JEFF McMILLAN

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McMillan is an Associated Press editor and writer based in Pennsylvania. He is a member of the AP Stylebook team.

Can a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it work

Marriages in which a partner undergoes a gender transition can not only survive, but also thrive under the light of new honesty.

The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back

About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form.

England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching

Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England’s public health service to restrict puberty blockers for transgender youths as support for their own related proposals.

What to know about a settlement that clarifies what’s legal under Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

Florida’s state government and LGBTQ+ advocates have settled a lawsuit challenging a law that bars teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools.

For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing

It took eight years and the #MeToo movement to spur Sam Schultz to tell police they were sexually assaulted by an opera star and his husband.

Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She’s being lauded as an evolving ally

The nation’s LGBTQ+ leaders are lauding the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein as a longtime friend who learned and evolved to become an ally.

States that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand

Waiting lists for gender-affirming health care are growing in states that declared themselves refuges for transgender people as bans for such care for minors take effect around the country.

How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions

New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but the conversations often lack a clear understanding of how many people will be directly affected.

Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

The word “unalive” to refer to death by suicide or homicide was coined by social media users as a way to fool algorithms on sites and apps that censor posts containing violent content.

Transgender health: Comparing model bills to real proposals

An Associated Press analysis has found that many of this year’s statehouse proposals to restrict gender-affirming care for youths are identical or very similar to some model legislation.

Meet the influential new player on transgender health bills

A nonprofit that describes itself as a collection of doctors and others uniting to “protect healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology” has become a significant presence in statehouses.

Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, AP finds

Legislation to restrict gender-affirming care is often pre-written and shopped out by a handful of interest groups.

As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?

Tennessee’s Republican governor has signed legislation that bans drag shows from taking place in public or in front of children.

EXPLAINER: Pronouns, nonbinary people and the Club Q attack

The Colorado Springs gay bar shooting suspect’s assertion of being nonbinary has put gender identity, pronouns and some sensitive questions around them back into the spotlight.

EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics

The art and entertainment form of drag has been cast in a false light in recent months by right-wing activists and politicians who complain about the “sexualization” or “grooming” of children.

As heat records fall in Northeast, some city dwellers flee

City residents in the Northeast are fleeing a hot spell in favor of pools, beaches and forests. Several New York City residents sought refuge Sunday at a Pennsylvania state park in the Pocono Mountains.

LGBTQ people urge Democrats to forcefully reject GOP attacks

Democratic political candidates are struggling to counter a barrage of GOP attacks targeting LGBTQ people, particularly transgender people.

ESSAY: For a gay country boy, Naomi Judd did build a bridge

Somewhere in Michigan in the early 1990s, a teenage farm boy clings to a chain-link fence at the edge of the county fairgrounds.

In trans people, GOP candidates find latest ‘wedge issue’

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up. An attack ad in the U.S.

Alice Hoagland, gay-rugby godmother and 9/11 activist, dies

Alice Hoagland, a beloved figure of the gay rugby movement that her own son, Mark Bingham, helped set in motion shortly before he perished in the 2001 terrorist attacks as one of the heroes of Flight 93, has died.

In or out? Court case on job bias casts pall on LGBT fests

National Coming Out Day festivities were tempered this year by anxiety over the Supreme Court deliberations about job discrimination law.

Shootings and shock value: Hoodies, PSA use similar tactics

NEW YORK (AP) — In a breezy back-to-school video spot, angelic children describe their beloved new headphones, sneakers, skateboard.

In gender-swap photo filters, some trans people see therapy

NEW YORK (AP) — Hit a button, and you’re “transformed” into a woman. The beard disappears. The face and jaw smooth out. The hair floats jauntily around the shoulders.

In gender-swap photo filters, some trans people see therapy

NEW YORK (AP) — Hit a button, and you’re “transformed” into a woman. The beard disappears. The face and jaw smooth out. The hair floats jauntily around the shoulders.

In gender-swap photo filters, some trans people see therapy

Some transgender people say Snapchat’s new photo filter and others like it that allow users to visualize themselves as another gender could be a therapeutic tool.

After DNC, it’s back to parking as usual in South Philly

It’s a signature facet of South Philly that delegates and protesters at the Democratic National Convention never saw.

In Philadelphia, Madonna gives ‘Popey-wopey’ her blessing

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman with plenty of experience tangling with the Vatican has given Pope Francis her endorsement during his first U.S. visit.