Only one day into Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers’ tour for their debut LP Bought to Rot, Laura Jane Grace joined music writer Kayleigh Hughes for a SXSW retrospective on her life and career as the founder of seminal Gainesville punksters Against Me!, her experience coming out as transgender, and the “demonstrable power of punk.”

During Monday’s “Going Beyond the Gender Binary in the Workplace” panel, gender advocate Liz Byrne used Christine Miserandino’s spoon theory to describe a moment several years ago when a “self-identified” trans-affirming therapist asked Byrne to explain their recent gender affirming care.

When an Out Youth employee called 911 to report a youth in crisis, the operator followed standard procedure to dispatch officers, asking the gender of the person in danger: male or female.

In a new report released Wednesday, Feb. 27, Equality Texas – a statewide political advocacy organization for queer and trans rights – urged lawmakers to take action in favor of LGBTQ non-discrimination policies.

What do you do when you’re not expected to live past the age of 35? You snapshot your life to keep a part of you alive.

The Texas House of Representatives’ recently formed LGBTQ Caucus isn’t losing any momentum. Less than a month after forming, the Caucus – now 21 Dems deep – held its first press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 5, to announce the group’s 2019 legislative priorities. González

Rain on 4th and Oilcan Harry’s, two of Austin’s iconic gay bars, are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in connection with the attack against Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry. The two men were attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning, Jan. 19, after leaving a friend’s birthday celebration at Rain.

In the battle for queer rights, 2018 wasn’t our best year here in the United States, but that’s not true elsewhere. Here are 10 international victories (in no particular order) to keep the spirit of queer liberation burning bright throughout the year’s end and beyond.

Equality Texas, a statewide political advocacy organization for LGBTQ rights, announced earlier today that CEO Chuck Smith is leaving the nonprofit after his 15-year tenure.