Transgender Awareness Week spotlights the community – and focuses on issues people face. Gender-affirming care for youths is at the top of that list.
Author: Susan Miller, USA TODAY
Putin accuses US, allies of trying to dominate the world, denies intent to use nuclear weapons: Ukraine updates
The speech follows what a Russian official called a successful training exercise aimed at responding to a potential nuclear attack on Russia. Updates.
Russian troops forced to retreat from city in newly annexed region as Ukraine pushes forward: Updates
Russia said it has withdrawn troops from Lyman, where Ukrainian forces made a bold battlefield challenge to Russia’s annexation plan. Live updates.
Hurricane Fiona makes landfall on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast after triggering an island-wide power blackout
Fiona, a Category 1 storm, is expected to unleash historic rainfall of up to 30 inches, widespread flooding and dangerous mudslides, forecasters said.
Stonewall generation has a warning for the LGBTQ community post-Roe: ‘Be really afraid right now’
LGBTQ elders’ alarm bells are blaring that the hard-fought gains notched by their Stonewall generation could be on the precipice of being gutted.
Reclaiming a former slur from its history of hate: Is it OK to use the word queer?
Is queer a weighted word bearing a history of hurt that should be avoided or a label of empowerment for the LGBTQ community?
In this breakneck bulleted world, each shooting can slip from memory. We can’t forget.
We need to honor the memories, of shooting victims, preserve the stories, and somehow keep the faith that things will not always be this way.
‘It’s heartbreaking’: 2 youths killed, 8 others hurt when gunfire erupts at Pittsburgh house party
Two young people were killed and at least eight others were injured when gunfire tore through a party at an Airbnb rental property in Pittsburgh.
2 juveniles killed, 9 others injured when gunfire erupts at a house party in Pittsburgh
Two young people were killed and at least nine others were injured when gunfire tore through a party at an Airbnb rental property in Pittsburgh.
‘You are seen’: A record 7.1% of US adults now identify as LGBTQ, new poll shows
The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ has rocketed to a record 7.1%, and young people are again steering the increase, a Gallup poll shows.