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In 1983, having spent four years earning a PhD in English, I instantly turned down the reasonably secure entry-level faculty position my alma mater offered.

They’re waging a ‘parents rights’ campaign against sex education and SOGI. We talked with some. A Tyee special report.

A trans woman in Ukraine has said the community is struggling to access essential healthcare as the Russian war rages on.

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. / Two Classes of Trans Kids Are Emerging – Those Who Have Access to Puberty Blockers, and Those Who Don’t Two Classes of Trans Kids Are Emerging – Those Who Have Access to Puberty Blockers, and Those Who Don’t A divide emerges.   For people who have never thought about it before...

This piece originally appeared in the Conversation. For people who have never thought about it before, it might sound reasonable to require trans kids to wait until they’re adults before they can receive certain forms of care known as gender-affirming treatment—which is what legislation that just passed in Arkansas does. But this type of legislation actually prevents kids from accessing treatment before and during a crucial period of development: puberty. When I was researching my bo...

For people who have never thought about it before, it might sound reasonable to require trans kids to wait until they’re adults before they can receive certain forms of care known as gender-affirming treatment – which is what legislation that just passed in Arkansas does. But this type of legislation actually prevents kids from accessing treatment before and during a crucial period of development: puberty. When I was researching my book “The...

Dr. Travers is a Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University. Their recent book, "The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution," situates trans kids in Canada and the US, white settler nations characterized by significant social inequality. They are also the Principal Investigator on a SSHRC Insight Grant titled ”Gender Vectors of the GVA: using video game technology to assess social safety nets for transgender and gender nonconforming childr...