"It has been an especially tumultuous year for the LGBTQ+ community, and we are so proud of the LGBTQ Nation team for covering 2025's events with finesse, poignancy, and intellect. While breaking news often dominates our coverage, we take every opportunity we can to explore the issues that matter to our community in depth. As the year wraps up, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate some of the outstanding long-form work our writers did on everything from trans rights to family building to political violence."
"Zane McNeill's moving piece - for our summer issue on the lessons trans men teach us about masculinity - spotlights the challenges trans men face navigating a medical system that has made little effort to understand their needs, especially when it comes to reproductive health care. McNeill also writes that the attacks on trans and reproductive rights are "inexorably connected," quoting one expert who declares, "These fights are deeply connected and intertwined. When abortion access is under attack, so are trans people.""
"In this riveting and at times haunting piece, LGBTQ Nation Deputy Editor Molly Sprayregen exposes sperm donation as a shockingly corrupt and unregulated industry that often takes advantage of desperate families who feel they have nowhere else to turn to make their dreams of parenthood come true. The piece also spotlights the activists in the space who are fighting tooth and nail for stricter regulations and greater transparency."
Six long-form pieces examined core issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community in 2025, including trans rights, reproductive health, family building, and political violence. Coverage detailed how trans men face medical systems that often ignore their reproductive health needs and how attacks on trans and abortion rights are intertwined. Reporting uncovered a largely unregulated, corrupt sperm-donation industry that exploits desperate families and prompted calls for stricter regulation and transparency. Activists and advocates pursuing policy change and protections for families, trans people, and reproductive access were prominently featured throughout the coverage.
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