Gender identity

A California judge has approved a request by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s adult daughter to change her name and gender on her birth certificate.

Whether it’s school or gun violence, racism or gender identity, even the leftover feelings from the pandemic, Sailaja Joshi from Mango and Marigold Press has just the books to help families process the world we live in.

The state of Vermont is making it easier for people to change a line on their birth certificates so it accurately reflects their gender identities. “My life is going to be easier because I can finally get a birth certificate that matches who I am,” said Venn Sage Wylder of Burlington, who is cheering the new law that tells the…

Vermont will now make it easier for people to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities.

Vermont youth were part of nationwide demonstrations Friday for LGBTQ+ rights and visibility, with school walkouts in communities including in the state capital. Montpelier students descended on the Vermont State House Friday, protesting measures in other states which advocates label as dangerous to queer youth — a group already at higher risk of bullying and self-harm. “It’s a struggle to…

A group of students from Montpelier is particularly worried about guidance from the governor of Texas to treat parents seeking gender-affirming health care for their transgender kids as abusers, and a bill in Florida that would limit teachers there from discussing gender identity or sexuality with young children.

Passport applicants will also be able to self-select their gender without providing supporting medical documentation, the State Department announced

Brands signal support for the LGBTQ+ community during Pride month, but experts say that true support has to come from more than just social media posts. 

Francesca’s CEO Andrew Clarke is leading the apparel chain through a transformation post-bankruptcy and is looking to focus on the LGBTQ community.

Actor Lio Tipton, who competed on “America’s Next Top Model” and later played teenage babysitter Jessica in “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” came out this week as non-binary.

A transgender man says his gender at birth was required on his intake form when he was trying to donate blood in Virginia.

Sue O’Connell sat down with Sean Cahill, Director of Health Policy Research at the Fenway Institute, to talk about how the LGBTQ+ community is being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and why the state isn’t collecting data to back that up.