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Transgender News April 23

Once punished for weaving, this Mexican transgender artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance

Conscientious Objection to Gender-Affirming Care in United States Pediatric Residencies

Send a Letter to Tell Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting to Remove Hate Group-Affiliated Panel

LGBTQIA+ employees in France face rising discrimination and assault

Hard-right exploitation of detransition narratives flourishes at event, online

A mom asked the NYT publisher about harm from trans coverage. He defended the process instead
Archive

J.K. Rowling inserts herself, again, in public dispute over transgender rights

Activists have warned that a Constitutional Court ruling limiting the powers of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) marks a setback for LGBTQ+ rights in South Africa.

Navigating Uncertainty: Focus on What You Can Control

You Think the Right Opposes Gay Equality Because of Trans People?

US Politics

Her Case Changed Trans Care in Prison. Now Trump Aims To Reverse Course.

TN: Transgender teachers will no longer be able to ask students and colleagues to refer to them by preferred honorifics such as “Mr.” or “Ms.” if they do not align with their biological sex.

Trump’s FCC Wants Input on Whether ‘Transgender and Gender Nonbinary’ TV Programming Is ‘Appropriate’ for Children

Trump’s FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters

Colorado governor signs law recognizing that trans kids have privacy rights

‘Never Throw Anyone Under the Bus’: Andy Beshear’s LGBTQ Bet For 2028

Pasco school officials dispute viral social media claims about transgender student bathroom incident

Senate Democrats Are Still Waffling When Asked About Trans Rights

Delaware school district remains supportive after Trump attacks on trans students

Videos

Dr. Helen Webberley sits down with Carl Cashman, leader of the Liberal Democrats in Liverpool, for a conversation about trans rights, identity, and the growing cultural divide around both. (Video)

Most US Voters Support Trans Rights, Even Republicans (Video)

Transgender News April 22

T4T Wrestling, a spiritual successor to the now-defunct T Boy Wrestling spearheaded by multi-time QWI Award-winning pro wrestler Kidd Bandit, now has a start date.

Trump’s HHS Report Co-Author Is Headlining a Trans Youth Care Panel At Preeminent Pediatric Academic Conference

Detectives seek information on person of interest in 2020 murder of transgender woman in Pompano Beach

Six years of Lyle Shelton suggesting I’m a danger to children because I’m a drag queen

Transmasc People Have “Chasers,” Too — And It’s Important to Understand Why

Miss Universe Puerto Rico names second transgender contestant

What can science fiction tell us about sex-change and the transsexual experience?

Laverne Cox sees her new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” as a warning against “dehumanization” — including of transgender people.

How to navigate the femme vs masc discourse as a queer woman

US Politics

U.S. Sends Plane to Cuba to Get Child in Transgender Custody Case
Archive

Missouri Republicans advance bill to police trans people’s bathroom access

Washington state: Statewide proposal on trans athlete participation in girls sports fails for second time

Pa. Senate Republicans — again — push forward transgender female athlete ban

Human Rights Campaign targets battleground districts during broader reckoning over LGBTQ+ rights

In Victory for Voters, the SAVE America Act Fails in the Senate

State strikes down Massapequa, Locust Valley school transgender bathroom policies
Archive

DOJ announces its latest criminal target. It’s a nonprofit group that tracks right-wing extremists

Donald Trump met with stunning silence after bragging about banning transgender athletes to college champions

Gov. Janet Mills on Friday denounced a push to keep transgender girls out of girls’ school sports

Courts deliver two trans rights victories — sort of — from out west

New York: State education commissioner orders LI districts to allow transgender students facility access

Trans KC residents say Missouri’s ‘bathroom bill’ would unfairly target them

Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates
Archive

NY: State annuls Massapequa, Locust Valley districts transgender bathroom policies

California: Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Rights in Response to Federal Attacks

Infowars Goes Rainbow (and more LGBTQ news)

The Onion Is Turning Alex Jones’ InfoWars Into a Parody Site With a Rainbow Logo

The onion has bought Alex Jones’ anti-LGBTQ Infowars property and is now selling merch with a new Inforwars rainbow logo. Them breaks down how the deal happened, what the contract actually says, and why the branding move is raising eyebrows in media circles.

Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law breaches EU rules, top court says

New children’s book follows an 8-year-old trans boy on the soccer field

Kezia Dugdale could make Stonewall even more irrelevant
Archive

“Ever since trans women emerged in society their bodies have been sexualised and othered, leading to the mainstream assumption that all trans women desire heteronormative relationships and are hyper sexualised.”

A conversation between Assigned Media and trans historian Susan Stryker.

Balancing Kindness and Self-Care: Mastering the Art of No

Oregon Pays Trans Woman $295K Over Prison Abuse Claims

A transgender Vermont veteran is riding the gravel cycling circuit. Cue filmmaker.

US Politics

The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could shut LGBTQ+ families out of preschool

US Supreme Court passes on case over outing trans students

US Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts school gender-identity policy challenge

Supreme Court to review Catholic preschools’ bid for LGBTQ exemption
Archive

Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates

Three rulings in the past week show the scope and breadth of efforts to fight anti-trans attacks

Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump’s Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats

Appeals court clears path to move trans women into men’s prisons despite sexual assault risk

Transgender News April 20

How two LGBTQ+ Latter-day Saints seek a space in their faith

“…explaining how 18 years on from my surgery my body has healed in a way which is body natural and capable of surprising me to this day.”

Enchanted forest dance party in Richmond celebrates trans joy as ‘act of resistance’

America’s first openly transgender choreographer offers preview of new work

Boebert fires back at Dave Chappelle over ‘weaponized’ transgender jokes

Is Alberta really ‘following the science’ on trans healthcare?

Australia: Lifeblood’s blood donation eligibility expands for gay and bisexual men, transgender people

Transforming Rights: Transgender Lives Against Legal Exclusion| Book Excerpt

In a time when gay rights are under attack in the U.S., a minority of gay American men are still staunch Trump supporters. Why?

Andy Beshear calls out Trump’s abuse of faith while accepting LGBTQ+ allyship award

How an LGBTQ+ center in Georgia is expanding trans medical care while it shrinks elsewhere

New Stonewall chair defends JK Rowling (+more transgender news)

Kezia Dugdale, former Scottish Labour leader, says she feels more scared as a lesbian today and calls for a kinder debate on transgender issues. She is the new chair of Stonewall. She display dangerous naiveté in her acceptance of JK Rowling and TERF complaints.

Opinion: Kezia Dugdale, the new chair of Stonewall, defends JK Rowling and transphobic activists. She has to go.

Asked about JK Rowling’s opposition to trans rights, Dugdale said: “I have a huge respect for JK Rowling. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her before and I think her story and how she came to be this prolific, incredible children’s writer in this city as a single mum writing in a cafe is phenomenal and an inspiration to so many women across the world.

“I think she’s been a really powerful political advocate [for] improving the lot of single mums, making a case for tackling poverty and inequality in all its forms, and there is absolutely a place for her in public life to share her experiences and tell her story and make a difference.”

Comparative Investigation of Nazi Anti-Jewish Propaganda and Laws with Those Directed Against Transgender Communities in the U.S

With DIY HRT website HRT Cafe being taken down, what’s next for DIYers?

Transgender pride ribbons cut down in Pittsford; mayor calls act ‘mean-spirited’

She was killed in the street. Then her reputation was put on trial. In memory of Dannielle Spillman.

Turkey is prosecuting LGBTQIA+ activism as ‘obscenity’

Sabia gets birth certificate; Transgender couple recognised as Parents

‘Completely divorced from science and medicine…’ says SAATHII on India’s new trans law

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 | Meet Roshini, Tamil Nadu’s only transgender woman candidate

No, James Kirchick, ‘New Conversion Therapy’ Does Not Make Gay Kids Trans

Can a Trans Woman’s Desire for Privacy Become Self-Erasure?

Reports of discrimination targeting LGBTQ jumped 81 pct. in the Netherlands since 2022

New York Knicks’ owner James Dolan busted for being creepy & obsessively surveilling trans woman

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
Archive

From Sophie Labelle

Sara Wheeler discusses her new biography of the late Welsh and transgender travel writer Jan Morris

US Politics

“You Voted For This”: People Are Not Holding Back After Caitlyn Jenner Revealed She Can’t Travel Internationally Due A Trump Policy

Trump wants data on California’s trans and abortion care. Can the state stop him?

Trump wants trans health records, but California is trying to stop him

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’

Madison families with transgender youth rallied at the state capitol, demanding UW Health reinstate gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

JK Rowling and Larry Ellison are promoting the exact same kind of anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracies and propaganda that fascists throughout history used.

Transgender News April 18

For Women Scotland one year on: Trans people are not the problem

Philz Coffee CEO restores Pride flags in stores after intense backlash: ‘I made a mistake’

A transgender teen’s case in Ecuador opens path for others seeking legal recognition

Here’s why I’m one of 100,000 women who’ve signed a petition in support of trans people
Archive

We mustn’t overlook the tireless work, activism and progress since the Supreme Court

TWIBS: Dave Chappelle Tells First Good Joke in 20 Years

MTF Transition Timeline: A Guide for Every Step

US Politics

Families left reeling after hospitals in blue states drop transgender care for youth

For 26 years, an Ohio drag queen has hosted a local TV show. A proposed drag ban could end it

The Tennessee legislature has passed the “Charlie Kirk Act,” which, if signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee, would reshape how public colleges and universities regulate speech on campus. But all this “free speech” does not encompass trans people.

Republican attempt to erase trans women could derail long-awaited Smithsonian museum

Gov. Janet Mills on Friday denounced a push to keep transgender girls out of girls’ school sports

Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms

Trump wants data on California’s trans and abortion care. Can the state stop him?

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says

US court allows transfer of transgender women to men’s prisons, for now

Trump admin plans to detransition incarcerated trans people. Is that ‘medical experimentation’?

All Anti-Trans Bills Defeated in Deep-Red Nebraska

Video

What We Found About the Trans Brain Isn’t What You Think

Increased representation and safety, not “social contagion”, explain why more young people identify as trans. The hosts of this video emphasize that transness has always existed, but many lacked language or community to understand themselves. They discuss the dangers of trying to locate a single biological “cause,” noting that such research can be weaponized to gatekeep care, enforce bio‑essentialism, or even justify eugenic practices.

However, better medical understanding, improved care, and validation also help trans people. They look at current scientific findings, including hormone‑receptor polymorphisms and brain‑development theories, while stressing that no definitive “trans gene” or singular brain type exists. Trans people don’t need scientific proof to justify their existence—research should support care, not control it.

Dr. Helen Webberley sits down with Bobby, an advocate working across queer and trans-led art, to talk about identity, community and what it means to live authentically.

Everything Transphobic JK Rowling Did In 2020 – A Deep Dive

See also: Is J.K. Rowling Transphobic? A Trans Woman Investigates

Big trans win in Montana (+more transgender news)

Montana Supreme Court Effectively Strikes Down All of Montana’s Anti-Trans Laws in Unprecedented Ruling

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling

Montana Supreme Court Sides With Trans Residents on ID Documents

Montana’s Supreme Court has handed transgender residents one of the most important state-level legal victories in the United States this year. 

In a 5–2 ruling in Kalarchik v. State of Montana, the court upheld an injunction against a 2023 law defining sex in strictly binary terms, a 2022 birth-certificate rule, and a 2024 motor-vehicle policy that together blocked trans people from obtaining identity documents that matched their gender identity.

NYC Pride grand marshal Peppermint says this year’s focus must include trans people’s humanity

From Tomboy to Trans Man

LGBTQ Catholic groups slam Trump over pope criticism

Belarusian president signs bill to allow LGBTQ rights crackdown

TransLucent would like to congratulate the ‘Not In Our Name” women’s collective on achieving over 100,000 signatures calling for trans inclusion and standing against gender-critical transphobia.

“Getting it Wrong”: The First City-Funded Shelter Focused on the Trans Community is a Nightmare

US Politics

Lawyers ask judge to certify case to protect all trans troops affected by Trump military ban

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has started kicking trans troops out of the military, DOJ says

Georgia Blocks All Anti-LGBTQ Bills For 2026

Anti-Trans Health Secretary RFK Jr. Once Cut Off Dead Raccoon’s Genitals in Front of His Kids

Maine Voters Will Decide Fate of State’s Tiny Number of Trans Student Athletes

Conversion therapy: Science said stop; the Supreme Court said no

We have more POSITIVE transgender news for you! 🩵🤍🩷

Video

Rowan Ellis traces recurring patterns across history, such as the satanic panic, the lavender scare, and anti‑LGBTQ+ hysteria, and shows how fear, misinformation, and media amplification create “folk devils.”

Transgender News April 16

Experts say Canada’s tightening immigration intersects with India’s ‘transphobic’ legislation

In a landmark ruling, the Mexican justice system declared the aggressor of Natalia Lane, a trans activist, sex worker and journalist, guilty of attempted femicide.

Dave Chappelle has lashed out at the Republican Party for campaigning on “transgender jokes,” which he said felt like a “weaponized version of what I was doing.” He is surprised that his transphobia leads to transphobia?

Black transgender women report uniquely inescapable abuse across North Carolina prisons

UK Supreme Court Decision one year on – 365 days of confusion, gaslighting, and fear

Judgment Day: A year after we responded to the Supreme Court’s shock ruling

SAHRC Launches Campaign to Protect Intersex Children’s Rights in South Africa

Black Trans Woman Davonta Curtis Killed in Her Chicago Apartment

TransLucent is disappointed to see that a member of the Women and Equality Select Committee (WESC) has retweeted a post by Scientific Evidence for Gender Medicine (SEGM).

A transgender woman challenges decades of male socialization

Federal Court allows appeal in case over transgender exclusion at lesbian events

Trailblazing trans Brazilian lawmaker refuses to set foot in Trump’s America

US Politics

Colorado Supreme Court May Force Children’s Hospital To Resume Trans Youth Care

Federal appeals court says Trump orders aren’t law, rejects trans athlete ban in Minnesota

Colorado Supreme Court appears split in lawsuit against Children’s Hospital over gender-affirming care

The documentary Fighting to Serve follows Maj. Erica Vandal’s challenge to the trans military ban and the personal toll of her discharge.

California must protect gender care for young people, despite hospitals’ fears

Shannon Minter’s TIME 100 recognition arrives as he fights the Trump administration’s assault on transgender rights.

LGBTQ Hungary after Orban (+more trans news)

Hope for LGBTQ+ Community in Hungary After Orbán Ousted

What Hungary’s Election Actually Means for LGBTQ People

Alejandra Caraballo over at The Dissident:

Magyar’s posture on LGBTQ rights throughout the campaign was strategic silence. He refused to attend the 2025 Budapest Pride demonstration. He declined to denounce the Pride ban by name. His sole public statement on the issue was a generic defense of “the freedom of assembly,” calibrated to avoid handing Fidesz the culture-war provocation they were engineering. Balkan Insight captured the logic precisely: Magyar followed “a strategy of not getting drawn into ideological, identity-politics related issues, in order to win the support of both liberal and conservative voters.”

This strategy won him the election. It also tells LGBTQ Hungarians exactly where they stand in Tisza’s priority stack.

Japan: A transgender town assemblywoman has sued a man she says caused her severe psychological distress through his repeated discriminatory and inflammatory postings on social media.

Thailand conscription sees transgender women draw attention at draft

Australia: The Federal Court has allowed an appeal by a lesbian rights group who wish to legally exclude transgender women from its public events for five years.

South Africa’s only state gender-affirming clinic provides surgery to only four patients a year, while receiving up to ten new referrals a month.

Anti-LGBTQIA+ mob attacks trans people outside Bangladesh police station

Caitlyn Jenner tells right-wing podcast she’s ‘a hypocrite’ to accept ‘Woman of the Year’ award

We Regret to Inform You Fox News Has Discovered the Trans Slang Term “Egg”

I’m a Trans Woman Who Debated Christian Author Michael Brown

Unpacking the Manosphere’s Secret Obsession with Trans Women

US Politics

Arguments over anti-trans ballot referendum highlight impacts on Maine students

Chelsea Manning and Hari Nef Arrested at Anti-War Protest

Conservatives in Wisconsin are suing to stop trans kids from using school bathrooms

June is Pride Month. Tennessee Republicans say it’s ‘Nuclear Family Month’

Trump Is About to Drop a “Nuclear Weapon” on Trans Youth Health Care

Florida AG Targets Pageant Policy as Miss America Pushes Back

“DoorDash Grandma” Goes Viral For Dodging Trump’s Anti-Trans Athlete Tirade

TRUMP: Do you think men should play in women's sports?DOORDASH DRIVER: I really don't have an opinion on that. I'm here about no tax on tips.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-13T16:51:56.729Z

Back in 2018, Dylan (of “Dylan and the Moon”) filmed himself singing the Coldplay song, “Yellow,” while still presenting as a woman. Dylan has made a new video where he sings a duet with his past self.

Pride-flag back over Stonewall (+more LGBTQ news)

LGBTQ+ groups score legal victory over Trump, restoring Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument

The Pride flag will be permanently restored at the Stonewall National Monument after LGBTQ+ groups won a legal settlement against the Trump administration. The National Park Service had removed the flag in February, sparking widespread outrage from advocates, historians, and elected officials who saw the action as an attempt to erase queer history. Under the settlement, the government must reinstall the flag within seven days and cannot remove it again except for maintenance.

LGBTQ+ Christians invited to speak at Baylor University to counter Turning Point USA event

Single and nonbinary? Here are 11 expert-approved dating tips

Sri Lankan government withdraws support for LGBTQ tourism initiative

Animorphs Has Always Been About Anti-Fascist Shapeshifters. The franchise’s vocal trans fandom should come as no surprise.

Viktor Orbán won’t be the last anti-LGBTQ+ strongman to topple

Anti-Trans Campaigning From JD Vance Fails In Hungary: Magyar Defeats Orbán

South Africa LGBTIQ+ Rights Watch: March 2026

US Politics

Idaho’s governor forces doctors & teachers to out trans youth despite abuse risks

Trump budget targets ‘gender extremism’

The GOP has a transgender fixation, and Democrats aren’t helping

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to be honored for standing against anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Alabama: Trans worker fired for ‘bringing morale down’ can proceed with case, court says

The Trump administration is paying trans troops not to work

Trump’s new budget turns the FBI into the gender police

Trump asked an American worker about trans athletes at the White House. It backfired spectacularly

Tennessee Passes Bill That Will Make a Public List of Trans People

Trump Forced to Restore Pride Flag at Historic Stonewall Site

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