Transgender Report

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced three initiatives aimed at protecting and expanding access to gender-affirming care for transgender New Yorkers. His administration will direct $15 million toward a care access fund for providers of youth gender-affirming care, create a call and text line to guide residents to services and information, and fund research to improve care access and health outcomes.

Mayor Mamdani Announces $15 Million For Youth Care Providers In NYC. The funding will go to clinics that provide trans youth care, and could help fight back against federal pressure.

Mamdani administration rolls out gender-affirming care fund, phone support line, and trans health research effort

Elliot Page shares an important message to ‘struggling’ trans youth: ‘There’s nothing wrong with you’

Ringleader in Killing of Trans Man Sam Nordquist Pleads Guilty

Trans man flees US after unending discrimination & violence: “I have to get out or I’m going to die”

Human Rights Watch Warns of Deteriorating Rights for LGBT People in China

This Trans Woman’s Raison d’Être — Love

A Trans Woman’s View of Identity, Freedom, and Sensuality

UK: Evidence submitted by Rainbow Hospitality with respect to the proposed Health Bill

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/68004092d99d87662bca54a8/t/6a3e9e537029990a5784f749/1782488659594/Rainbow+Hospitality+submission+of+evidence+the+Health+Bill.pdf

Trans-woman who dated anti-LGBTQ livestreamer ChudTheBuilder releases text messages, photos of them kissing and more

US Politics

Documentary ‘We Can’t Stay Here’ To Explore Gender Refugees, Driven To “Fight, Flee Or Go Underground” In Anti-Trans America

‘It’s coming from the top’: Trump’s EEOC abandons trans man’s workplace discrimination case

Suspended gender-affirming care brings on dire mental health concerns for trans kids in Colorado

Texas expected to approve mandatory Bible readings for public school students

The FCC is considering trans content warnings for TV shows. Adding them would be pure propaganda.

Judge keeps transgender athlete’s lawsuit alive, rejects bid to dismiss. Sadie Schreiner’s action against RPI continues with a ruling that criticizes the President’s and NCAA’s restrictions on trans athletes.

Republican Wins Competitive New York House Primary—and Likely a Seat in Congress—After Running on ‘Detransitioning America’

Videos

You can still be a Trans person regardless of what you watch in a private browser window (video)

UK releases “historic & long overdue” bill to ban “abusive” LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

A ban with a loophole large enough to drive conversion practices through

Queer sheep illustration by the Naked Pastor

A Rhode Island study found that transgender adults are significantly more likely to report depression, mental distress and disabilities.

Five years since the publication of The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice, the bestselling author Shon Faye reflects on the state of trans liberation in the UK

Scotland’s treatment of trans female prisoners will result in tortorous conditions

NYC Pride Marshals, Parents of Trans Kids Blast Hospitals Marching After Dropping Trans Kids

Australian Government declines all UN LGBTQIA+ rights recommendations

FIFA has rejected calls from Iran and Egypt to ban rainbow flags at their World Cup match in Seattle on Friday, despite both countries objecting to local Pride-themed celebrations linked to the fixture

Charges dropped for trans woman threatened with jail over license debacle caused by anti-trans law

Tens Across the Board: Why Ballroom Culture Belongs at the Center of LGBTQ+ History

Kim Petras loves ‘giving the middle finger to conservatives’ in music—and PrEP!

US Politics

Judges on both coasts weigh transgender prisoners’ rights as Trump targets prison policies

Instead of tackling affordability, House Republicans bully trans college students

California: Rady Children’s to continue gender-affirming care amid legal battle

New Louisiana law allows deadnaming trans people — and more disrespect — in the workplace

Graham Platner pledges to “Protect Trans Kids” while slamming “cowards” & “bigots” who won’t

“Temper tantrum”: Trump won’t sign landmark housing bill until Congress passes anti-trans voting law

The Trump Administration Is Drowning in Corruption, Still Has Time to Hurt Trans Kids

Causally Comics examines a classic silver age tale where Clark Kent Superboy becomes a Supergirl, and reveals a lot of implicit sexism in the process.

Graham Platner welcomes attacks from ‘fascists and bigots’ over his support for trans rights

Defining anti-trans harassment

As healthcare providers cease gender-affirming care for minors, families are left scrambling.

Science: “Transfeminine individuals are capable of developing breast tissue that is indistinguishable from cis-females, allowing them to breastfeed effectively.”

The Harry Potter exhibition is a slap in the face of every trans person in Denver (Letters)
Archive

My child received a death threat: fear, love and what the world is doing to trans kids

Scottish judge rules trans women must be held in men’s prisons

“Femboy” was the most-searched term at Pornhub this month by a wide margin. The stats also showed that almost half of all viewers of erotic gay content are women.

Elimination by attrition does not rely on sudden, dramatic legal bans. Instead, it is a slow, compounding tightening of the vice

US Politics

WA transgender prisoner policy lands before state Supreme Court

Elizabeth Warren warns new Trump federal housing rule could put LGBTQ+ people on the street

Newly Released Texas GOP Platform Calls For Ban On Trans Teachers And Trans Care Under 26 Years Old

US judge blocks DOJ from obtaining transgender care records from New York hospitals
Archive.

The Reality, and Fearmongering, Behind Trump’s ‘Counterterrorism’ Threats to Trans People and Antifascists

Judge blocks Trump DOJ from seizing trans youths’ medical records from NYC hospitals

New York trans youth temporarily protected from DOJ request for patient list

GOP gubernatorial candidate to hold rally with MAGA hate pastor who praises Hitler

Trump mocks cisgender women as weak in bizarre anti-trans sports rant to factory workers

The Trump admin accused school of letting boys play on girls teams. They were mascots & trainers.

Videos

Masculinity Has Always Been “In Crisis”: The London History Show (Video)

Transgender Film Center Reveals Second Annual Career Development Lab Cohort

Melbourne’s latest dark trans comedy is about to hit the stage – with power ballads!

African leaders once again trade African family values for American family values

Kiara St. James was the queen of New York’s trans rights movement

Hilary Cass Admits Finding No Evidence of Harm From Puberty Blockers

Protecting Yourself: Red Flags in Transgender Relationships

For the past three years, photographer and visual artist Santiago Méndez Arvelaez has been documenting Pride celebrations in Venezuela’s capital city

US Politics

Life As An Undocumented Trans Sex Worker In The Age Of ICE

DeSantis tried to erase their pride. These Florida cities found a loophole.

She Changed Her ID to Comply with Kansas’ New Anti-Trans Law. Now, the State is Trying to Put Her in Jail for Having an ‘Inaccurate’ License.

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has joined a lawsuit filed by an extremist religious freedom organization on behalf of nuns at a Catholic hospice in New York, challenging a state law requiring nursing facilities to affirm their patients’ gender identities.

Court Strips Away California Protections for Transgender Students’ Privacy

The New York Times helped turn trans rights into political controversy, analysis finds

Dems slam FCC for considering content warnings on shows with trans characters: “We reject the idea”

Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor reflects on first months in office: “We’re all neighbors here”

We have a new batch of GOOD transgender news headlines for you!🩷🤍🩵

Three Norwegian Researchers Found Guilty of Misconduct in Transgender Health Research

An ethics committee at Oslo University Hospital has found three five researchers connected to Norway’s national gender incongruence treatment service guilty of serious breaches of research ethics in studies involving transgender patients.

The committee concluded that two published articles amount to scientific misconduct and should be retracted, citing failures including lack of patient consent, missing ethics approval, insufficient anonymization and unclear use of registry data.

Attacks on trans identities become a strategic political tool in Brazil

Malaysian government replaces the term ‘LGBT’ with ‘deviant culture’

Starmer’s Resignation And Labour’s Collapse Shows Why Democrats Must Avoid Abandoning Trans People

Harry Potter’s Nick Frost has a blunt response to JK Rowling hypocrisy accusations

Trans Creators Say YG’s New Song “Tiffany” Perpetuates the “Trans Panic” Myth

The history of LGBTQ+ flags is much messier than you realize

What Research Says About Gender Representation in Children’s TV

US Politics

Forced by Trump to retire, a trans airman is ‘passing the torch’ to a firefighter waiting to serve

“Titans”: Inside Operation Lifeboat’s work getting trans Kansans to safety

California law that forbids ‘forced outing’ of trans students blocked by 9th Circuit

LGBTQ+ Americans are fleeing the US in record numbers because of Trump

Grand Marshals Demand NYC Pride Shut Out Hospitals That Abandoned Trans Kids

Trump Education Department investigates Michigan schools over trans-inclusive policies

FTC Refocuses Investigations of Three Transgender Health Groups
Paywall

‘It’s very, very difficult for us to… live’: Being Transgender in Singapore

How to save Trans+ stories in an age they can be deleted with just a click?

NZ: Dunedin’s support for its transgender, non-binary and intersex community was on full display when about 1000 people turned out to protest the government’s gender Bill.

Ukrainians call for full equality at 10th KyivPride March

YG’s ‘Tiffany’ Ignites Debate Over Trans Representation

Scots prisons keep trans policy as court ruling considered

Nagai Akiko 永井明子, a hostess and cabaret singer in Tokyo, had surgery in 1950 at the Nippon Medical School Hospital. In November 1954, in accordance with the Family Register Law, Nagai had her civil status changed.

India

India: Transgender Bill: Hashtag resistance turns humour into protest

India: Transgender people in Pune continue to face barriers in securing rental housing, from landlord prejudice and social exclusion to inflated rents and documentation issues.

In India, The Catholic Church Becomes An Unlikely Sanctuary For Trans People

Kerala High Court dismisses PIL against free KSRTC bus travel for women, transgender persons

Abigail Thorn makes a major impact on “House of the Dragon” as pirate Sharako Lohar.

US Politics

Stanford trans students still ‘confused and abandoned’ two years after discussion group shut down

What it feels like to teach through an era determined to erase trans lives

Trans couple leaves Iowa after trans civil rights protections were removed
Archive

Nancy Mace Roasted and Fact-Checked Over Post About Supposed ‘TRANS MICE’ Funded By Taxpayers

No, transgenic mice are not transgender, nor are they forced to change gender.

Australia: Greens troll Pauline Hanson after her ‘trans insurgency’ spray

Smashing taboos of trans desires

A school fired an intersex teacher because a parent thought he was trans. Now he’s fighting back.

Activist Joseph Soto discusses the present sexual and gender diversity struggles in Venezuela, including an evangelical surge and NGO dependence.

Fleeing persecution in Jamaica, a transgender woman starts new life in Canada

India: Days after trans persons raised concerns over inadequate facilities at the transgender person clinic in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, the hospital has decided to appoint a member of the community to work at the clinic and ward.

Japan to institute nationwide LGBTQ+ education program

US Politics

North Carolina: UNC Wilmington to eliminate gender studies director position

New Hampshire : Ayotte vetoes transgender bathroom bill for third time

For LGBTQ+ People, America’s Promise of Refuge Is Fading

Calling James Talarico trans shows just how bad things are for Republicans

Lombardo-backed ballot question to limit trans participation in school sports fails

Videos

Why Anti-Trans Arguments Feel So Familiar (video)

Why Some People Who Crossdress Never Question Being Trans — And Why Others Can’t Stop

Caller Who “Doesn’t Believe in Gender” May Not Be Cis… | Josie Caballero & Luxander Moss

Ray Alex Williams: From Detransition Back to HRT: Why I’m Retransitioning at 39

My Algorithm Knew I Was Trans Before I Did

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights

Who corporate sponsors cropped out of the image of queer Pride

US: Only 1 percent of likely voters name LGBTQ+ issues as their top concern, but most still prefer candidates who support LGBTQ+ rights over those who oppose them, a new Data for Progress poll finds.

“Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood”

A social media ban may negatively impact the most vulnerable young people – such as queer and disabled youth – by isolating them from communities they may have built online.

‘You belong here’: A letter of love to the transgender community from a mother

Facial recognition tech is coming to a queer bar near you — if it’s not already there

Here’s The Thing They Won’t Tell You About Giving Your Trans Kid Hormone Shots (Pro-trans article)

Uncloseted Media Earns Four National Journalism Awards, Tying With The New York Times in NLGJA Honors

HRC recognizes NYC Health + Hospitals as LGBTQ healthcare equality leader‘

At 16, I couldn’t find a trans Muslim role model – so, I survived long enough to become one’

Ngizwe Mchunu Found Guilty of LGBTQ+ Hate Speech in Landmark South African Court Case

Arrest Made in Killing of Louisiana Trans Woman Marlow Trottie

US Politics

Battle ramps up over WA ballot measure to bar transgender students from girls’ sports

Baltimore transgender-led organization calls for city official’s resignation

NY legislature passes bill replacing ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘gestating parent’ and ‘non-gestating parent’

Bella Bautista makes history in Georgia as first transgender woman to win a primary

Opinions: My trans daughter thrived in Chicago public schools

Made In Heaven’s Trinetra On Her Trans Identity: ‘Couldn’t Be The Boyfriend To My Girlfriend’

Dr Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju is an Indian doctor, actress, content creator and transgender rights advocate. As an actress, she is best known for playing Meher Chaudhry in Amazon Prime Video’s Made in Heaven season 2, a role noted for bringing a trans woman character into a major Indian streaming drama.

The video presents her journey in particular and discusses gender variance in general.

Rapid Growth and Evolving Trends in Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: A National Analysis of 807 Procedures

The Stonewall Community Foundation, a New York City-based organization which raises money and funds LGBTQ initiatives, honored several leaders and brought in more than $500,000 at its annual Vision Awards gala on June 11.

Why are some African countries adopting anti-queer laws?

Under the Lens: State Violence and the LGBTQI+ Struggle in Pakistan

Milly Alcock says Supergirl ‘doesn’t live inside the binary’ of gender expectations

NJ nonprofit combats anti-transgender messaging through film

Australia: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s speech to the National Press Club has been condemned for its targeting of migrants, transgender Australians, new parents and public broadcasters.

Andy Burnham, potential labour PM, has voiced some support for the transgender community but retracted his support for trans people being allowed to use single-sex facilities after a UK Supreme Court decision.

Transgender Beauty Influencer Briel Adams-Wheatley and Husband Adam Celebrate 5th Anniversary with Backyard Wedding

US Politics

Young Republicans mock cisgender candidate for Congress over likeness to Dylan Mulvaney

New Oklahoma law disrupts gender-affirming care for transgender adults

Federal Prisons Must Provide Hormones Sought by Trans Inmates
Archive

The US Government Is Engaged In A Modern Red Scare, And WPATH Is Its Latest Target

FTC Sues WPATH in Major Attack on Trans Healthcare

New York: N.Y. governor’s race presents stark contrast on LGBTQ rights

Angry constituents school transphobic Democrat who misgendered colleague in front of everyone

Doctors refuse care to trans youth even after court order. They’re afraid of the Trump admin.

A search for a safe haven from toxic political rhetoric has brought an American minister and his family halfway across the world to Dunedin.

Chicago family’s journey sparks movement focused on understanding transgender, non-binary youth

I’m a 14-year-old trans athlete. No one should face the vicious attacks I have faced

From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation
Science paper by Jaime Veale:
“Trans eliminationism: An Ideology Escalation Framework for understanding recent trans health policies”

Man harasses father in Alabama for helping his young daughters in ladies’ room

Thailand Will Host a “Tom” Pageant for Trans Men and Masc Lesbians

Netherlands Bans LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy in Historic Rights Victory

The Lie that Would Not Die: On Michelle Obama and Transmisogynoir

Alabama pastor demands anti-trans banners after Pride Month display goes up in Mobile

A trans woman complained about suffering in jail. Days later, guards found her dead.

US Politics

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and four states accused a nonprofit focused on transgender health of making misleading statements about the benefits of gender-affirming treatments for young people in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Idaho trans bathroom ban still forcing its way into law despite partial block

Trans prisoners’ medical care remains protected after a flurry of court rulings on Wednesday

Trump admin sues world’s leading trans medical group, alleging financial blackmail of parents

“The Urinary Tract of America. 18 hours, 5 states, and the neverending quest to fulfill one of biology’s most basic needs”

Trump sparked fury like no other when he removed Stonewall’s Pride flag. Here’s why it hit so hard.

Anti-Trans Health Secretary RFK Jr. Once Allegedly Put Snake in Pool Full of Kids

Conservatives outraged that a governor appointed a trans rights supporter to an LGBTQ+ board