Transgender Report

California refuses to comply with Trump administration demand to bar female trans athletes

California has formally rejected the Trump administration’s demands for sweeping bans on transgender students’ participation in school sports and bathroom access.

California’s refusal may signal a potential shift after a period of concessions and mixed messaging on transgender policies. 

California Rejects Trump’s Demands To Enact Full Trans Sports And Bathroom Bans

California Refuses Trump Admin’s Demand To Bar Trans Girls From School Sports

 Federal courts could soon decide whether trans athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s school sports in Oregon.

Photo: A transgender athlete is congratulated after a successful high jump attempt. (Tomas Ovalle for The Los Angeles Times)

A federal appeals court upheld the Milwaukee Public School’s decision to fire a counselor who made anti-transgender remarks at a rally.

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent

Georgia Librarian Fired After Kid Chooses LGBTQ Book For Summer Reading

Iran: About 100 transgender inmates are missing after their section of the prison was flattened by Israeli attacks.

Over 100 Trans People Missing or “Presumed Dead” After Israel Bombs Iranian Prison

Why we aren’t going ‘too fast’ on trans rights
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Student loan cancellation program could become Trump retribution tool, some advocates fear

After the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the denial of a $4 million jury award to a transgender student denied access to male-designated facilities in the Blue Springs School District, the former student’s legal team is seeking to keep his case in court in a motion that disputes the state’s definition of the term “sex.”

What trans and nonbinary people need to know about updating their passports and birth certificates

Human rights organisation urges US trans people to update passports ‘as soon as possible’

History shows there is no ‘right time’ for civil rights litigation. Critics are wrong to argue that a trans rights case was brought to the Supreme Court prematurely.
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These two Black transgender women are ‘shining beacons’ leading Chicago through anti-trans backlash

California refuses to comply with Trump administration demand to bar female trans athletes

The Anti-Fascist Power Of Trans Women Wrestling In Nacho Cheese

Billie Jean King: ““I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people,” King said. “Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know.”

Indiana church tells LGBTQ+ people to kill themselves or face death penalty under Trump

Kent Council’s removal of trans books will have ‘devastating’ impact on young people, author warns

UN Human Rights Council extends LGBTQ rights expert’s mandate

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of LGBTQ people, women and gender nonconforming people.

UK: The Football Association (FA) requires trans men to say they are ‘biologically female’ to play football

Joe Locke & Dylan Mulvaney spark more dating rumors by getting cozy at a Sabrina Carpenter show

Why Roberts and Gorsuch may decide the Supreme Court’s blockbuster transgender sports case

“You grow so much being around queer people”
It Man frontman Finn O’Brien on being a trans man in music

London council faces legal action after installing road crossing in colours of transgender pride flag

This lesbian archive is preserving LGBTQ+ history as it’s erased: ‘Proof of our existence’

Forced out because she’s transgender, Fairchild technical sergeant awaits ‘voluntary separation’

FA deliberately humiliate trans men who want to play football

Who Was Sophia Hutchins? Caitlyn Jenner’s Transgender Manager Dies at 29 in Tragic ATV Crash

Who was Sophia Hutchins? Tragic star’s transgender journey, unorthodox relationship with Caitlyn Jenner and support for Trump
Link to transphobic site.

In a concerted move for justice, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has taken the lead by rallying a coalition of 13 attorneys general in a legal stand to assure the well-being of incarcerated transgender individuals.

India: Legal aid clinic offers crucial support to Bengaluru’s transgender community

Finding hope at drag university.
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Pa. health system accused of discriminating against transgender individuals

San Diego-based Navy sailor faces separation as transgender military ban takes effect

Why Roberts and Gorsuch may decide the Supreme Court’s blockbuster transgender sports case

A Florida court has dismissed charges against Marcy Rheintgen, a transgender woman arrested in March 2025 for using the women’s restroom at the Statehouse during a protest. 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the of assailants involved in attacks against Sabrina de La Peña, a transgender woman and business owner.

An Iowa law rolling back trans civil rights protections in the state has taken effect. Here’s what to know

Project 2025: How the Religious Right Captured Trump’s Agenda

Indiana: Public can comment on proposed BMV rule to ban gender marker changes

North Carolina governor vetoes anti-DEI and transgender rights bills, calling them ‘mean-spirited’

Transgender people notch rare win in fight over Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

Jenny Watson – The self-identified TERF who brought you “crappy cis lesbian dating app” continues to be unable to bring you “crappy cis lesbian bar.”

What is ‘trans brain fog’ and can hormones help improve it?

Amid a sea of rainbow flags and sequined costumes, hundreds of thousands joined Pride in London on Saturday, showing their support for transgender people in the wake of a recent UK court ruling.

Anti-trans provisions dropped from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

A queer children’s education company has dismissed a post by a gender-critical campaigner that stated LGBTQ+ organisations aimed at children should be “defunded”

Two new documentaries highlight trans history:
‘I’m Your Venus’ on Netflix, ‘Enigma’ on HBO/Max

Reform UK-run council removes trans books from children’s sections of libraries

Pride and Prejudice: How Anti-Trans Policies Are Hollowing Out U.S. Tourism

Trans woman ‘covered in blood and bruises’ after transphobic attack in street

Award-winning CBBC trans series gets free UK re-release – here’s how to watch it

J.K. Rowling Urges Fans to Photograph Women in Public Toilets

Norwegian trans people cancel trips to the US out of fear of harassment

Norwegian transpeople are increasingly avoiding trips to the U.S. due to fears of discrimination under policies that only recognize gender assigned at birth.

Politician Alexander Papas urges Norway’s government to improve travel advisories. Transgender model Emma Ellingsen (photo) has expressed distress over potentially having to enter the U.S. as a man despite being a woman and having a female marker in her passport.

Activists from Amnesty International and the LGBTQ organization FRI warn of rising risks and discourage travel to the U.S.

The US  Supreme Court has announced it will take up a high-profile case next term to decide whether states can legally bar transgender athletes from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams in schools.

Trans Sports Bans Have Made It To The Supreme Court. That May Not Go The Way Republicans Expect.

South Carolina reenacts transgender school bathroom ban amid ongoing legal challenge

The UK government has been delaying its plan to ban anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy for seven years — experts say the continuing delays are dangerous

Ohio Blocks Funding For Trans-Affirming Mental Health Care For Youth And Adults

Trump administration releases $175 million in federal funding to Penn after transgender athletes agreement

For transgender people in 2025, freedom is more a dream than a reality
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Va. court allows conversion therapy despite law banning it

Trump officials ‘secretly’ changed US health data in ‘gender ideology’ crackdown, researchers allege

Trump admin unlawfully killed health websites related to gender, court rules

Opinions: Community comes together to repair WorldPride history exhibition

Ohio Blocks Funding For Trans-Affirming Mental Health Care For Youth And Adults

How a new trans rights PAC looks to rebuild the political playbook with these high-profile endorsements

Trans cyclist’s victory sparks outrage in conservative media

Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty file for divorce, hope to ‘remain friends’

Woman’s incredible sign mocking anti-LGBTQ+ protester at Pride goes viral

US FTC workshop criticizing medical care for transgender youth draws staff opposition

A States’ Rights Challenge Has The Best Chance Against Trump’s Trans Passport Ban

Transgender woman protests new law with visit to a Wyoming Capitol bathroom

NYC budget includes funding for trans health care and services

SCOTUS Gives Project 2025 Two Big Anti-LGBTQ+ Wins

Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors

Trump Admin Begins Processing Some Trans Passport Updates, Though It Will Maintain Data On Requests

Ohio Just Made It Nearly Impossible for Trans People to Receive Mental Health Care on Medicaid

11th Circuit Rules Trans Teacher Must Misgender Herself In Classroom In Accordance With FL Law

Trans Assimilation Is Just Patriarchy in Lip Gloss

‘I transitioned in 1977 as a teenager – it was basically the Stone Age for trans healthcare’

Dollidarity and the new trans memes. (Doll Culture, which forms the basis of CHS’ posts, is an East London offshoot of the 1980s ballroom scene.)
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“We Don’t Answer To Courts”: Trump Admin Refuses Compliance With Trans Passport Court Order

Supreme Court ruling on care for trans minors reopens other cases
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The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state health insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming medical treatment.

Reported FBI Probe Targets Trans-Affirming Care Providers—For Procedure They Don’t Do

Recent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle.

The Anti-Trans Cowardice of ‘White Lotus’

Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

Cuban lawmakers are set to pass a landmark bill overhauling Cuba’s civil registry in July that would allow trans people to officially change their name at will, eliminating bureaucratic hurdles that have long made the process difficult, if not impossible, for many.

Pixar’s ‘Elio’ Was Originally Queer-Coded Before Being Made More Masculine by Studio Leadership Reports Say

ICE is excluding transgender population statistics from its public reports, in violation of congressional mandate. 

No state is safe: Trans people are planning to move overseas rather than live in Trump’s America

Anaya Bangar challenges ban on trans women in female cricket teams

Dozens of writers have been arrested in China this year for publishing gay erotica online as law enforcement’s crackdown on pornography increasingly targets LGBTQ+ stories.

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security condemns recent developments in the United Kingdom, which harm transgender and intersex people in the UK by stripping them of privacy and segregating them as ‘others.’

Martina Navratilova never learns.

The trans tennis player who coached Martina Navratilova to two Wimbledon titles

Martina Navratilova hits out at Pedro Pascal over JK Rowling ‘loser’ comments

Transgender teenager’s German chess triumph prompts call for ban
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(Is the logic here that men are smarter than women, and since trans girls are thought to be “men”, they must have an advantage? That is not only transphobic, but sexist as h*ll.)

Curves and Lines: Feminine and Masculine in Visual Form?

Defying a ban, Hungarians saved Budapest Pride and rebuked a prime minister
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This Queer Online Zine Can Only Be Read Via an Ancient Internet Protocol

Rachel Saunders: “This morning I awoke to a website posting a bunch of my old modelling pictures on X in an attempt to both attack me and shame me into silence.”

‘Our kids are already struggling’: Relief after court pauses Alberta transgender care ban

Trump Administration Weighs Eliminating Funds for Hospitals Offering Gender Care to Minors
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Worcester became a transgender ‘sanctuary city’ but community says more must be done

Submit your survey reply to the massively transphobic British EHRC Consultation right now!

The foreign ministries of Canada, Australia, Brazil and a host of European countries issued a statement on Saturday celebrating LGBT rights to coincide with Pride Day.

Playing sports is good for trans kids’ mental health

Transgender Iowans prepare to see legal protections weakened as law stripping gender identity from Iowa Civil Rights Act goes into effect

From sports to birth certificates, Supreme Court to confront more anti-transgender policies

‘Let Trans Kids Bloom’ — 100+ pictures from Trans Pride Seattle and Capitol Hill’s 2025 Pride Saturday celebrations

With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level.

‘Distorted narrative’: California launches preemptive legal strike against Trump DOJ over demand that schools ban transgender athletes

India: Renting, a nightmare for trans people in Pune city

Ban trans women from female lavatories now, Starmer tells hospitals.
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SF Pride Parade brings joy to community, resistance against anti-trans movement

As rabbis, our faith teaches us to honor transgender people | Opinion

Elliot Page Goes Public With First Relationship Since Coming Out As Transgender

The Enigma Documentary, Watch it!

Why HBO’s Enigma is a must-see doc for trans young people

Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill
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India’s High Court Affirms: Trans Women Are Women

Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK

Five Trans Youth Speak Out as SCOTUS Upholds Health Care Ban

Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools

Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride in open defiance of Hungary’s ban

200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

‘Largest ever human Pride flag’ created by thousands of LGBTQ+ activists in Mexico

Conservative group targets Smith College in federal complaint alleging Title IX violations for admitting transgender women
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We watched lesbian activists disrupt a ‘gender-critical’ meeting dressed as clowns

Despite The Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, Trump’s Trans Passport Ban Will Remain Blocked

NYT Publishes Andrew Sullivan’s Incoherent Mishmash of Anti-Trans Politics

Trump still thinks he will get the Nobel Peace Price for bombing Iran and torturing transgender children. This photo of the Nobel Peace Center in downtown Oslo tells a different story.

This Trans Man Opened Up About The Real Costs Of His Transition, And It’s A Story You Don’t Often See

HHS Report Author Wrote a Book Claiming Gender Identity is Fiction

The Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in America

Singer Boy George used an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine to dispel misinformation about trans youth and to call author JK Rowling a “muggle.”

Lorde’s new album was inspired by feeling her “gender broadening a little bit” and “coming into my masculinity a bit more”. She is “in the middle, gender-wise.” “I’m a woman, except for the days when I’m a man.”

Dragula star Dollya Black thanks husband as she comes out publicly as trans

Imparavles: Crossdressers Also Deserve to be Seen, Acknowledged and Supported (video)

A trans migrant came to Chicago to escape violence. Now she’s afraid of deportation.

Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Trans Medicaid Ban From GOP Megabill

Lawmakers approved bills that would limit medical care to transgender minors similar to other states like Texas, Florida and Tennessee.

Northern Ireland will not automatically follow a ruling by the Supreme Court that sex is determined by biology the Equality Commission has said – citing uncertainty caused by the Windsor Framework.

On pregnant men, birthing fathers and reproductive technology

San Francisco bookstores pull ‘Harry Potter’ books over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans pledge

The Skrmetti decision to uphold a state ban on gender-affirming care for minors was not as sweeping as it seems—nor is the trans rights movement to blame for it.

SF Dyke March Returns in Full Force for Pride Weekend With Inclusivity at Its Core

Republicans Have Relied On Anti-Trans Rhetoric For Years. Now, Trump’s Sinking Approval May Be Transphobia’s Downfall.

Supreme Court turns to backlog of transgender cases after Tennessee ban ruling

Transgender People Have Always Existed, And To Prove It, Here Are 19 Of Them That Changed History

Model Munroe Bergdorf talks the magic of loving another trans woman

White House finds Calif. violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes in school sports

Mice with two biological fathers have their own offspring for the first time

How to Find out if It’s Just Crossdressing for Sexual Pleasure or Are You a Trans Woman! (Video)