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Queer and trans refugees threatened with eviction from South Sudan refugee camp (+ more LGBTQ news)

LGBTQ refugees in the Gorom camp in South Sudan are threatened by forced eviction

LGBTQ refugees in the Gorom camp in South Sudan are facing forced eviction by the South Sudanese government, which wants them to relocate to Juba city. This move would leave them with less protection and limited support from the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

UNHCR has attempted to protect LGBTQ refugees in Gorom and Kakuma camp in Kenya, but resettlement quotas have dropped, leaving most refugees without immediate relocation prospects.

A UNHCR spokesperson has confirmed that hostility from local communities has increased, prompting the South Sudanese government to push for relocation. While UNHCR is advocating against forced evictions, it lacks funding for emergency responses, leaving refugees vulnerable to homophobia, transphobia, and displacement. The situation remains dire. Moving LGBTQ refugees into Juba without proper support could lead to disaster.

Photo by Collines, via Melting Pot Europa

What my trans brother’s coming-out taught me about being a better ally

Bellingham: City Council plans policy action to protect transgender community members

The truth about Colorado’s new transgender rights law. Backlash to needed protections is disproportionate, sinister and full of misinformation.

The Michigan House of Representatives on May 22 passed two bills that would ban transgender girls from playing girls sports in school

A transgender performer who came to the UK from Vietnam as a teenager has reached the semi-final of TV singing contest The Voice.

Don’t Panic–the Battle Over the Trans Medicaid Ban Is Far From Over. Here’s How To Fight Back.

US hate groups fuel anti-LGBTQ rights movement in Africa

UK Supreme Court trans ruling being ‘misinterpreted,’ warns its first female judge

Private hormones ban for under-18s would create a ‘lost generation’ of trans youth, expert warns

Trump administration must restore health articles scrubbed for transgender mentions, judge rules

In Thailand, a culture of compromise has boosted transgender rights

I am a transgender mother. Will the world ever see me as just a mother?

Utah lawmakers wanted a science report to confirm their transphobia. It did not.

A major new report commissioned by Utah health officials finds that gender-affirming care for transgender youth , including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, is medically safe and effective and improves mental health outcomes

Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
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Utah lawmakers get their report on transgender youth and it is trans supportive

Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would ban care for transgender people on Medicaid and Obamacare

Republicans pass ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ banning federally funded gender-affirming care for trans people

 Decades before transgender became a household word and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” became a worldwide hit — before visibility brought rights and recognition — there was Bambi, the Parisian icon who danced for Hollywood.

Laverne Cox, Reneé Rapp, Deacon Maccubbin named WorldPride grand marshals

Emily started puberty blockers during a raging state and national debate

Trans women to be strip-searched by male police officers after UK court ruling

Heartstopper’s Bel Priestley on dating as a trans woman: ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever find someone’

A relatively new anti-trans activist group, Female Athletes United (FAU), is litigating against several people and organizations in Minnesota for allowing trans girls to compete in sports.

Transition Isn’t Cosmetic. It’s Lifesaving. Period

Naomi Watts and trans daughter Kai host LGBTQ+ fundraising event in New York

The latest transgender news

Ken Paxton and other Republican officials can access your prescription records without a warrant and use it to target you and your healthcare as he’s done with gender affirming care.

Rainbow Hospitality on Baroness Ludford: Open Letter to the Liberal Democrats: Demand for Public Apology and Retraction

Maine lawmakers deadlock over bills barring transgender athletes from girls’ sports

Transgender sex worker tells her story.

ACLU calls NIAA restrictions on transgender athletes unconstitutional, says it will sue

About 25 percent of corporate donors to New York Pride have canceled or scaled back their support, citing economic uncertainty and fear of retribution from the Trump administration.

UK: Do retailers need to provide single-sex toilets and changing rooms?

Downingtown is one step closer to electing Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor
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House Democrats look to bolster trans military protections

Montana Judge Enjoins Bathroom Ban: “No Evidence” The Ban Prevents Violence

US Army to change transgender soldiers’ records to birth sex

Alliance Defending Freedom Sues Minnesota To Mandate Trans Discrimination

House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults

A new website encourages transgender Coloradans to report discrimination. A conservative activist says he started it as satire.

‘Keir Starmer’s cowardice has made Labour a party for no one’

London football club announces trans-inclusive tournament to protest FA ban

The One Big Beautiful Bill Is a Direct Threat to Trans Rights

US: Best Dating Apps for Trans People: The 2025 Safety Guide

Trans flag unfurled on El Capitan (and more transgender news)

Yosemite climbers unfurl transgender pride flag on iconic El Capitan

A group of LGBTQ climbers and advocates hung a large transgender pride flag in the middle of Yosemite’s famous El Capitan rock formation on Tuesday.

Trans Is Natural, which describes itself as a coalition of transgender, queer and ally climbers, said in a statement that its members unfurled the flag “in an act of solidarity and resistance.” 

Trans flag hung in protest in Yosemite National Park: ‘Trans people are natural’

In the fight for youth transgender health care, Illinois remains at the forefront

An election looms in a Maine school district divided over transgender rights

Texas Investigating After Transgender Athlete’s Swimming Wins

Conservative parent groups sue Colorado over transgender rights law

Trans Teen’s Name Rejected by Escambia Virtual Academy

Sun Tzu Was Queer-Coded: A Trans Advocate’s Guide to War

T4T celebrates three years of transgender comedy, creating safe spaces at the Bell House

Conservative group, softball players sue over Minnesota’s trans athlete policy

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ coming to Kennedy Center despite Trump’s drag ban

Supreme Court orders Maine House to restore vote of lawmaker punished for Facebook post on transgender athlete

MI Republicans Think It’s “Inappropriate” to Ask GOP Lawmaker to Prove Their Gender

Trump admin claims donating to LGBTQ+ rights group undermines national security

Responses to the UK EHRC Code of Practice Consultation

More Transgender Americans Are Arming Themselves Under Trump

Transgender Americans say they’re traveling less out of fear since the election, research shows

Family says daughter expelled over trans prom date at Christian school

Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill to criminalize gender affirming care advances

Abandoning trans people ‘a mistake’ for Democrats, says Kamala Harris’ former running mate Tim Walz

Miss Trans Michigan urges trans allies to ‘step up’: ‘We cannot combat discrimination alone’

The ethical collapse of the British Labour Party (+more trans news)

Labour set to cancel women’s conference over Supreme Court transgender ruling.

Labour to ban transgender women from all-female shortlists (link to transphobic site)
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The UK Labour Party’s decent into moral cowardice is truly a tragedy. It is hard to believe now, but under Theresa May even the Conservative Party was pro-transgender. That is no longer the case.

Now the Labour Party, who once was the progressive social democratic party of the left, has become the party of transphobic policies, all thanks to the activism of TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists/fascists) like JK Rowling.

What drives this moral collapse is not necessarily transphobia among the leading politicians (although that may also be the case). This is more about them making “pragmatic” decisions about not challenging the hate of their presumptive voters. That does not make this less morally reprehensible.

Houses of Parliament refuses to ban trans women from female lavatories (link to transphobic site)
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Unpacking Gender Roles, Social Pressure, and the Politics: Trans Woman and Trans Man in Conversation
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 The San Francisco transgender community rallied Sunday to reclaim the site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in 1966.

Of course trans people exist

Gay and Trans Kids in French Canada Sound an Unexpected Global Alarm!
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Will You Regret Not Supporting Your Trans Child?
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Texas Judge Rules LGBTQ+ Protections Under Title VII Must Be Removed

Russian court fines Apple for violating ‘LGBT propaganda’ law
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Lorde announces new single ‘Man of the Year’ after addressing gender identity

“What if the president wakes up tomorrow and says, ‘I don’t want any Black people in the military?'”

Transgender service members say they face ‘heartbreaking’ decision amid Trump ban: Leave military or get kicked out

2018 murder of transgender Black woman in South Carolina remains unsolved: What we’ve learned

The latest trans news headlines

Freedom To Be: Trans Community Celebrates on the National Mall

Transgender person sexually assaulted by cellmates at Atlantic County Jail, lawsuit claims

Why I’m Done Arguing About Pronouns: Respect Isn’t Negotiable

The story of a little-known transgender pioneer has fully come to light. Dora Richter was the first known person to undergo gender confirmation surgery.
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Drag Race Star Valentina Comes Out as Transgender Woman

Texas judge strikes down protections for trans people in the workplace

‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Review: A Chilean Drama About HIV and Transgender Romance

British transphobia

The British government is stumbling towards a policy every bit as radical as North Carolina’s infamous bathroom law. How did this happen, and why?

UK: EHRC faces judicial review, which could overturn its instruction to segregate trans people

Most people think Supreme Court gender ruling was right, survey finds. (The poll was paid for by a an anti-trans organization).

Transgender in Asia

Indian transgender people fight for job quotas.

India: Odisha govt constitutes State Transgender Welfare Board; know its members, major objectives

Transgender women denied access to drinking water in Odisha’s Paradeepgarh panchayat

Indonesia Moves to Expand Censorship of LGBT Content

India: Shining Stars: Girls lead, transgender kids triumph and CwSN shine in CBSE 2025 exams

A Teesside transgender woman says it has been an anxious time for many since the supreme court ruling on the definition of a woman.

“My fears, as a trans woman in prison”

Fans lead Wembley protest against FA’s transgender ban

The real scandal in Alabama’s transgender youth care ban

Photos of Northeast Ohio’s trans community aim to show ‘everyday people’ behind the politics

Top photo: Deagreez

The latest transgender news

Art installation on National Mall shares trans voices of hope, defiance
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Transgender students’ struggles shared during emotional protest at Lynden School Board

World Pride comes to Washington in the shadow of, and in defiance of, the Trump administration

New Republican House bill bans transgender troops & seeks to strip trans vets of security clearances

Transgender Coloradans receive new discrimination protections as Gov. Polis signs bill into law

Topless trans protest outside Holyrood a ‘public act of grief, resistance and solidarity’

What It Actually Looks Like When Trans People Follow Bathroom Bans

Transgender student speaks out after bathroom incident sparks federal investigation at WCU

Strength Training on HRT: Maintaining Muscle Without Bulking

Impact podcast: Ellen talks to Clive about their experience of being trans and their reactions to a changing in attitudes toward trans people in both the US and UK

US trans people want to move out of transphobic states (+more transgender news)

The Impact of Anti-Transgender Policy and Public Opinion on Travel and Relocation
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Based on a survey of 302 transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse adults conducted in December 2024, a report from the Williams Institute highlights significant concerns about safety and discrimination following the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

Nearly half of respondents (48%) have either moved or are considering moving to more trans-affirming locations, citing hostile political climates and restrictive laws as primary reasons. 45% desire to move out of the US.

30% reported traveling less frequently due to concerns about anti-trans sentiment, while 70% expressed reluctance to visit states perceived as less supportive of transgender rights.

Photo: Blue church at the end of a pride inspired rainbow road in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (Getty)

Boston: A woman says she was forced out of a women’s restroom by hotel security and told to “prove her gender” by showing ID.

Texas federal judge strikes down transgender workplace protections

Nebraska: How Democrats Crushed a Despicable Anti-Trans Campaign and Won a Major Election

Some Sexual Abuse Nonprofits Cut Resources For LGBTQ+ And Immigrant Survivors. DOGE Slashed Their Funding Anyway.

Far Right Federal Judge Rules Gay And Trans People Can Be Discriminated Against In Workplaces

LA Trans Group Calls Out Far-Right Activists for Fetishizing and Stalking a Trans Child

The Telegraph claims ‘trans toddlers’ being ‘treated’ on the NHS – here’s what’s actually happening

Why Threats of Violence Hurt Our Fight for Transgender Rights

Reclaiming or Retiring: Should We Use the Word “Tr*nny”?

Pope Leo XIV has begun his papacy by affirming that the family is “founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman,” the Associated Press reports.

Suitcase with rainbow gay flag design travel concept.

This stunning LGBTQ+ friendly destination has been named the safest place for travel in 2025

Top 10 European countries for LGBTQ+ rights and travel

‘Imaginative’ studies can combat transphobia, Trans+ Research Conference founder says

University hosts pioneering trans+ research event

The end goal for Dr Russell and Beyond Reflections is to create a network hub for researchers working on trans-related projects that gives them a space to share and receive feedback on data that they otherwise might not receive at the University.

Dubbed the Trans+ Network Hub, Dr Russell says they aim for the network to become a “center of excellence” for trans-related research that isn’t “frightened to break a bit of convention” and is open to collaborating with other research hubs.

Beyond Reflections.

The latest transgender news

In 2026, Santa Fe Opera features transgender tale ‘Lili Elbe’

NY state lawmakers gathered at the Capitol on May 14 to push for a bill that would block other states from punishing New Yorkers who seek or provide abortion and gender-affirming care.

UK equality watchdog to extend gender guidance consultation, say insiders

How video games can unlock euphoria for transgender players

A Lifetime of Avoiding Public Bathrooms Damaged My Bladder—Now, As a Trans Man, I’m Finally Letting Go

A League of Her Own: Transgender Athlete AB Hernandez Faces Down Hecklers

“Not True,” Says Staffers After Anti-Trans Group Brags About Meetings With Dems

The BBC has released the first trailer for its noughties-set coming-of-age drama What It Feels Like For A Girl, inspired by the memoir of trans journalist and writer Paris Lees.

The University of Warwick has said it is ‘deeply sorry’ after temporarily updating a policy to exclude trans people from single-sex toilets.

Massive quilt celebrating transgender Americans to be unveiled on the National Mall 

House Republicans seek to make Trump’s trans military ban permanent

Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them

Military leaders have the right to disobey Trump’s unlawful transgender ban 

A great majority of American supports gender affirming health care for minors (+ more trans news)

Gallup poll shows mixed attitudes towards trans people in the US

Illustration: Getty

From First to 22nd: UK’s Rapid Decline in LGBTQIA+ Rights

Eurovision 2025: Australia’s Go-Jo on ‘Milkshake Man’ and embracing his feminine energy

More transgender news

Federal court sets deadline in UW transgender sorority sister lawsuit

Katy ISD community calls for repeal of book bans, transgender policies after board member ousted

Former IDF soldier turned transgender activist sentenced to prison in Russia

The justice system makes an “unprecedented” decision for a trans person in France.

Quilcene school board bans transgender athletes, defying state law

Montana Court Issues Final Blow to Anti-Trans Health Care Law

House Democrats: Funding cuts to LGBTQ suicide hotline will have ‘lethal consequences’ 

Omaha Republican Mayor Loses Reelection Bid After Running Anti-Trans Ads

Europe’s Latest Trans Rights Map Shows Unprecedented Regression

Drag Race legend Valentina publicly comes out as trans on 34th birthday

Trans councillor who accused Labour of ‘throwing trans people under the bus’ joins the Lib Dems

Yesterday’s news

Florida AG probes Gardens gym over complaint it lets trans women use ladies’ locker room

Congress HRC: GOP reconciliation bill would imperil critical LGBTQ-specific programs

Tearful Munroe Bergdorf fights for trans rights – and herself – in powerful documentary trailer

UK: Political parties banned from Pride events after UK gender ruling

Denied Hormones, Denied Humanity: The Growing Danger for Trans People

Major social media platforms fail to protect LGBTQ users, advocacy group GLAAD says

Michigan: Bill packages would ban gender-affirming care — for transgender minors only

US: While voters overwhelmingly felt safe, women and gender-nonconforming people were more likely to skip going to the polls due to safety concerns, a new report says.

ACLU moves to block TN law regarding transgender ID documents

Edinburgh Tour Replacing Harry Potter Tours with LGBTQ+ History Walks Because of J.K. Rowling Comments

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