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.
According to a US survey presented and analyzed by Lakshya Jain in The Argument, measures once widely opposed, such as bills requiring transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to their sex assigned at birth, now has the support of a majority of voters, with about 52 % backing such legislation and only 33 % opposing it.
Gallup’s latest national polling finds that 9% of U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ+, a figure that has held steady since 2024 but remains more than double the rate recorded in 2012.
More than half of LGBTQ+ adults identify as bisexual, representing about 5% of the entire U.S. adult population. Smaller shares identify as gay (17%), lesbian (16%), or transgender (12%), with an additional 6% choosing identities such as queer or pansexual.
Nearly 23% of adults under 30 identify as LGBTQ+, compared with 10% of those aged 30–49 and 3% or fewer among older groups.
