Bills prohibiting gender affirming healthcare for trans young people are making their way through state houses across the US. Here's a breakdown by state. Read on
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VOX ATL sat down with State Senator Jackson to talk about Out Down South, her role as a State Senator and the advice she has for queer youth in Georgia. Read on
National Coming Out Day aka NCOD is an annual awareness day every October 11 dedicated to raising awareness about queer experiences. Founded in 1988 after being inspired by the revolutionary National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987 that drew hundreds of thousands of LGBTQ people, AIDS/HIV patients and allies to the nation’s… Read on
By Ellis Schroeder, VOX ATL Teen Staff The stigma is being spread everywhere: “HIV and Monkeypox = gift to gays,” graffiti in Berlin, Germany reads. “Monkeypox is really only transmitted mostly through gay sex,” Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene states in a viral video. “Gaypox” trends worldwide on Twitter. Lawmakers in Latvia attempt to cancel… Read on
When it comes to being Black in the LGBTQ+ community, many of us are exposed to a unique brand of prejudice that is brought about in response to our overlapping identities Read on
Coming out – the process by which LGBTQ+ people disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity – is difficult. It is not a one-and-done event. It is not a single conversation or three-word summary – “I am gay/transgender/etc.” – that, once complete, marks the beginning of a person’s new life. Coming out is a process.… Read on
