Transgender Report

Great Britain now bars trans people from many public bathrooms and changing rooms

UK: The Labour Party’s Day of Shame – 5.8.26

‘I will never be safe in a man’s toilet’: Trans woman fears impact of new EHRC guidance

Good Law Project backs legal challenge to government and EHRC over transphobic trans guidance

Good Law Project: We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice

UK guidance on single-sex spaces takes effect prompting legal challenge

Social media has jumped on Róisín Murphy after she appeared to accuse Madonna of failing to challenge what she described as the “TQ+ bandwagon”.

Solidarity with everyone in the trans community

Families angry that Baystate Health still not providing gender care, despite legal developments

UK: Opinion: Queen’s Park by-election is a reset for trans+ residents

South African Deputy Minister Mmapaseka Steve Letsike received global recognition at the second International Pride Awards, held during WorldPride Amsterdam on Wednesday.

Netherlands: Dutch prime minister opens World Pride Human Rights Conference

What Logan’s ‘Pride in the Plaza’ taught us about visibility

US Politics

Ohio Republican lawmaker proposes election bill that could protect transgender candidates

What’s missing from the renewed debate over trans athletes? The voices of trans people.

Fact Check: Is The Trump Administration Revoking Trans People’s Passports By Declaring Them ‘National Security Risks’?

Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony (R) is suing the Nevada Ethics Commission over its determination that Anthony violated state ethics law by using state resources to set up a task force aimed at keeping transgender athletes out of women’s sports.

Wake school board, community members defend transgender school teacher

A transgender woman born in Wisconsin and the American Civil Liberties Union have sued state officials over surgery requirements for transgender and intersex people to change their sex on their birth certificates.
Archived

Study examines how officers’ perceptions of an individual’s gender influence search and arrest outcomes during vehicle and pedestrian stops in California.

Connecticut Children’s hospital to end youth gender-affirming care in Trump administration settlement

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

Legislator says Democratic Socialist U.S. House candidate Heath Howard pressured her to drop out of House race because she’s trans. New Hampshire State Rep. Alice Wade (D) said it “felt like a profound betrayal.”

Joanna Whaley, who won the District 2 state Democratic primary on Aug. 4, may be on her way to becoming Michigan’s first-ever transgender state representative.

Transgender candidate Joanna Whaley victorious in Michigan Democratic primary

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Transphobes Claim Puberty Blockers Ruin Bone Density Forever. A New Study Says Otherwise

New study dissects right-wingers’ claim that gender-affirming care harms kids’ bones

Research paper: “Bone Accrual During Puberty Suppression and Gender-Affirming Therapy in Transgender Adolescents. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis“

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The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) are finalising a transgender policy that it is envisaged will be signed off in time for next year.

World’s No. 1 woman tennis player Aryna Sabalenka supports genetic sex testing as ‘fair’

A Michigan hospital has agreed to pay $410,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a physician assistant who said she was fired after refusing to comply, due to her faith convictions, with workplace policies related to transgender patients

A rural Virginia school board changed its rules to block an LGBTQ+ club. Students are suing in federal court

A Trans Teen Sought Therapy—His Therapist Is Accused of Sexual Assault

Trans top surgery patients aren’t getting enough info about breast cancer screening, study says

Things We Want Trans People To Know (Against the EHRC)

Trans rights group warns EHRC code will make trans lives ‘smaller and more precarious’

Trans Is Human: New exhibition opens at Queer Britain

Elliot Page says biology education is used ‘against queer and trans people’

Plans have been revealed for a life-size statue commemorating drag performer The Vivienne in Liverpool’s Pride Quarter.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is the Second Box-Office Smash of the Year With a Trans Actor

Maikol Roque plays EJ, the son of a police detective, in the Spidey sequel.

Safety, freedom and no misgendering: inside the Texas summer camp for trans kids

US Politics

Seth Moulton’s anti-trans rhetoric comes back to haunt him in Senate debate with Ed Markey

James Talarico tells Rachel Maddow how bigoted, anti-trans politics distract from GOP corruption

WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

Eleventh Circuit, on an 8-5 vote, holds that Florida’s anti-drag law is likely constitutional

Trans Troops Followed the Pentagon’s Medical Rules—Then Those Records Were Used to Force Them Out

Vivek Ramaswamy earns an ‘F’ in LGBTQ+ rights; here’s a look at his track record

Lindsey Graham Was Allegedly This Trans Sex Worker’s Client. Now, She’s Speaking Out

A New Study from Canada Again Finds Less Than 1 Percent of Trans Youth Detransition

Out of 445 patients, only a single youth who started hormone therapy later stopped treatment due to a change in their sense of their own gender.

New Canadian Study Confirms That Less Than 1% of Trans Youth Detransition

After losing his doctor, York County transgender teen finds hope

Michigan finds hair salon owner violated the law by directing trans people to pet groomers

The Transgender Woman and the Book of Imaginary Beings

Class and Privilege Create a Queer Divide in Pakistan

Now the Right Is Mad at Caitlin Clark for Not Publicly Agreeing With Sophie Cunningham

Hair salon forced into anti-discrimination training after horrific anti-LGBTQ+ Facebook rant

These neo-Nazis surrounded a Drag Story Hour while chanting slurs. Now they’ll pay the price.

Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings calls out anti-trans ‘bigots’ and ‘cowards’

US Politcs

Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools.
Archive

Decorated transgender troops endure closed-door hearings with foregone conclusions in Pentagon purge

Transgender federal workers sue Trump administration over insurance ban on their health care

Department of Education will no longer track the bullying of trans & non-binary kids

The State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically “far-left”, and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as “national security” risks.

U.S. Rep Haley Stevens (D) Faces Backlash Over Ad Featuring Anti-LGBTQ+ Pastor

WNBA coach stands for trans kids during game against anti-trans player: “She’s the one with class”

Pentagon caves to LGBTQ+ activist who sued for document on Scouting America’s alleged trans ban

High Court rules strip searches don’t have to be based on ‘biological sex’

Helen Joyce and her Totalitarian World: An Analysis of Ideological Totalitarianism, Biological Reductionism, and the Politics of Denial

James Talarico says he won’t “win by selling people out” when pressed on trans rights support

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Is this trans thought experiment just wrong? Dan McClellan, religion scholar, comes to the defense of trans people.

Geno Segers (photo) will no longer join the Broadway cast of Hadestown following several days of online backlash over videos he posted about transgender people and other social issues.

Fashion brand backs off of “Harry Potter” collab after strong online backlash

The EU’s Dangerous Deportation Pipeline: How Returning LGBTQI+ Pakistanis Leads to Direct Arrest and Persecution

Why Chronic Stress Hits Transgender People Differently

Right-Wing Protesters Forced a Trans Menstrual-Health Event to Move—Then Followed Attendees to the New Location

Oxfordshire councils reaffirm support for trans people

‘Renderings of stable, biological, binary sex don’t make sense under close scrutiny,’ professor writes

US Politics

A dress code for transgender teachers is probably illegal — and definitely wrong

“Conservatives once demanded sports stay apolitical. Now they’ve embraced a new culture-war politics, and Sophie Cunningham has become one of its most valuable stars”

Cunningham, the WNBA star who was branded as “MAGA Barbie” after sharing her thoughts on transgender athletes, faced deafening roars of boos throughout her matchup against the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday.
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Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase expressed her support for trans women in sports amidst a political firestorm overtaking the WNBA.

Cheryl Reeve advocates for transgender athletes ahead of another Sophie Cunningham rally

Playing sports doesn’t qualify you to talk about trans people

‘You don’t really have critical-thinking skills’: Sophie Cunningham faces criticism from Katie Nolan

Sophie Cunningham says she’s unconcerned that the rallies against transgender participation in women’s sports that have accompanied the Indiana’s Fever’s recent games are a distraction for the WNBA team.

An interview with the trans liberationist non-violent direct action group BASH BACK.

Tasmanian victims of former gay and cross-dressing laws can now claim compensation

This secret guest house in the Catskills became a paradise for trans women in the ’50s & ’60s

Tim Hortons’ new Harry Potter-themed campaign is hurtful to 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadians. Tim Horton is a Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain.

Anti-LGBTQ+ laws are on the rise across west Africa, campaigners warn

Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade draws hundreds of thousands

Dylan Mulvaney’s response to Trump.

Trump tried to put her down, but Dylan Mulvaney clapped back with true class

US Politics

After court order, Michigan to stop enforcing ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth

U. Tampa English professor claims Trump’s words contribute to declining support for trans rights

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Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day

All avocado trees are hermaphrodites, but at any given time their flowers function either as male by releasing pollen, or as female by receiving pollen.

Sex only matters in the same way race only matters to racists

Country singer praises audience for walking out during his trans-inclusive US anthem

The Right Is Manufacturing Fake Restroom Confrontations Against Trans People

Trans actor Hunter Schafer leads Amazon Prime’s new Blade Runner 2099 series

Meta Glasses Could Be the Gateway Into a Queer Dystopian Nightmare

What is Driving Trans People to Stockpile their Medications?

Grindr Attack on Trans Woman Ends in Federal Hate Crime Guilty Plea

A number of powerful Labour unions have pledged to boycott the party’s upcoming Women’s Conference over its exclusion of trans women.

A Trans Woman’s View of Dominican Republic. Is It Really Paradise?

Lecturer loses appeal after calling trans student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ and using homophobic slur

Anti-trans organisation withdraws legal challenge against Belfast festival that cancelled their event

Fury as UK’s only all-female chess team promoted – then told they must recruit a man

TJ Billard, an expert in media and transgender politics, on Anti-Trans Disinformation and Media

“One of the really interesting early insights that’s come out of this process is that a lot of anti-trans misinformation is really hard to nail down. A lot of it is vaguely conspiratorial question-raising, with a lot of plausible deniability baked in.”

WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Co-Owner Five Games for Confronting Anti-Trans Activists Courtside

WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Minority Owner For Being Rude To Transphobic Shitheads

A Black trans teen was shot and killed in Florida. Almost no one reported it. Police misgendered Jayla McGee, local media overlooked her homicide, and her community was left to make sure she was not erased.

US Politics

Michigan Civil Rights Commission rules Traverse City salon owner discriminated against transgender clients

The Trump administration’s latest target: gender-neutral paper dolls Minnesota schools aren’t using

Judge weighs sanctions after Trump administration violates court order protecting trans prisoners

Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn’t Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who Did

MAGA hate pastor says women’s sports ‘inevitably lead to transgenderism’

US Education Department Opens Parental Rights Case Against Ann Arbor Schools Over Transgender Policy

School district sues Trump admin over pressure to discriminate against trans kids: “Not an option”

Ken Paxton is an anti-LGBTQ foe who wants to take his hate to the US Senate

Trump administration is threatening schools’ funding for not outing kids to their parents

Videos

Is It a Fetish or Gender Identity? The Real Psychological Experience of Not Knowing

The Internet’s Biggest Lies About Trans People | Doctor Debunks

Keir Starmer Eviscerated Trans Rights… and it Destroyed Him

A dispute over Twitter’s response to deliberate misgendering became part of Musk’s takeover mythology — and a preview of what X would become.

Australia: National guidelines on puberty blockers coming as fraught debate continues

Sophie Cunningham’s podcast co-host West Wilson disses anti-trans rants as ‘dumb’

Sophie Cunningham Denies “Hating Trans.” So, Uh, Why Is there a Transphobic Rally At Her Next Game?

Rightwing think tank blames Simone de Beauvoir for girls playing competitive sports. They’re wrong.

Running from Russia, running from hate: A trans girl’s flight to survival

Rachel Saunders: “…I am not able to post anything outside a small bubble that is not being weaponised against me.”

Workers accuse Advocates for Trans Equality leaders of mismanagement after the organization warned that staff positions could be eliminated.

An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price.

Same-sex couple sues anti-LGBTQ+ clerk Kim Davis for allegedly hiding big money she owes them

Right wing freaks over “woke” exhibit claiming one of the Care Bears is trans: “It’s nuts!”

The Right are losing their minds over “upsetting” MyGender Dolls. Here’s what they really are.

How the Science of Sex is Weaponized Against Us

Trans Swimmer Lev Goldberg Continues Quest to Traverse Every Great Lake

US Politics

Washington DC: LGBTQ+ advocates are building a political pipeline, one D.C. neighborhood at a time

Gender-Affirming Care: What Health Care Providers Need to Know About Federal Enforcement – Thought Leaders in Health Law

Kaitlan Collins on how Trump’s Dylan Mulvaney WHCD bit bombed: ‘It was so quiet in the room’

The Costly Cruelty of the Kansas Anti-Trans Driver’s License Law

After Supreme Court ruling, advocates warn trans athlete bans can be harmful for kids

How the Trump administration’s rhetoric promotes anti‑transgender views

Critics slam Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion as un-Canadian, anti-trans

The American Transgender Refugee Crisis.
If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.

“In the seven months after the 2024 election, 9% of transgender adults reported moving to a different state—against 5% of LGBTQ people overall, and 2% of Americans generally,”

South Dakota Will Become the 11th State to Ban Gender Changes on Driver’s Licenses ‘Soon’; Trans Residents May Only Have Days to Update their Licenses

NC GOP lawmaker says she’ll propose law to restrict attire for trans teachers

Advocates for trans students urge Md. to fight White House threats

Trans woman alleges NBC boss made sexual advance before cutting her hours

A Texas Femboy Says the DMV Revoked His “I <3 Yaoi” License Plate

Patchwork of Trans Lives and Art Unveiled in London

Society’s treatment of castrati – a parallel to contemporary trans women?

“Skuse looks at the cultural meaning of castrati: men castrated in childhood to preserve a high singing voice. She argues that early modern writers rarely treated castrati as full human subjects. Instead, they described them as “instrumental” bodies: surgically altered for elite entertainment, aesthetic pleasure, sexual fantasy, and profit.”

11 transmasc docs, dramas, and comedies you shouldn’t overlook

US Politics

How Washington state’s sports ballot measure will impact all girls

Trump’s Dylan Mulvaney Jokes Are Almost as Tired as He Is

S.F. nonprofit for transgender immigrants faces closure
Archive

Trump’s education secretary claims schools are secretly transitioning children. They aren’t

Dylan Mulvaney says Trump’s criticism of her is ‘the greatest compliment of all’

Renée Richards defeated a tennis trans ban in the 1970s. Now she supports it. Renée Richards was the first openly transgender professional athlete in the U.S., suing to compete in the 1977 U.S. Open.

Four Republicans joined Democrats to defeat an effort to write Trump’s transgender military restrictions into federal law.

Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Spread In Five States, As Some Opposition To Them Grows

A Texas member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and her supporters are calling on the national nonprofit organization to bar transgender women from its ranks.

Anti-Trans Campaigns Use 2026 Ballots to Bypass State Protections

Trump admin threatens school district after religious parents sue over trans-inclusive policies

White House threatens Anne Arundel schools over gender identity policy