Ezra Michel got top surgery in 2017 and had to petition Medi-Cal five times to get a revision covered. ‘I felt like I could breathe for the first time.’Photograph: Ricardo Nagaoka/The Guardian For ...

For patients who receive gender-affirming surgery, the experience can feel like a rebirth. “I decided that the old me would die on the table and then the new me would come up from it,” said Wendy ...

Pope Francis warmly and repeatedly interacts with transgender individuals, sanctioned a document that affirms trans people can serve as Catholic godparents, and has praised the work of LGBTQ advocacy ...

When Nikki Hiltz shared their top surgery story on Instagram in August, it wasn’t just another post scrolling past on my feed. It was a spark. Here was one of the fastest middle-distance runners in ...

Seattle Children’s Hospital postponed a transgender teen’s masculinizing top surgery only hours before it was scheduled allegedly to comply with one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders ...

“I feel an icy cold panic over the fact that I may lose this part of me,” confessed Amy Sousa, who has a master’s degree in Psychology, after being diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer, an illness ...

When I was a child and suffering from numerous mental health issues, I learned about transgenderism. Vulnerable and in distress, I was given false hope by the pseudoscientific idea that I could become ...

If you or someone you love is experiencing a crisis, call or text 9-8-8 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. He's 17 and lives in the Chicago suburbs. He loves theater and recently helped direct a ...