Gender

In the next six years, there will be 7 million LGBTQ adults 65 or older in the U.S. That’s according to SAGE, the national advocacy organization. But LGBTQ elders often face unique hurdles that aren’t always understood.

A national nonprofit that empowers individuals to talk about menopause has launched a campaign to remove what it calls “outdated and misleading” FDA warnings on vaginal estrogen, which is used to treat a very common condition in postmenopausal women.

Phoenix artist Jen Urso called a map, "Guide to Running While Female in Central Phoenix." At first, it looks like a hand-drawn map of Central Phoenix, but look closer, and there are a lot of memories buried in it.

Logan-Ashley Kisner is author of the new book “Old Wounds,” a horror novel about two trans teens who find themselves in a classic horror-story trap. But the question of gender — and who counts as a woman — is central.

Jaime Yazzie was 32 and the mother of three sons when she went missing in the summer of 2019 from her community of Pinon on the Navajo Nation. Despite a high-profile search, her remains were not found until November 2021 on the neighboring Hopi reservation in northeastern Arizona.

According to 2022 data from Vote Mama Foundation, less than 7% of Arizona state legislators are mothers with minor children. That could be due to care gap. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued an opinion this week, saying child care is a permissible campaign expense.

LGBTQ+ advocates are raising the alarm over strict Arizona voter ID laws that were partially reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. They say it inadvertently makes it harder for transgender people to vote, and a new report shows this could affect upwards of 9,000 Arizonans.

Arizona has not shown a legitimate reason to categorically ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma will have to answer questions about promoting and voting in 2022 to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.

An analysis from the Brookings Institution shows in general, young women are becoming more Democratic in their political affiliation than young men.