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Border Patrol agents process migrants who crossed the border illegally in a facility in McAllen, Texas, in this photo from June 2018. A federal judge recently found overcrowded CBP facilities in the Tucson area have not met “basic human needs.”

Former detainees discuss life inside ICE detention during COVID-19

The LGBTQ advocacy group Trans Queer Pueblo organized a press conference this week with people formerly detained in Arizona.

A line of cars drives past the La Palma Detention Center in Eloy, Arizona. Demonstrators honked horns and hung banners from their windows calling for thge release of detainees in the wake of the coronavirus.

Eloy car rally calls for ICE detainee releases during COVID-19 pandemic

At least five detainees in custody in Arizona have tested positive for the virus.

Taken at the 2019 Tucson Pride celebration.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 5: The Roots of Transphobia

Why is gender identity so controversial?

It's unknown how many pre-teens are gender non-binary. Recent [studies](https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/health/teens-gender-nonconforming-study-trnd/index.html) found that 0.7% of teenagers identify as transgender, while 3% identify as gender non-binary.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 4: Riding the Ambiguity Train

When the binary of male and female doesn’t fit.

Noah James came prepared with interview questions for Scotty Pignatella.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 3: Trans-Generational Advice

A transgender teenage boy interviews an adult trans man.

Tucson’s Pride celebration includes transgender youth from preschool through high school as well as their families and friends.

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 2: Changing Expectations

Raising a Transgender Preschooler.

Lizette and Jose Trujillo are the parents of a transgender son. Lizette is the facilitator
of a support group for parents that is part of the Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA).

Youth Crossing Gender Borders, Episode 1: Parents Taking Pride

The journey for families when a child comes out as transgender.

A banner for the Tucson Unified School District hangs in the school board's meeting room at the Duffy Community Center.

Proposed TUSD sex-ed curriculum changes draw vocal criticism and support

Arizona 360 hears from people on both sides of the issue.

Demonstrators call for the firing of a professor at the University of Arizona over a homophobic letter, Sept. 18, 2019.

Demonstrators call for firing of UA professor over homophobic letter

LGBTQ protesters and allies demanded the UA remove professor and former anesthesiology chair Randal Dull.

Katrina Folson, the youth advocate for Friends Advocating Mutual Individuality by Loving Yourself, gave out flyers for the LGBTQ+ support group during the Tohono O'odham Nation's first Pride event June 28, 2019.

Tohono O'odham group celebrates Pride with poetry, storytelling

Organizers said the event was the first-ever Pride celebration on the nation.

Arizona Governor Signs Repeal of HIV/AIDS Instruction Law

The state schools superintendent said the law created myth and fear around the mention of LGBTQ relationships in the classroom.

A transgender woman said a pharmacist at a Fountain Hills CVS made her feel humiliated.

Transgender Woman Says She Was Denied Hormone Prescription at CVS Store

Arizona law allows pharmacies to refuse to fill a prescription on religious or moral grounds.

The new winter melon crop grown from heirloom seeds donated by Chinese Tucsonans in the Mission Gardens.

A Taste of Tucson History

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Central American Transgender Asylum Seekers Released

Gay men in the same group are still being held in detention.

How the Holocaust History Center Shines a Light on Justice for Global LGBTQ Community

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Houston Wildlife After the Flood

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