Transgender Report

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.

Equality Organizations Struggle Over How To Handle Anti-Trans Democrat Endorsements

More Democratic mid term candidates are embracing transphobia as a way of winning votes. Is the party going down the same hole as Britain’s Labour Party?

In reversal, James Talarico says he opposes trans athletes in girls’ sports “if it risks safety or fairness”

Giving in to Anti-Trans Hysteria Is Not a Winning Strategy for Democrats

Dems with anti-trans views are on the ballot. What should pro-trans voters do with them?

Hundreds lobby Parliament urging Burnham government to protect trans rights

In an historic move, the Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it’s invoking the ‘medicine chest’ clause. The Alberta First Nation is establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming care — contrary to provincial law.

Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) is an American anti-transgender organization founded by William Malone, Zhenya Abbruzzese, and Julia Mason.

Meet the Florida nonprofit sending hundreds of transgender Ohioans gender-affirming supply kits

Canada: Human Rights Tribunal orders B.C. doctor to pay after refusing to provide trans teen with puberty blocker shot

Report: 90 percent of LGBTQ groups around the world have lost funding since 2025

Megyn Kelly Revealed A Disgusting New Strategy For Describing Trans People

A Cabaret Featuring an All-Trans Lineup Is Heading to the Lower East Side

US Politics

Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics, a sportswear startup that openly calls transgender people’s identity a “lie,” has spent the last two and a half years stoking the flames of the national panic over trans athletes.

Before a Dallas arena dotted with empty seats, Trump acknowledged that Republicans deploy attacks on transgender athletes strategically before elections.

“A fighting chance”: Trans rights are in the balance in the midterm elections

Trump Is Targeting the Smithsonian. My LGBTQ+ History Is Inside It.

Trans Master Sgt describes being told she’s the “wrong kind of American” after 20 years of service

USA: Elon Musk Accused of Fuelling Anti Trans Panic Ahead of US Elections

Two women get life in prison for molesting and killing transgender man

Ohio joins the 40 states with an LGBTQ+ population greater than 10%.

Thaiz Pedrosa, a Trans Woman Who Broke Barriers in Brazilian Medicine, Dies at 44

Why Comparing Transitions Will Make You Miserable

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed the state government’s police recruitment board to accept applications from transgender persons seeking to join the force as constables and sub-inspectors

Rethinking Masculinity: What Queer and Trans People Taught Me About Being a Man

US Politics

Anti-science, anti-LGBTQ movements go hand in hand

School district won’t back down in “impressive” legal battle with Trump admin over trans rights

West Chester University’s guidance encouraging staff to respect trans students’ names and pronouns has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing debate over trans inclusion in higher education.

Anti-Trans Activists Went to Women’s Sports Events in Portland. They Were Shown the Door

Mobile, Alabama: City ends banner program after pastor displays anti-trans flags across downtown

Federal report accuses Dayton Children’s, Planned Parenthood of ‘gender medicine’ fraud

Lancaster County judge hears challenge to Nebraska K-12, collegiate sports ballot measure

An estimated one-third of foster youth identify as LGBTQ+. Federal agencies are ripping away their protections

Pentagon digs through troops’ confidential medical records to hunt for transgender service members

California approves 988 crisis line funds for LGBTQ+ youth as HHS omits it from $252M announcement

The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State

Transgender rights activists descend upon Mount Sinai Hospital over ending gender-affirming care for youth

Trump is Forcing Hospitals to Permanently Cut Care for Trans Kids and Offer Them Free, State-Sponsored Detransitions Instead

Transgender Army master sergeant dares Pete Hegseth: Say your anti-trans slurs to my face

Elon Musk Targets Democrats on Transgender Issues in Key Senate Races
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We Were Trans Before The Internet!

The Insidious Reason Harry Potter Is Everywhere

Debunking every Anti Transgender Arguments: The Bathroom Debate

Dolly Parton paid for the gender-affirming care of her “good friend” & chauffeur of 30 years

Transgender Community Leader Mousumi Was Strangled in Her Home.

Bad Bunny’s gender-bending style isn’t just fashion. It’s a protest.

Shortly after pilgrims arrived, a settler founded a very queer community. It freaked the Puritans out.

Somerset: Local Pride “heartbroken” after trans woman assaulted in suspected hate crime

The Madras High Court recently directed the Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council to correct the records related to a transgender man who had undergone a sex-change operation, and to record his identity as male instead of transgender or transgender male.

US Politics

Fired After Defending Trans Students, She Wins $250K Settlement

Jefferson County, Colo. One School District’s Fight Against Trump’s Anti-Transgender Push
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Renowned NYC medical center caves to Trump on trans youth care just as DOJ loses in court

Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops

Non-binary people born in Puerto Rico denied new birth certificates with X designations

What the New York Times Missed (On Purpose) About Seth Moulton

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How Right Wing Politicians Invented Transphobia For Personal Profit

Trans advocates celebrate Bulgarian court’s ruling in favor of legal gender changes

After a legal battle that lasted nearly 10 years, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that transgender people have a legal right to change their name and gender markers on official ID documents.

A growing number of transgender people are crediting A.I. with helping them discover and explore their identities. But should tech mired in controversy be trusted with something so profound?

A new children’s book archive defies the right’s effort to erase LGBTQ+ identity

“Transgender people are not adult content, and young people do not stop being trans simply because adults decide the books that might help them understand themselves should be hidden away.”

A new adoption law in Ecuador contains discriminatory provisions targeting lesbian, gay, and bisexual people and threatens to strip many parents of transgender children of their parental rights

Test set to ban trans women from women’s Olympics lacks scientific backing: Experts

We’re seen as gods, but we don’t get jobs, says trans activist at Delhi film screening

JK Rowling keeps the name of her £112million superyacht under wraps amid fears it will attract pro-transgender activists
(Link to anti-trans site)

The Cost of Being Seen: Identity, Non-Passing Appearance, and Hiring Discrimination Against Transgender Women

Wisconsin cathedral welcomes Episcopal Church’s first transgender dean

Former Mumbai U-19 cricketer Anaya Bangar – daughter of ex-India all-rounder and coach Sanjay Bangar – has opened up about her long, emotionally grueling journey back to competitive sport after receiving formal clearance from Cricket Australia (CA).

On the Elliot Page interview. “Society’s biggest media outlets and social media algorithms spend a lot of time either ignoring or giving far less attention to the positives of being trans, gender-diverse or part of the LGBTQIA+ community.”

New book: J. K. Rowling and the Anti-Trans Panic

//In J. K. Rowling and the Anti-Trans Panic, Gina Gwenffrewi weaves her own experience as a trans woman living in Edinburgh, Scotland, with analysis of political and pop cultural discourses and artifacts to deliver a trenchant study of how fellow Edinburgh resident J. K. Rowling’s emergence as a major anti-trans campaigner and the years-long entrenchment of existing anti-trans forces have converged.//

‘Trans women can indeed play female roles’: Jinkx Monsoon on Oh, Mary!, sobriety and transitioning

US Politics

Two Dems clashed on trans athletes. What does Markey’s primary win reveal?

PD Editorial: California’s trans kids receive a state reprieve from federal cruelty

Washington Democratic Party Chair Condemns Anti-Transgender Group “Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender”

Student’s trans sports league idea draws Jim Crow comparison from professor

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The Welsh Gender Service has been ordered to pause all gender-affirming surgery causing devastation and harm to the trans community in Wales

“Devastated”: Up to 800 Trans+ patients affected by Welsh Gender Service surgery cancellations

The Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP) has launched Project Kierra, a trans-led initiative that seeks to document the killings and campaign for justice.

US: The 15 worst universities in the U.S. for LGBTQ+ students

Philosophy professor Talia Bettcher jumped at the chance to return to her homeland from the U.S. when Canada offered her $500,000 annually to study the prevention of gender-based violence.

Kim Petras says the gays ‘saved’ her, wants fans to hook up with ‘whoever, whenever’

More than 10 intersex adults have approached a South African support organisation since 2020 saying they underwent surgery or other irreversible medical interventions as children without their or their parents’ informed consent.

Switzerland: Swiss government backs nationwide conversion therapy ban

Nearly 1,000 trans people and allies expected to descend on Westminster to call for “cruel and unworkable” EHRC guidance to be scrapped

US Politcs

Iowa Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott Capitulated On Trans Rights. The Attack Ads Came Anyway.

The Minnesota Supreme Court recently held oral arguments in the case of a transgender librarian who was allegedly not rehired because she let her employer know that she was transitioning.

A new study from the Trump administration is sending alarm bells through pro-democracy groups for its potential to fuel a crackdown on Americans who support LGBTQ+ rights — or anyone with left-leaning views.

Alabama’s new library rules target every book about transgender people

Ohio LGBTQ+ advocacy and legal aid organization Equality Ohio has again changed its grade of Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton: This time from “Pending” to “B” on its 2026 Candidate Scorecard.

Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

Mount Sinai reaches deal with Trump DOJ to end gender-affirming care for minors

With the threat of federal funding being pulled next month, at least five other states nationwide plan to join Massachusetts in covering minors’ transgender health care through Medicaid.

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Critics claim trans people ‘defy biology’. New research suggests otherwise

//Many anti-trans arguments rely on a belief that gender diversity is entirely socially determined.This myth is frequently weaponised to frame trans identities as optional or reversible. Too often, this becomes a justification for hostile public attitudes and for stripping basic legal protections from trans people.

The belief that being trans is purely a social phenomenon also provides a rationale for harmful identity change and suppression practices (also known as conversion therapy).Every major Australian and United States medical association has condemned these practices…..

Our findings provide a crucial correction to this harmful public discourse. They confirm that genes and their related biological pathways play a role in shaping gender identity.//

Looking Back on Gloria Steinem’s Turn Toward Transgender Rights

South Australia’s Parliament has decisively rejected a One Nation bill seeking to criminalise gender-affirming healthcare for minors. (Blocked in some countries)

A new civil society coalition has been launched in response to the growing influence of anti-rights and far-right movements in South Africa and across the continent

Trans people need a politics of ordinary life

Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton is ‘standing with trans people’ by boycotting HBO’s Harry Potter

Invisible Historie: Rsight-wing forces tried to stop these archivists from preserving LGBTQ+ history. They failed.

US Politics

Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no

Federal Judge Rules Trump Cannot Force Schools To Exclude Trans Athletes In California

Texas A&M students could soon lose courses on LGBTQ+ people, women, and race

Pentagon abruptly pulls the rules for Pete Hegseth’s ‘High T’ testosterone-fueled military

Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in campaigns in Georgia, other states

“Vivian Jenna Wilson knows what’s at stake for the LGBTQ+ community. With the fast-approaching midterms, the famous transgender model is using her platform to showcase her unapologetic queerness at a pivotal moment in history”

What happens when a blue state votes on trans sports?

21 States Sue Federal Government To Block Anti-Trans Under-19 Medicaid Ban

After years of protests by trans advocates in New York, State Attorney General Letitia James has joined an ongoing lawsuit in defense of trans youth healthcare.

A Vanderbilt University employee is suing the school for alleged discrimination after the university denied insurance coverage for gender-affirming procedures.