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From March 26th to March 31st, over 100 crime writers are participating in an auction to support the Transgender Law CenterThese are dire times. Human rights, and especially the rights of trans folks, are under attack. And thankfully, some of the crime fiction community has come together to fight back. For the next week, leading up to the March 31st Day of Trans Visibility, over 100 crime writers are participating in an auction benefitting the Transgender Law Center, including such folks as Roxane Gay, David Baldacci, Gillian Flynn, Louise Penny, and many more. According to the fundraiser’s press release, “this...

Gloucester County, Virginia wasn't expecting to find itself in the midst of the never-ending culture wars when it told a female high school student named Gavin Grimm that she isn't entitled to use the boys' facilities just because she suffers from the delusion that she's a boy. Grimm sued her school with the assistance of the Department of Justice and the ACLU. In a recent 2-1 decision by the 4th US Circuit of Appeals, Grimm won her case. In order to find some accommodation for Grimm her high school went as far as installing three single-stall bathrooms throughout the school....