The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has delivered a significant ruling on transgender rights in the case C-43/24, Shipova, concluding that national legislation preventing the legal recognition of a person’s gender identity can violate EU law when it interferes with the right to free movement within the Union.
In this interview, Maine congressional candidate Graham Platner argues that the current political obsession with transgender athletes is not a genuine policy concern but a manufactured culture‑war distraction funded by an out‑of‑state billionaire. Platner explains that Maine has only two transgender students participating in high‑school sports, yet the issue dominates headlines because it diverts attention from far more urgent problems—such as the loss of health‑care access for tens of thousands of Mainers and the closure of rural hospitals. He frames the anti‑trans sports campaign as a deliberate strategy to keep voters angry and divided instead of focusing on economic inequality and corporate power.
“We are all focused on the wrong 1%. Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Undocumented people aren’t defunding our schools… It’s the billionaires and their puppet politicians.”
Texas legislator James Talarico’s has claimed that “God is nonbinary”. Biblical scholar Dan McClellan’s explains why this statement fits within mainstream theology. McClellan believes that Christian nationalist backlash is driven less by theology and more by political efforts to oppose and delegitimize nonbinary and transgender people.
Illustration: “Christ Giving a Blessing” by Leonardo’s student Bernardino Luini
🏳️⚧️ “We are seeing a rise, to put it bluntly, in fascism. Transphobia is an arm of fascism,” – Olly Alexander speaking to the @wearequeeraf.com podcast www.wearequeeraf.com/transmission…
NHS England has paused new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones to 16 and 17-year-olds who question their gender, after a review found previous research into how harmful or beneficial the drugs may be was “really weak”. This is BS. The research is solid.
You are explicitly prohibited from discussing “systemic racism, institutional racism, [or] historical discrimination.” You cannot “state an intent of institutions today to oppress persons of color.” You cannot “describe when, how, or why individuals determine their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.”
Seventy-six percent of Americans support a “path to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants, according to a new Strength In Numbers survey out today. But only 45% support “amnesty” for essentially the same people.
A majority in our poll also opposes “gender-affirming care for minors,” but a plurality supports “parental rights to pursue doctor-recommended treatment” for kids diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
