Transgender Report

UK health official recused from puberty blockers trial after bias claims

A UK health official who helped pause a major clinical trial of puberty blockers has been removed from any further involvement after allegations of bias.

The Guardian reports that Prof Jacob George (photo), appointed chief medical and scientific officer at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in January, raised concerns that contributed to the government putting King’s College London’s Pathways trial on hold.

George has been recused as a precaution after gender-critical social media posts from 2025 surfaced, including praise for JK Rowling and comments about “basic biological fact”. 

Op-ed | This Is Why Bourne’s Anti-Trans Crusade Is So Toxic

Data Finds Republicans are Obsessed with Searching for Transgender Porn

PinkNews launches survey on impacts of the Supreme Court’s gender ruling, one year on

Trans Kids Deserve Better Scotland host a die-in outside the Scottish Parliament

South Africa: Ilano leaves ‘Big Brother Mzansi’ after making history as the first transgender contestant

“Being part of ‘Big Brother Mzansi’ was truly a blessing for Ilano. She wanted this and it was evident as we all witnessed, she used the platform to showcase her incredible talents, vibrant energy and to proudly represent the LGBTQI+ community in the best way she knew how,” read a statement shared on Ilano’s social media pages after her exit.

India

The Delhi government will set up around 50 centres across the city to facilitate the issuance of the “Pink Saheli” cards, launched on Monday to provide women and transgender individuals free bus travel

India: Transgender board stands beside trans-woman tortured by in-laws

US Politics

Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

Lyft steps in to offer rides after Kansas voids transgender residents’ driver’s licenses

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

How to Advocate to Congress for Transgender Rights

Republicans Send Federal “Don’t Say Trans” Act to Committee

Videos

Epstein’s Creepy Trans Fascination – Ava Cordero’s Story

Epstein & Co showed a disturbing, fetishistic fixation on transgender women. Samantha Lux explains that the files reveal no transgender perpetrators, only victims, contradicting narratives that try to link trans people to predatory behavior.

The documents show powerful men targeting vulnerable young people—including trans girls—while their own identities are often redacted or protected, even when they were the ones committing harm.

Intrinsic or Association? (A Trans Explainer – maybe)

The What the Trans Podcast

Trans Woman Allegedly Doxed And Harassed By Clinical Psychologist

What Happens When Inclusion Is Rebranded as Ideology

Inside the Canadian Christian Lobbying Group Pushing Anti-LGBTQ Policy

UN experts call on UK to ensure equal rights for women, girls and transgender individuals

Pedro Pascal Shares Supportive Video for Trans Community After Public Outing

15 Must-Read Books by Transgender Women  

“From speculative fiction and novels to memoirs and cultural critiques, these books delve into transgender women’s experiences–proving that womanhood has endless possibilities.”

US Politics

If Trans People Are “Inherently Violent,” What Should We Call What’s Happening in Kansas

Scouting America says transgender kids are still welcome after Pete Hegseth claimed they weren’t

Trans Exile Network and Lemkin Institute report the EHRC to GANHRI, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions.

“What The Actual F*ck”: Kansas Just Passed A Wildly Cruel New Law And The Internet Is Appalled

Kansas Law Sparks Concerns and Potential Exodus Among Transgender Community

Videos

Why being BUTCH is so misunderstood

Transmedicalist Thinks HIERARCHY Will Make MAGA Leave Us Alone? | Luxander & Josie Caballero

Nonbinary actor Emma Corrin to play lead in new Netflix version of Pride and Prejudice

Later this year Netflix will present a new six-episode limited series adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1813 masterpiece Pride and Prejudice. The nonbinary actor Emma Corrin plays Elizabeth Bennet.

Mexico: Historic ruling in the disappearance of two trans women

The Mythology of Transgender Violence

You can support Trans+ rights and win a British election: A consequential Green victory

After layoffs at Advocate, parent company acquires ‘Them’ from Conde Nast

Trans woman told she’s not allowed to play cricket for fun

Finding Joy and Family in Ballroom Culture

Activists push for better counting of transgender Indians in 2026 Census

UN Human Rights Council Castigates The EHRC For Their Proposed Trans Exclusion

US Politics

Idaho Republicans are trying to strip localities of nondiscrimination ordinances that protect LGBTQ+ people

Appeals court clears way for Texas drag ban to take effect in March

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled yesterday that there is no legal precedent to barring trans people from single-sex bathrooms and other facilities.

Bipartisan Ohio hate-crimes bill excludes transgender people from protections

Pete Hegseth declares that Scouting America will eliminate transgender tolerance & diversity programs

Pentagon has made a deal with Scouting America that Hegseth says will refocus the organization away from diversity initiatives and other “woke” policies. Scouting America says the agreement does not change existing policies regarding transgender youth.

SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated

‘I’m heartbroken’: Trans Kansans struggle with reality as driver’s licenses are invalidated

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law

Two transgender men sue Kansas government over law voiding driver’s licenses

Videos

Why Conservatives Hate (And Love) Trans-Femmes

Anti-Trans Playbook is Designed to Hurt Women, with Paisley Currah

Kansas’ License Rollback Turns Ordinary Life Into a Hazard for Trans People

Kansas has moved to invalidate the driver’s licenses of transgender residents whose documents list a gender marker different from their sex assigned at birth, an abrupt change that will make daily life riskier and more precarious for hundreds, possibly thousands, of people.

Kansas immediately revokes transgender residents’ driver’s licenses

Trans Kansans struggle with reality of Legislature’s cruelty as driver’s licenses are invalidated

Kansas Secretly Spent Years Making a List of Trans Residents. Today, the State is Taking Their IDs.

TWIBS: Kansas Lawmakers Send Me Into Apoplectic Rage

Australia: Lesbian Action Group Try Third Legal Attempt To Ban Trans Women From Events

Queer performers are being permanently removed from Meta under accusations as serious as “human exploitation”, with no detailed explanation and no meaningful appeal process.

UK: Government to bring forward Conversion Practices Bill this parliamentary session, confirms equalities minister

Veiled in Secrecy, Anti-Trans Extremist Group Deceives Public

Can You Be Fired from a Job for Being Transgender in 2026?

Wes Streeting set out details of an order that aims to remove the privacy rights of trans people who hold a GRC (Gender Recognition Certificate, a document that allows trans people to update the sex marked on their birth certificate).

Spotting the Motte and Bailey in Transgender Debates

Meet trans Bridgerton actress Miya Ocego as she ‘puts the T in ton’

US Politics

Trans New Yorkers Deserve Better Than Mamdani’s Inaction On Trans Youth Care Closures

A federal appeals court recently ruled that a Maryland school district’s policy on using students’ preferred pronouns does not violate a Christian substitute teacher’s rights. 

Physician appeals ruling allowing criminal ban on gender-affirming care for youth, citing state constitutional freedom protections

‘They better take away duct tape’: Trans men say they’ll keep binding despite FDA crackdown

The EEOC overturned part of a landmark Obama-era decision that had asserted denying transgender federal workers access to bathrooms that match their gender identity is a form of sex discrimination and harassment.

Republicans introduce ‘Don’t Say Trans’ bill to stop schools ‘promoting transgenderism’

Donald Trump blasts LGBTQ+ ally Robert De Niro as ‘sick and demented’ for criticising president

American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT

The American Psychological Association (APA) makes clear that it has not retreated from its strong, evidence‑based support for gender‑affirming care for transgender youth, directly contradicting claims made in a recent New York Times column by Jesse Singal, Erin in the Morning reports.

APA Policy Statement on Affirming Evidence-Based Inclusive Care for Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Nonbinary Individuals, Addressing Misinformation, and the Role of Psychological Practice and Science

ILGA-Europe: Pride Bans and “Anti-Propaganda” Laws Signal a Wider Crackdown on Democracy

ILGA Europe: Annual Review of the Human Rights situation of lesbian, gay bisexual, trans, and intersex people, covering the period of January to December 2025.

Trans rescuer who jumped into icy Chicago lake to save baby: ‘All I did was a human act’

New Zealand: The Government has quietly rejected the recommendations from the independent Law Commission to reform how human rights protections apply to transgender and intersex people.

Australia: The Trans Book Festival Has Revealed Its 2026 Program And It’s Full Of Your Favourite Authors

Trump’s foreign aid policy aims at erasing trans people.

UK: Puberty blockers now completely inaccessible for trans youth after NHS trial paused

Gender Euphoria Is Not Sexual, No Matter What 4chan Says

US Politics

Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait

Gov. Gavin Newsom again under fire for comments on trans athletes & pronouns

Hours After Trump’s SOTU Rant Against Trans Kids, House Republicans Introduce Nationwide School ‘Don’t Say Trans’ & Book Ban Bill Defining Trans People as “Sexually Explicit”

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

Riley Gaines Act Would Create Federal Level Bounty on Trans Athletes

Gavin Newsom says Dems need to be “more culturally normal” & stop talking about pronouns

Newsom’s message to the Democratic Party: Be more ‘culturally normal’
“Normal” and “Common Sense” are terms used to uphold the status quo and to ensure continuous oppression of those who do not fit in.

‘We Must Ban It Immediately’: Trump Descends Into Transphobic Tirade Over Support for Trans Kids in Schools During State of the Union

Trump uses State of the Union to demonize transgender kids and their families

Stand up to Trump’s SOTU attack on trans kids

NSW to review laws in response to extreme LGBTQIA+ hate crimes

Meet the masc lesbian judge challenging the justice cis-tem with lived experience

Trans actress and activist fights tears as she recalls Eric Dane’s allyship

No, a trans politician didn’t say porn is ‘educational’, here’s what she actually said

New book profiles LGBTQ Ukrainians, documents war experiences

Mutually Inclusive. Voices at the Center: Trans Community Reflections

US Politics

Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Commission Turns Community Stories Into State Policy

sj Miller discusses new book on navigating anti-transgender laws in education

Alabama AG urges AMA to disavow hormonal treatments for trans minors

Trans activists say restoring traditional Pride flag at Stonewall isn’t enough

Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times

Trump administration scrubs LGBTQ+ questions from federal surveys

Colorado Senate Moves to Protect Trans Youth Privacy

Jammidodger Doesn’t Understand Transgender History

Cisgender people have written defiant letters of love and solidarity to the trans community in a bid to combat rising transphobia in the UK.

The campaign, which began on Valentine’s Day and continues through late February, encourages supporters to write simple but heartfelt letters in support of transgender people’s dignity, worth, and right to exist. 

You can share your letter here!

Not In Our Name, a group of cisgender trans-allies which stands behind the project, also run another campaign in support of trans people. 84,384 have signed that letter at the moment of writing. The goal is 100,000 signatures. Women, cis or trans, can sign the campaign letter here!

The Victorian chapter of Lesbian Action Group (LAG), is appealing a Human Rights Commission ruling that prevents the group from excluding trans women from its public gatherings.

Pope Leo XIV dismisses chance of change in Vatican’s LGBTQ+ rights stance

Transgender People, Organized Religion, and Rejection

First baby born in the UK after womb transplant from deceased donor

BAFTA host Alan Cumming was warned ‘you’ll be deported’ from US after speech

Izzy Trazona Family in Philippines Transgender Clash
A public dispute involving former Filipino pop star Izzy Trazona, her husband Alvin Aragon, and their transgender daughter Sofia has sparked widespread backlash in the Philippines.

UK Politics

UK consultation on the proposed changes to the statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) #BWOT

UK Parliament debate on cancelling the puberty blockers trial #BWOT

The Gender Liberation Movement’s Raquel Willis says trans youth “are our future” and that new HHS rules amount to a national ban on gender-affirming care for young people.

Hilary Cass Shocked to Find Youth Gender Medicine Debate Politicized and Ignoring Evidence

US Politics

Trans People Have Had Enough of Democrats’ Waffling on LGBTQ+ Issues

Vanderbilt To Drop Major Gender-Affirming Surgeries For Trans Adults

Will Lombardo-backed measure affecting trans athletes make it to ballot? Judge weighs suit

Trans candidates Aaron Baker and Robin McCoy run for Georgia General Assembly

How the SAVE America Act Republicans are touting will disenfranchise married & LGBTQ+ Americans

A National Park Service biologist who was fired for hanging a transgender pride flag on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park has sued the Interior Department for wrongful termination.

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons

Employee sues GM, alleges firing after reporting anti-transgender harassment

Arizona Republicans want voters to decide on trans bathroom ban after years of Hobbs vetoes

Gavin Newsom is the wrong choice—for trans people and for Democrats

These 21 states now limit transgender people’s bathroom use

Billionaire-Funded Anti-Trans Bathroom/Sports Ban Ballot Initiative Moves Forward In Maine

Censoring gender in higher education impacts more than just trans people

NHS Trial for Trans Youth Put on Indefinite Hold After Objection

India

Hyderabad: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court says that the judiciary must be an inclusive “rainbow institution” that reflected India’s diversity, moving beyond being a bastion of a single gender or dominant communities.
(It seems using the word “transgender” as a noun is common in India and not necessarily a sign of disrespect.)

India: The News Broadcasters and Digital Association (NBDSA) has fined Zee Telugu News 100,000 rupees for airing a programme in which it deemed the transgender identity of a group of arrested persons to be ‘fake’

The Delhi government is expected to notify rules within the next 15 days to bring transgender persons in the national capital under key welfare measures, including the SMILE scheme, shelter homes and health coverage.

Transgender Stats In India: Population & Demographics

8 times Elliot Page radiated trans joy as he turns 39

New book on trans athletes emphasizes human dignity

Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
Ellie Roscher and Dr. Anna Baeth

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

“Everyone has different reasons for coming out or not, but for me it feels like a coming of age thing.” He explains that when he was younger, he was terrified of people knowing he was trans, but as he’s gotten older and more comfortable in himself, he doesn’t care as much. 

US politics

We Spoke to 8 Trans Inmates. They Say the Bureau of Prisons Is Illegally Denying Them Care

Former top general calls military’s removal of trans troops a costly mistake

‘They better take away duct tape’: Trans men say they’ll keep binding despite FDA crackdown

UK clinical trial into puberty blockers on hold after medicines regulator steps in

Most Transgender People Have Been Victims Of Violence, Study Says

What UK Trans+ kids say about draft education guidance that could force schools to segregate them

Hometown Pride Meets National Stage as Two Trans Michiganders Head to Major Pageant

US Politics

How female genital mutilation victims got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s war on trans kids

An anti-LGBTQ+ organization submitted signatures to the Colorado secretary of state’s office Friday for two ballot measures that would restrict rights for transgender children in the state. 

What’s next, after Kansas Republican Legislature’s anti-trans bathroom bill? | Opinion

L.G.B.T.Q. Clubs in Some Texas Schools Can’t Be Banned, Judge Says

Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons

The United States Department of Justice has opened civil rights investigations into three Michigan school districts, examining whether students are being taught material referencing LGBTQ+ people

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Cease Gender-Affirming Surgeries

Trans activists arrested outside HHS headquarters in D.C.

Digging Into Transgender Prison Care and the Eighth Amendment

TWIBS: Conservatives Fabricate Connection Between Trans People and Mass Shootings

Federal appeals court sides with Pentagon against science, reinstating U.S. military’s HIV enlistment ban

Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026 (Erin Reed)

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