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