Transgender Report

Lib Dems become first major party to reject EHRC trans guidance

The Liberal Democrats have become the first major Westminster party to formally reject the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) guidance on the implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on sex and gender, after members overwhelmingly backed a motion describing the code as “discriminatory and unworkable”.

Lib Dems reject ‘discriminatory and unworkable’ EHRC guidance on transgender people

Lib Dems: Restoring Trans Rights

The “Trans Kid Surgery” Myth. The big lie worked because it played on your protective instincts.

100 groups warn ‘biological sex’ push would strip protections from trans and intersex Australians

Craig and Charlie Reid, who make up the Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers, best known for their 1988 hit “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles),” denounced trans rights while promoting their new album

Black trans woman Sophie Lee remembered after fatal shooting in Baltimore

Meryl Streep’s casting as Aslan in Narnia is ‘blasphemous’, say angry pseudo-Christians

US Politics

Basic Rights Oregon Condemns Federal Ruling on Trans Women Prisoners

Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.

Dem mocks opponent for focus on trans folks amid rising costs: “That’s what they’re talking about?”

“Stop telling trans people they have to vote for anti-trans Democrats. Stop telling them they’ll be responsible for the fall of democracy unless they do.”

Anti-trans messaging isn’t the path to re-election that Rep. Marcy Kaptur thinks it is

A federal appeals court has refused to allow the Bureau of Prisons to immediately reinstate sweeping restrictions on gender-affirming medical care for incarcerated transgender people

Even Fox News is boycotting, but an LGBTQ+ outlet is still covering the White House pool

Two More Hospitals Strike DOJ Deals to End Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Court rules trans women can be housed in men’s prisons & calls them men “who claim to be female”

100 organisations unite to defend Australia’s anti-discrimination laws

“we are entering a phase of not being explicitly vocally trans in the public sphere. This is not a workable … especially as emancipation always comes from the radical deconstruction of oppressive systems”

She spouted anti-trans lies to oppose a rainbow crosswalk. Now she’s facing consequences.

Thai-American transgender woman Lo Colby has been crowned Miss International Queen 2026 in Pattaya, Thailand

Rising fashion model Kai Schreiber, the 17-year-old daughter of actors Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, has celebrated being the first trans girl to win a coveted Breakthrough Model of the Year award during New York Fashion Week.

Trans women are not a threat to women’s spaces. But cis men are.

A queer Torah study group is showing LGBTQ+ people they have always belonged in Judaism

From recruitment tactics to purity rules and apocalyptic warnings, it’s anti-trans rhetoric that mirrors cult-like behavior.

“When I began my journey of discovery along the transgender highway, I got stuck several times, because I wanted a simple answer. “

Trans Sports Dominate Culture Wars. But What Do Scientists Think?

Queer / کوئیر: The Power of the Umbrella

Unlike medicalized or hyper-specific terms, منفرد captures the essence of standing outside traditional societal templates with dignity. It allows individuals to honor their authentic selves without needing to justify the specifics of their attraction or gender to a conservative society.

US Politics

Trump’s catchphrase ‘transgender for everybody’ becomes an LGBTQ rallying cry

The Thomas More Society is threatening to sue the Wake County Public School System unless it allows a group of parents to remove their children from a required music class taught by a transgender teacher

For trans youth in the Hudson Valley, care is getting harder to find

WNBA star says transphobes are just exploiting women athletes: “They don’t care about the WNBA”

“We can’t act like we don’t know better – we know the effects of targeting trans youth for discrimination.”

Limiting access to medical professionals drives youth toward underground care networks, creating greater physical and psychological risks.

Scottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal action

Pedro Pascal says non-binary Bella Ramsey will ‘slay’ on The Celebrity Traitors

South Africa: Former Big Brother Mzansi contestant Ilano Sky has finally received an identity document reflecting her correct gender marker after waiting five years for the process to be completed.

‘Humiliated’: Trans man wins discrimination case after workplace outed him as trans against his will

No, This Graphic Doesn’t Prove Trans Women Are Dangerous

“According to the image, the sexual-offending rate for women is 3 per million, the rate for men is 395 per million, and the rate for transgender women is an astonishing 1,916 per million.”

But this is not what the numbers say.

Who is Kali Reis, the two-spirit, sexually fluid actress in Resident Evil?

US Politics

Anti-transgender legislation can cause psychological distress even in states with trans-friendly laws

Republican Congressman Gives WNBA (Meaningless) Deadline to Define “Women”

NYU Langone strikes deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors

Judge’s anti-trans language ‘harmful,’ even for winning lawyers in Oregon case
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As Trump loses ground and lashes out, some remain willing to capitulate when it comes to anti-trans hate

‘Pure discrimination’: Texas Pride organisers hit out after permit rejection

Right-wing group admits anti-trans ads won’t save the GOP

American Principles Project Warns Republicans That Targeting Trans People “May Not Be Sufficient” To Win 2026

UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to pay DOJ nearly $1M, agrees to 10-year moratorium on gender-affirming care for trans youth

Campaign Finance Complaint: Anti-Trans Initiative Backers Failed to Report Payments for Petitions

Trump deported trans woman Daniela Fuentes to Central African Republic; she says she has to hide who she is

Notorious anti-trans activist melts down at school board meeting: “This is insane!”

EEOC agrees to let Christian employers misgender trans employees

Federal Court Rules Oregon Can Place Trans Women in Men’s Prisons

As Massachusetts hospitals bow to Trump, these organizers are fighting to protect trans futures

GOP candidate booted from forum for misgendering Sarah McBride to her face

Democrat Rep. Marcy Kaptur Shows She’s Just As Anti-Trans As Her Opponent

‘Changing Gender’ in a Time of Backlash. Talking to Susan Stryker about what this moment means for trans people and self-definition.

Chelsea Manning, onetime Army intelligence analyst, WikiLeaks whistleblower and transgender woman is still adjusting to freedom after enduring seven years in prison for exposing classified military records

‘Everything shut down’: India’s transgender law leaves patients in limbo over hormone therapy

Trans kids are vulnerable to eating disorders. This therapist knows what they’re going through.

Trans Cricketer Anaya Bangar Just Wants A Chance To Play

Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments

Archer & pole dance influencer goes viral for explaining how transphobia hurts everyone

Divina de Campo to star in new musical exploring one trans woman’s journey to gender-affirming surgery

Trans rights activists protest Haringey debate on single-sex spaces petition

Dwyane Wade recalls challenging locker-room culture before daughter Zaya came out as trans

When a Trans Person Commits a Crime, We’re All Put on Trial

How the Supreme Court tipped Anna over the edge

Finding Authenticity Within Gender Dynamics

“The natural mosaic which is humanity allows for the development of beings which are the product of a combination of many factors. “

US Politics

Dem. Ohio Candidate Marcy Kaptur Releases Ad: “I Voted With Republicans To Keep Transgender Ideology Out Of Schools”

Republicans are using transphobia to try to win Spanish-speaking voters in Texas

GOP governor’s “wildly offensive” ad brutally mocks trans girls: “What a transphobic disgrace”

Oregon doesn’t have to hold trans women inmates in women’s prisons, federal appeals court rules

A conservative law firm is demanding that the Wake County school system let Middle Creek Elementary School students opt out of a transgender music teacher’s class or face legal action.

Republicans claim to be fierce defenders of free speech until that speech supports LGBTQ+ people

Journalist Evan Urquhart argues that swing-state Democratic candidates are going too far in distancing them from transgender rights.

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Chris Cook says he moved his family from Kansas to Colorado because he thought the state would be a safe place to raise his 11-year-old daughter, who is transgender. But a pair of ballot measures could threaten that safe haven.

North Dakota Supreme Court upholds ban on transgender healthcare for minors

New Round Of Anti-Trans Attack Ads Blankets The Airwaves This Week

A Southborough family has stepped into the national spotlight with claims that their local school seeded — and the state of Massachusetts is facilitating — their child’s gender transition. But court records paint a different picture.

Needle’s article about there being “an attempt to weaponize the Census to make a list of every trans person in the US” is as false as it is dangerous, Aleksandra Vaca argues.
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Chappell Roan to throw fundraiser in support of trans people and LGBTQ+ youth

Equalpride board member steps down following report of MAGA support

The results of Australia’s largest ever trans health survey are in!

Episcopal dean makes history as first out trans priest in high church role

Back at school, some trans kids and their families are being threatened with discrimination. But trans kids still have rights – and schools must protect them

Opinion: You Cannot Vandalise the Rainbow in the Name of Jesus

Irreversible Damage? Debunking the Myths of Puberty Blockers

Debunking the Myth That Being Transgender Is a Choice

Trans makeup artist and social media star Nikki de Jager, better known as NikkieTutorials, has been announced at the new host of hit BBC competition series Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-up Star.

US Politics

NY Roller Derby League Moves to Jam Blakeman Transgender Ban

“Coward!”: Iowa Dem Governor Candidate Rob Sand Comes Under Fire At Campaign Rally After Saying He Agreed With Trans Sports Bans

Rob Sand’s transgender stance met with silence in Iowa City town hall

Julia Serano: On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads

Mitch McConnell finally returned to Senate — to cast the deciding vote for an anti-trans judge

Brianna Turner Refuses to Be a Pawn in the Trans Panic Around the WNBA

Venezuelan transgender/nonbinary artists Arca reconfigures the role of the diva in her new album ‘XXXXX’
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Argentina: La Justicia suspendió el decreto que impedía tratamientos de cambio de género a menores de 18 años

Bolivia celebra su primer matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo en un paso histórico hacia la igualdad

Turkish police on Sunday swooped on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, arresting at least 60 people in raids authorities said were aimed at boosting traditional family values, officials and activists said.

EU ‘concerned’ about Turkey anti-LGBTQ raids

Is Richard Ayoade a TERF?

Birmingham clinic faces scrutiny over delays in care for transgender patients

Good Law Project: The anti-trans pressure group Sex Matters are running a campaign of hate, spewing abuse online and in the media – and putting trans people in danger.

New Hungarian government to scrap anti-LGBTQ adoption law

Baltimore: Transgender woman, Sophie Lee, killed in Barclay community mourned by friends, advocates

Vivian Wilson’s New Desigual Campaign Is Sparking Queer Joy — And Probably Really Pissing Off Her Father, Elon Musk

“Most people are good”: Sarah McBride tells trans kids more people support them than oppose them

Kai Schreiber Makes History as First Trans Girl to Win Breakthrough Model of the Year

After nearly a decade of misgendering and delay, a Mexico City judge recognized Paola Buenrostro as a woman and reclassified the case as aggravated femicide.

Museum of Transology shortlisted for national award after landmark year of growth

LGBTQ+ book shop ‘blown away’ by support after ‘transphobic attack’

When Gaming Is the Place You Don’t Have to Explain Being Trans

Irish delegation joins 200 campaigners to discuss future of trans rights in Europe

US Politics

The hiring of a transgender elementary school teacher has put Wake County in the national spotlight.

Elon Musk is reusing Trump’s anti-trans strategy. It’s unlikely to work.

Some Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power

Sorority Back In Court Over Trans Member, Says Historic Definition Of ‘Woman’ Not Relevant

Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The rule would have limited transgender students’ ability to play sports and use facilities.

Transgender Texans speak out after Talarico statements, Hinojosa ‘pronoun’ ad

“The Decision Ought To Be Between A Patient And Their Doctor,” Says Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed On Trans Care

Denver could soon be the first city in the state to restrict the information agencies collect about transgender residents and what they can turn over to state and federal authorities.

Leading LGBTQ+ Newsroom Confronts Parent Company Over Board Member’s MAGA Support

Turkish authorities have cracked down on multiple LGBTQ+ groups and individuals, detaining dozens and raiding association offices and popular hangouts

A national gender justice organization is escalating a campaign against Ulta Beauty over the cosmetics retailer’s use of automated license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras made by the surveillance company Flock Safety,

“Transgender activism has never been perfect – no social movement, including the fight for marriage equality, would survive similar scrutiny – but if you’re going to second-guess our actions and motives, at least do so from our perspective.”

Protesters hurled invective at one another Friday over transgender athletes in women’s sports near The Sports Bra, a bar dedicated to women’s sports, prompting Portland officers to respond but make no arrests.

Gender critics: “individuals who are seeking power to frame and reframe womanhood in their conception, while simultaneously demanding the right to deny any woman’s womanhood who they do not think is woman enough.”

San Francisco opens world’s first Chinese LGBTQ+ museum: “So many chances to connect”

Emily Brothers: Exclusion from Labour Women’s Conference.

When the law is an ass – how not to exclude trans women from women’s conferences and posts.

US Politics

Why Talarico, Hinojosa’s latest comments bother some trans Texans

Iowa GOP focuses on trans athletes, quiet on abuse of kids | Opinion

Days 501-600: Every Anti-LGBTQ Move the Trump Administration Has Made

LGBTQ+ middle schoolers took a conservative Virginia school board to court to protect their rights — and won

Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats

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But like, is Rocky Horror ACTUALLY transphobic?

Trans TikToks Against Transphobia

Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

In an interview with Variety, Wachowski argues that money generated by Rowling’s fictional universe helps finance political and legal efforts that restrict transgender rights.

“J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop,” Wachowski says, adding that people who continue to support Harry Potter are, in her view, contributing to those efforts.

Photo: Christa Holka, Variety

New research has shed light on Spain’s first transgender political organisation, a trailblazing collective that was launched in 1978.

Speak up on Trans+ rights, Andy Burnham urged after 1000-strong mass lobby

Trans Woman Found Dead in Baltimore’s Charles Village With No Suspect Identified

LGBTQ+ organisation hits back at “misleading” claims over Northern Irish conversion practices bill

17-Year-Old Trans Teen Found Burned With Signs of Strangulation in Sugarcane Field

Third places like coffee shops, bookstores, libraries, and gaming groups offer trans people something online communities cannot fully replace

“I’m so grateful”: Lending library brings LGBTQ+ books to the masses in the heart of red America

Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

Alberta First Nation wants to set up safe haven for gender-affirming care

US Politics

Trump’s funding cuts spell disaster for global LGBTQ+ groups, many ‘may not survive the coming year’

Equality Utah’s midterm endorsements have drawn criticism over their support for GOP candidates rather than LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Children’s Hospital Colorado reveals it has been targeted by a second federal investigation over trans care

Nancy Mace Introduces Bill to Bar Trans People from Security Clearances, Federal Jobs Requiring Mental Health Screenings

‘Democrats win by fighting for affordability, not by falling into Republican trans traps’

Democratic strategists say the party needs a fresh approach amid a new wave of anti-trans messaging from Republicans.

Democratic operatives want candidates to talk about trans athletes — very quickly, one time — and then move on

‘We the People’ needs to include incarcerated trans Ohioans. Right now it does not.