While religion has been used for decades to ostracize many transgender people, Rachel Burckardt has found that her faith drives acceptance in her community.

Through testimony and a Capitol bathroom sit-in, trans Texans, activists and a constable argued that the state’s latest bathroom bill doesn’t make anyone safer.

The lawsuit announced by LGBTQ+ advocates was filed on behalf of transgender people under the age of 19 in Maryland, New York and Massachusetts.

More than 40 authors contributed to “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States,” which took its expert editors more than a decade to compile.