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A seagull spotted at a protest against the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman has gone viral after flying through the air holding a trans flag.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) passed seven of 16 proposed amendments, but one amendment limiting participation in girls’ sports to just biological females failed to move forward.

Trump administration pushes appeals court to enforce military’s transgender ban

Oregon on the Road: Corvallis City Council Member Alison Bowden, and Professor Susan M. Shaw, of Oregon State University, about efforts in Corvallis to fight back against anti-transgender sentiment.

Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says

Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban

Mississippi Supreme Court Allows Judge to Block Name Changes for Trans People Under 21

Pedro Pascal supports transgender rights with ‘iconic’ move at Thunderbolts premiere after UK gender ruling

Letter | We must open our eyes, and hearts, to the transgender community

An insurance company tried to deny coverage of transgender care. A federal court shut that down.

Trans ‘Sex by Deception’: What Are We Really Protecting Cis Men From?

Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Limits on Transgender Athletes
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Nebraska bill focused on transgender athletes advances on senate floor

Supreme Court appears poised to rule for parents who objected to LGBTQ content in elementary schools

Labour ‘no better than US Republicans’ on trans issues, says LGBTQ+ Lib Dems group

The latest transgender news

“This Is a New Low for J.K. Rowling,” Nicola Coughlan (photo) wrote on Instagram: “Keep your new ‘Harry Potter’ lads. Wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole.”

The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board is considering a policy requiring parental permission for teachers to use students’ preferred names and pronouns.

The University of Louisville will pay a reported seven-digit sum to a former professor who sued the school on allegations he was demoted over controversial comments he made about transgender children.

A federal court has ruled against a Republican lawmaker from Maine who sued the state’s Democratic House speaker after being censured for a social media post about a transgender athlete.

Transgender teacher sues Pinellas schools, claims pronoun discrimination
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Judge grants “critical victory” to trans people suing Trump for his anti-trans passport policy

Transgender students voice their experiences during escalating political action

Trump helps enflame anti-LGBTQ feeling from Hungary to Romania

Three Transgender Kids Share Their Stories

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says NZ First has proposed a new member’s bill which would “ensure the biological definition of a woman and man are defined in law” in a move he says will protect the term “woman”.

Trump cloaks trans bigotry as protecting women, guts domestic violence programs

‘Clean Slate,’ the first sitcom to star a transgender actor, is canceled after one season

No, the Silver Surfer in The Fantastic Four: First Steps isn’t trans

Taiwan: Beyond the body: The battle for gender ID rights

The Taipei High Administrative Court denied a request by Vivi, a transgender woman, to change the gender on her ID card in August last year, because she had not met the requirements: providing two official gender diagnoses and undergoing gender reassignment surgery.

Petitions in the UK

Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services.

Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.

Video

On the UK Supreme Court ruling (video)

How to save boys from the manosphere | Judith Butler interview

Lloyds Bank support its transgender staff after transphobic UK Supreme Court ruling

Lloyds Bank has pledged to support its transgender staff following the Supreme Court’s ruling that trans women are not legally women. 

Andrew Walton, Lloyds’s chief corporate affairs director, responded to the ruling just hours after it was announced, saying the company would ‘listen and support’ any employees who may be affected. 

In a message seen by the Telegraph to Lloyds’s Rainbow network, which is the bank’s internal group for LGBTQ+ people, offering them ‘a note of support…on what I know will be an unsettling day following the UK Supreme Court decision’. 

He added: ‘Please know that we cherish and celebrate you and we remain committed to inclusivity. If you’re a line manager, please be mindful of the potential impact on members of your team and be available to them. We are here to listen and support.’ 

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced it will not implement a specific policy on the eligibility of transgender athletes for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Trans inclusive protesters have taken to the streets of the UK this weekend showing that overwhelming the UK public is in no mood of gender critical beliefs.

Books: ‘Pronoun Trouble’ reminds us that punctuation matters.
‘They’ has been a shape-shifter for more than 700 years

Theater‘: Bad Books’ a timely look at censorship in local library.
Influencer vs. conservative parent in Round House production.

Thousands of protesters took to London to rally against the Supreme Court’s trans ruling after an “emergency” protest was called by organisers.

The Illinois High School Association has defied President Donald Trump’s order to ban transgender athletes from competing in female sports.

Judges pauses Trump policy restricting transgender passport choices, finding it’s rooted in ‘irrational prejudice’

Despite full parental support, Mississippi’s highest court has ruled that a transgender teen cannot legally change his name.

UK Ruling Sparks Nationwide Protest for Trans Equality

Threat of Arrest: Politics Against Existence

How Ayushman Bharat fails India’s transgender population

UK petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

‘Cancer gave me courage to admit I am transgender’

LGBTQ people find confidence and community in self-defense classes

How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart
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The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public schools can refuse to give parents the right to pull kids from lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books.
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Operation Caged Bird exposes Naval Academy students to titles by Maya Angelou and other authors targeted under Trump administration directives to wipe out references to race and equity in federal agencies.
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Anti-Trans Activist Hadley Freeman Thinks UK Court Win Means People Have To Be Her Friend

Maine banned transgender discrimination 20 years ago. Few noticed — until now.
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…Maine is one of 22 states that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and one of 23 states that has laws or policies allowing transgender athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identities, according to MAP.

More transgender news for you!

Judge Blocks Passport Ban For Plaintiffs, Citing Government Animus And Equal Protection

Court Halts Policy Erasing ‘X’ Gender Marker on Passports

“I promised my American wife Canada was safe for queer couples. I’ll vote to keep it that way”

Court ruling on ‘woman’ at odds with UK Equality Act aim, says ex-civil servant.
‘Clear premise’ was to give trans and biological women same sex discrimination rights, says official who helped draft act

This Republican Lawmaker’s Embarrassing Lack Of Knowledge Of The Term “Intersex” Went Viral After He Proposed An Amendment To Cut LGBTQ+ Funding

Trans Woman Escapes America’s Hate and Finds Peace on the Ocean

The Trump administration asks people to report gender affirming care for transgender children.
Link to transphobic site!

Celebs support trans org Not a Phase after anti-trans UK court ruling

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

Caravan of Hope brings LGBTQ+ justice & support to rural queers in red states

Free Mom Hugs — the humble, homegrown LGBTQ+ advocacy group — has come a long way since Sara Cunningham attended Oklahoma City Pride wearing a button that offered marchers and attendees a “free” motherly embrace.

Jenni Rose, who fronts the cowpunk group Vandoliers, embraces her life as a woman on the band’s new album: “For 36 years, I’ve tried to be anything but a trans person”

‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling

Over 850 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Filed In the US in 2025 (+ more transgender news)

Over 850 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Filed In 2025; Most In History

In 2020, there were just over 100 bills aimed at LGBTQ+ people. In 2025, that number has ballooned to more than 850, the vast majority singling out transgender Americans. What we are witnessing now is not a legislative trend—it’s a coordinated nationwide crusade….

The goal is unmistakable: to make it nearly impossible for transgender people to live openly, safely, and with dignity in public life.

Irish actress Nicola Coughlan starts IG fundraiser for ‘Not A Phase’ in support of trans rights: “fuck the Supreme Court, fuck the TERFS”

Nicola Coughlan Raised Over £70,000 for Trans Rights Following U.K. Court Ruling

Chino Valley schools OK complaints against California over transgender athletes

Legislation introduced around Tax Day would let New York public schools temporarily ignore state law letting transgender students use shared bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity.

Single-sex spaces for women will be ‘more dangerous’ after Supreme Court ruling – and this is why
Ask yourself: How will people react to trans men in women’s bathrooms?

WorldPride Organizers May Issue Advisory For Trans People

Maya Lê presents great picture books that affirm trans identities.

More on the absurdities of the UK Supreme Court biological sex law.

Every woman has her own unique biology, so their reasoning in s. 171 would appear to be that unless a woman has natal potential and XX chromosomes she is not ergo a biological woman because she does not share this with the assumed self-explanatory biological grouping of “woman” in society. This is dangerous logic, one which can and will have serious implications for women in British society.

‘Trans People Woke Up To A Bleak New World Today. How Did We Get Here?’

J.K. Rowling’s war on trans people won’t stop us from existing

Judge Blocks Passport Ban For Plaintiffs, Citing Government Animus And Equal Protection

The federal judge ruled that transgender people’s passport changes do not, as the Trump executive order stated, deprive the “dignity, safety, and well-being of women.”

Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans

The latest transgender news

This week, Ethel Cain’s (photo) album Preacher’s Daughter reached the no. 10 spot on the Billboard 200 chart — a huge milestone for the transgender artist.

Ethel Cain is the stage name of Hayden Silas Anhedönia, an American singer-songwriter, artist, and producer who’s really carved out a unique space in the music world. She first gained attention around 2019-2020 with some dreamy, haunting releases on platforms like SoundCloud, but her debut album, Preacher’s Daughter (2022), is what really made people stop and take notice.

Her music blends elements of ambient pop, Americana, slowcore, dream pop, and gothic influences, often telling deeply personal, cinematic, and sometimes chilling stories.

City Council declares Allentown a ‘safe haven’ for transgender health care access

Maine gov on DOJ lawsuit over transgender athletes: This is about ‘states rights,’ ‘defending the rule of law’

What’s in a T-shirt slogan? The story behind ‘Protect the Dolls.’
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A last-minute idea from designer Conner Ives has made a lasting impression on people who want to show support for the trans community.

‘Not the laws of Australia’: Sex discrimination chief reacts to UK ruling on definition of a woman

Washington State Passes Bill To Cover Some 12-Month Hormone Therapy Stockpiles

Transgender women in Britain fear ruling could place toilets, sports and hospitals off limits
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Labour minister says Tories should ‘apologise’ for pro-trans stance under Theresa May

NHS will be ‘pursued’ if it doesn’t change gender policies, says equalities watchdog boss

We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong
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The Ohio House’s version of the two-year state budget only acknowledge two sexes, male and female, excluding transgender people and intersex people born with a mix of chromosomes or just one chromosome.

JD Vance wants the UK to repeal its LGBTQ+ hate speech laws to secure a trade deal

A list of protest against the UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling.

Wisconsin’s name-change law raises safety risks for transgender people

Transgender woman sues Chilean national police

US classifies visiting trans woman as “male” (+ more transgender news)

Erika Hilton, Brazilian politician invited to Harvard conference, was classified as “male” by American embassy

Erika Hilton:

“Yes it is true. I was classified as ‘male’ by the US government when I went to get my visa to go to the Brazil Conference at Harvard University and MIT.

“It doesn’t surprise me. This has already been happening with trans people’s documents in the U.S. for a few weeks.”

Erika Hilton is a Brazilian politician and activist for black and #LGBTQ rights. In the 2020 elections, she gained international notice by becoming the first openly #transgender councilor elected to the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo, receiving the most votes for any councilor in the country.

Erika Hilton receives US visa with male gender and says she will call the UN to deal with the case.

According to the news agency PTI, Strides Pharma, Inc. has decided to recall over 440,000 cartons of Testosterone Gel in the US following the detection of a carcinogenic foreign substance – benzene – in its product.

Gov. Mike Braun signs into law a ban on transgender women in college sports

Health care could get more expensive for transgender people under a new Trump rule

The digital influencer previously known as Zé Longuinho announced on Tuesday the change of name in the midst of the gender transition process. She is now called Isabella Longuinho.

Hate pastor campaigned to stop lesbian from becoming school superintendent. He lost.

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UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

Petition: Overturn the UK’s New Legal Definition of a Woman

White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood defends trans rights after UK Supreme Court ruling: ‘Pure rage’

Powerful words from trans British icons in wake of UK Supreme Court ruling: ‘We will carry on’

‘Protect the dolls’: A t-shirt raised $70K for trans people; here are the celebs who wore it

In a letter sent to clinics across the States, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is now outright warning clinics against providing gender affirming care to anyone under the age of 21.

US Department of Defense sued over book removals, curriculum changes in its schools

Pentagon urged to reverse Naval Academy book ban

White House sues Maine for refusing to comply with trans athlete ban

“My transgender daughter is getting the care she needs here in Berlin. But she is no longer able to travel to her second home in the U.S. to visit family and friends.”

DHS shuts ‘open door’ for women and queer immigrants to report abuse, advocates say

After Backlash, Planned Parenthood Arizona Resumes Gender Affirming Care

Arkansas SB 486, a Far-Reaching Anti-Trans “Bathroom Bounty” Bill, Heads To The Governor’s Desk

Brazil prohibits hormone therapy for transgender minors

Countries Should Accept Transgender Refugees From The United States

Scholarship for trans and non-binary music creators announced in honour of SOPHIE’s legacy

Bellingham officials weigh proposal to declare city transgender sanctuary status

These panels from the “Freedom to Be” quilt aim to elevate trans joy & resilience

Videos

Trans Psychiatrist & Veteran – Press Democrat Op-Ed – Transgender Vet Resigns From Federal Service

No, demons referring to themselves as «we» in the Bible have absolutely nothing to do with they/them pronouns.

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Dark days, indeed. But do you know what? There are still great many POSITIVE transgender news headlines around!

Here are 10 more in our collection.

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Why Harvard’s battle against Trump is a battle for American democracy (and transgender lives)

How Harvard Ended Up Leading the University Fight Against Trump

The battle for the soul of America’s universities is also a battle for the future of trans people in the US, and American democracy.

The Trump administration knows that the universities – with their focus on independent, critical research – are a threat to their corporate, theocratic and ultranationalist fundamentalism.

The universities have always been important players in the cultural revolutions of America, so they have to be brought to heel. They have to become propaganda tools for MAGA “patriotism”.

If the universities fall, free media will fall and if free media fall, free speech is over. That means an end to US democracy.

Trump want the universities to remove critical research on race and gender and replace it with pseudo-science that affirms the racism and transphobia of MAGA beliefs. All the complaint about anti-semitism at American campuses is a smokescreen meant to legitimize this state takeover of the universities. This is not political conservatism. This is fascism, plain and simple, and this is not a drill.

Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities
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Science must not be a weapon against trans people

Elon Musk’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

Argentina: Gay, nonbinary parent fights for family in Argentina’s courts

Local Families of Transgender Youth Face Struggles, Uncertainty

Spain has updated its travel information for those heading to the U.S., with new advice for transgender travelers.

Utah: College cleverly keeps its LGBTQ+ center open despite laws against DEI

Missouri: A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that Planned Parenthood must comply with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s demand to gain access to records of transgender patients.

Photo Antonistock

A British tragedy: UK Supreme Court defines “woman” on the basis of “biological sex at birth”.

Education leaders in Minnesota, New York, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, and Wisconsin said they will not comply with the federal education department’s order, the demands of which, they say, are based on a warped interpretation of civil rights law.

Massachusetts Democrats introduce bill to protect trans people from federal investigations

LGBTQ Texans line up to oppose electronic health record bill. The bill will require electronic health records to include space for information about “any sexual development disorder”.

Celebrity Big Brother’s JoJo Siwa opens up about gender identity: ‘It’s OK to not know’

Scores of transgender Americans seeking route to Canada, including through asylum claims
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove gender dysphoria from disabilities protected under federal law

Crowd cheers lesbian congresswoman as she says she wants to impeach Donald Trump

The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed

Federal Court Sides with Trans Student in NH Protest Case

Gaslighting 101: JK Rowling’s Tweets After Tragedy

Planned Parenthood: “After a brief pause, we are pleased to announce the continuation of our Gender Affirming Care services.”

The new HHS guidance encourages people to snitch on trans-affirming health care providers—including in instances that do not violate the law.

First trans woman to compete in Miss Maine USA pageant

The latest transgender news

Montana’s Legislative Shift Signals A Triumph For Trans Rights

Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans Attacks

How Trump administration’s transgender athlete order affects California high schools
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Planned Parenthood of Arizona “Pauses” Gender Affirming Care for Trans Adults

Pushing the Envelope of Reconstructive Surgery with Dr. Anita Mohan

‘It continues to happen’; Transgender community mourns loss of SOTA student Katelyn Benoit

An SNP councillor, Sarah Fane, is aiming to become Scotland’s first ever transgender MSP.

Get an exclusive first look at Petra Lord’s ‘transgender epic’ YA novel “Queen of Faces”

Catholic Trans Woman’s Bathroom Protest Sparks a Call to Solidarity

‘Beauty pageant’: Thai transgender women seek publicity at military lottery exercise

Drag Race star Jasmine Kennedie ‘harassed and followed home’ by man ‘because she’s trans’

John Lithgow playing in a Harry Potter TV show is not good news, Pink News. Nor is the fact that he played a trans woman in Garp.

Mass. Democrats rally behind bill to ‘fortify’ protections for transgender, reproductive health care
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How trans musician Sasha Allen won the heart of America — and Adore Delano

Two fathers who oppose allowing transgender athletes to play high school sports won’t be allowed to wear pink wristbands marked “XX” to games while their lawsuit against the school district continues, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The coalition has directed Health New Zealand to say “women” instead of “pregnant people” in its communications about health issues.

Hungarian MPs amend constitution to ban public LGBTQ events

Out Colorado governor repeals state’s same-sex marriage ban: “Colorado is for everyone”

Yesterday’s news

This is what happens when the president of the United States starts to erase you: You change.


A Moroccan influencer announced he was no longer transgender, unleashing a flood of transphobia
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As Hungary votes on a ban of LGBTQ+ Pride, what does it mean for other basic rights?

We are about to see a Cass Review stateside and we must do something

Disc Golfer Abigail Wilson Refuses To Compete Against Transgender Opponent

Judge Rules Trump Cannot Take School Lunch Money From Hungry Kids In Maine Over Trans Students

STUDY: Leibring Svedjedal believes that the change in the climate of debate around transgender people is rooted in fear of the unknown. As this fear is exploited politically, she thinks media consumers should adopt a critical attitude.

How to Stay Hidden Online When You’re Transgender in 2025

The West Virginia House passed Senate Bill 154, prohibiting sexual orientation instruction in public schools, in an 82-17 vote.

Internet icon and trans trailblazer Dylan Mulvaney has revealed that she auditioned for two separate roles on Ryan Murphy’s Glee 

How BR Ambedkar’s radical critique of caste could transform transgender activism in India

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was one of the most influential social reformers, economists, jurists, and political leaders in Indian history.

Trans Community Questions Trump’s Latest Health Nominee

President Trump’s pick for Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Brian Christine, is facing scrutiny after denying he treated transgender patients—despite prior ads from his practice promoting care for trans men.

Trump tries to end Maine’s K12 funding in its war against transgender youth (but fails)

Trump administration to pull Maine K-12 funding over trans athletes dispute
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The Trump administration on Friday announced it would pull all federal education funding from Maine after state officials said they would not comply with demands from the administration to ban transgender athletes from participation in women’s sports, a dramatic escalation that could slash millions in federal funding from K-12 schools in the state.

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Restore USDA Funds to Maine Amid Transgender Athlete Dispute

Justice Department tasked with enforcing Trump’s transgender sports ban in Maine

Maine does not give up on its defense of transgender youth

Trans liberation through the archives of the Museum of Transology

Trans Safety Concerns Cloud WorldPride 2025 in Washington

Why Am I So Tired? Fatigue and the Transgender Body

Florida Teacher Loses Job Over Trans Student’s Name, But Community Fights Back

US: National resources for trans and gender diverse communities

Trans Iowans Speak Out as State Takes Away Their Rights

Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies

Instead of Addressing Child Abuse Prevention, Trump Attacks Trans Youth

Trump health nominee called for ‘corrective care’ for trans youth

Canadian musician cancels U.S. tour after visa denial: ‘Because I’m trans’

What is Gender Ideology Really?

“Gender ideology” doesn’t match up with any definition of ideology whatsoever. Even the definition I cited earlier from the Heritage Foundation doesn’t indicate an accurate use of the term ideology. As many people have noted, it really is just a catch-all term used by transphobes to describe anything they don’t like regarding trans people.

Yesterday’s news

As Colorado’s legislature debates transgender policies, community watches closely

Group files federal complaint over Deerfield transgender student using locker room
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No, Norway Did Not Just Introduce a Bill to Allow Trans People in the US to Apply for Asylum There
This is true: We wrote about the start of the rumor here.

The Threat of the Trump Administration’s ‘Crass’ Review

Massachusetts House Dems Pass Bill That Could Ban Trans Students From Sports; Senate Next

I’m transgender. I’m leaving Ohio. And I’m not alone.

Colombia Mourns Millerey: Trans Woman’s Murder Sparks Outrage

Videos

Trans, Catholic, and Arrested for Using a Bathroom – Interviewing Marcy Rheintgen

Adolescence: A Trans Response to the Netflix Series

A current ranking of who should be seriously considering getting the heck out of Trump’s America. (video)

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