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The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has unanimously accepted a resolution declaring the community a sanctuary city for trans and gender diverse people.

The new Trump administration has issued multiple executive orders and policy changes targeting what it considers “gender ideology extremism.” A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher says the actions are having "devastating" effects on marginalized groups

Each year, dozens of people lose their lives in acts of anti-transgender violence. On November 20th, members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies will come together to honor those who have died. Transgender Day of Remembrance was started in 1999 in honor of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed a year earlier. This year, people across the nation will honor nearly 30 victims. To learn more about the violence transgender people face, WAMC's Samantha Simmons spoke with Mother Grace Ferris, a Pastor with Saint John of God Parish of the Catholic Apostolic Church in Schenectady.

In recent years, anti-transgender legislation has been introduced in state governments around the United States in record-breaking numbers.Schuyler Bailar’s new book “He/She/They: How We Talk about Gender and Why it Matters,” uses science, history, and personal stories to give readers essential language and context for gender understanding, acceptance, and connection.

Four Vermont House Republicans have introduced a bill that would bar transgender students from participating in school athletic programs for girls.

On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, members of the transgender community in Berkshire County say they’re looking for acknowledgement and acceptance.

The Burlington City Council held its first meeting since Town Meeting Day on Monday and considered was a resolution of support for the city’s LGBTQIA+ community.

Lucy Sante is a Belgian-born nonfiction writer, art critic and cultural commentator of astonishingly wide interests, including the Beastie Boys, early photography, and the history of NYC reservoirs. Her newest book is "Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York City." This conversation with Lucy Sante was recorded as part of The Creative Life Series at UAlbany on October 18, 2022.

This past April, Arkansas became the first state to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Tennessee followed suit more recently, with over 100…

Vermont is clarifying that insurers cannot deny coverage of gender confirmation health care because of the individual's age.A 2007 Vermont law prohibits…