ rights is up to all of us.

How We Protect LGBTQ+ Youth While Centering Their Stories

“It simply is not safe for everyone to come out, to stand before a committee, to have their story published.”

What LGBTQ Students Are Asking for on This Day of Silence

In 2023, we’re calling on adults.

Trans Maryland Teen Tasiyah “Siyah” Woodland Was Killed in a Shooting

“She was a joy and made sure everyone she was around knew that they were loved.”

Tennessee’s Drag Ban Will Affect the Next Generation of Queer People

Visibility shows young LGBTQ+ people that “all are welcome here,” one drag performer says.