Transgender Report

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.

Cricket Australia has cleared transgender Indian player Anaya Bangar to compete in elite women’s cricket, giving her a new path forward after facing bans back home.

Wales Gender Clinic In The UK Pauses Surgeries Over Accusations That They Help Too Many Trans Patients

Discontent With Finland’s Transpoli Erupts in Growing Protests

Wales: Transgender patients told surgery was cancelled while already in hospital

“Underneath the supposedly progressive papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution that is one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. “

11 Times J.K. Rowling Did Something Wildly Transphobic, Ranked

Doll Invasion Was a Shot of Queer Joy When We Needed It Most

“Now in its fourth year, Doll Invasion at Fire Island Pines celebrated everything that makes the transgender and nonbinary community so beautiful.”

US Politics

Court rules trans woman must face criminal trial for pulling gun on her attacker

Martina Navratilova Pushes Conspiracy Theory That WNBA Has A Secret Trans Player

Seattle has announced $550,000 in new investments dedicated to supporting local 2SLGBTQIA+ populations as city leadership including Mayor Katie Wilson say they are responding to calls for an emergency response for the city’s Trans communities.

Baltimore: Anne Arundel schools now need parent permission to call transgender students by preferred names

Baystate Health has come under pressure after two protests outside of its corporate offices demanded the hospital system reinstate gender-affirming care for youth and advocate for a public healthcare system.

Maryland school district dismantles transgender student protections under Trump pressure

OPINION: Nevada’s leaders are building a ‘paper ghetto’ for transgender people

Trans People’s Identities Have Been Legally Recognized for Over 70 Years. Why Has That History Been Forgotten?

A transgender boy sued for bathroom access. South Carolina drove his family to flee the state

The Trump administration failed in its bid to strike down California’s policy allowing students to participate on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

HHS Touts Online Survey of 13 Trans People as Evidence Trans Acceptance May Cause Violence

A trans Marine Corps officer alleges government improperly reduced her retirement pay
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US: A settlement with the Christian Employers Alliance blocks the EEOC from ever investigating the group’s members for gender identity discrimination.

Inside immigration camps, trans women are forced off medications. The effects can be deadly.

Anti-Trans Dem Seth Moulton Loses Senate Primary to Outspoken Trans Ally Ed Markey in a Landslide

Section 28 2.0: A complex web of anti-trans guidance that will make it vastly harder to overturn

Transgender college athlete finds support from teammates, coaches and opponents after transitioning

Welsh government urged to reinstate access to trans surgeries after NHS Wales suspension

Tasmania’s most advanced prohibition of conversion therapy is under threat

How Anti-Trans Activism Uses Feminist Rhetoric

The triumphs, trials and conundrum of Trans+ journalist Jan Morris

Kayra, a 33-year-old trans woman was discovered in Guarujá, Brazil, with a severe head injury described as compatible with crushing. Police are investigating her death as a homicide.

Community rallies to save trans support center for South Asian immigrants amid funding struggles

US Politics

Trans athletes never took over women’s sports. So why is the WNBA in an uproar?

TWIBS: Leor Sapir Gets WPATH Statement Wrong

A Texas university barred a philosophy professor from teaching Plato’s The Symposium as “gender ideology,” and now a federal court has to decide whether Plato is a public menace.

Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has emerged as a vocal defender of transgender rights as he tries to fend off a primary challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.
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Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey is getting a boost from his unflinching backing of transgender rights ahead of Tuesday’s primary.

Transgender student drops lawsuit challenging SC’s school bathroom law

Iowa Dem Candidate Rob Sand: “Girls’ Sports Are For Girls,” Says Critics “Get Mad If You Use This Word Or That Word”

Dayton trans rights rally calls attention to Ohio policies affecting transgender residents

Trump’s HHS built a survey linking trans acceptance to violence. Its authors undercut the conclusions

Nebraska voter sues over transgender sports ballot measure
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Guest Opinion: As the transgender military ban takes its toll, California steps up

Pete Hegseth’s crusade drove a transgender veteran from military service and into homelessness

Republicans are using anti-trans issues in a desperate attempt to motivate their base

Michele Tafoya Wants WNBA Players to ‘Prove’ Their Chromosomes

Trump’s State Department mocks trans people in post about “deadnaming” Lake Ontario

Donald Trump said in an interview yesterday that voters should treat the 2026 midterms as if he is on the ballot, while bringing up how he is going to make “transgender… end.”

Pediatrics Association Tells Transphobes Not to Use Its Name to Push for School Sports Genital Exams

The initiative campaign seeking to bar trans students from girls’ sports in Washington says it will not comply with a request from the American Academy of Pediatrics to remove mention of the medical group from its entry in the state voters pamphlet.

NHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of Welsh Gender Service with immediate effect

Trans woman Anaya Bangar is eligible to compete in the female category of her sport, Cricket Australia has announced.

From Online Lies to Offline Harm: How Anti-LGBTQI+ Disinformation Is Fuelling Hostility in Southern Africa

Why Discord Became Such an Important Space for Trans People

UN asks Portuguese parliament to withdraw gender identity bills
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has urged Portugal’s parliament to withdraw or substantially revise proposed laws that would roll back the country’s 2018 gender self-determination legislation. In a letter to parliamentary president José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, Türk warned that the bills could conflict with Portugal’s obligations under international human rights treaties.

US Politics

Trump asks Supreme Courtto intervene ahead of trial so the Pentagon can fire transgender troops

Wyoming lets people stand their ground. A judge will decide if that law extends to this transgender woman

Laramie transgender woman awaits ruling on Wyoming ‘Stand Your Ground’ claim
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HHS Issues False Report Linking Support For Gender Affirming Care With “Authoritarianism” And Violence