Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

Despite content moderation guidelines, social media platform recommendations carry implicit harmful biases.

Queerbaiting describes an exploitative media tactic. When leveled against people, the criticism can gatekeep queerness.

“I feel scared about expressing solidarity [with queer communities]. My identity is, by and large, defined by an absence.”

Ongoing employee protests show how Disney’s bid for representation doesn’t only matter when it’s easy, but also when it’s not.

Over 50 years, barriers to healthcare and social support have kept high mortality risks in transpersons relatively unchanged.

All participants self-identified as 'straight' before the study, but many changed to "non-exclusive heterosexual" status after reading.

The portrayal of lesbian women as angry misandrists is reductive and creates rifts within the feminism movement itself.

The judge appointed an LGBTQ+ counselor to help him understand and mediate a dispute between a couple and their families.

These unions are “a choice and a way of life that cannot be recognized" by God, a statement approved by Pope Francis said.

Until now, across India, only two transgender people had served as police personnel.

"Western decisions sans any basis in Indian Constitutional Law Jurisprudence cannot be imported in the Indian context," the Centre said.

“Younger people are growing up in an environment where being gay, lesbian or bisexual is not as taboo as it was in the past.”

Gendered bathrooms haven't always been the safest places for trans people, but a separate facility may not be the answer.

The court said employers have no business judging PDA between people.

The LGBTQIA+ dating app shared location, sexual orientation, and mental health information without users' consent.

The ruling is a victory for trans people everywhere as it validates their right to a "self-perceived gender identity."

The proposed policy is part of a broader push to make India's scientific fields more inclusive.