Transgender Report

Transgender News August 22

August 22, 2026 / Jack Molay

Metric anxiety is fueling a dangerous decline in quality queer journalism

Not all trans people are the same. “Media, activists need to do more to challenge stereotypes.”

Conversion therapy is evolving. Here’s how the religious right is reaching modern youth.

Gay Comic Matt Mathews Goes on Anti-Pronoun Rant: “We Don’t Do All That S**t.” (BTW, “We” Is a Pronoun)

Warwickshire Pride warns of planned protest by “transphobic hate group” ahead of event

Locum pharmacist was handed a six-month suspension for refusing to dispense prescribed medication to a gender transitioning patient while working at a Superdrug.

Ariana Grande tells Trump ‘never use my music again’ after anti-trans TikTok

US Politics

Indiana: Spat breaks out in secretary of state’s race over Indiana transgender sports ban

Former CIA officers warn Trump’s administration is reviving the Lavender Scare, endangering national security

NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill signs expansive bill to fight back in war on trans & reproductive health care

Colorado to suspend Medicaid coverage for some gender-affirming care for youth due to new federal rule

School district changes trans student policies under threat from Trump administration

Trump-Vance administration’s LGBTQ brain drain: what you need to know

Anti-Trans Ballot Questions: A ‘Trojan Horse’ for Regressive Policies

Missouri Republicans are trying to repeal abortion rights by leaning into anti-trans sentiment

Texas Secretly Started Torturing Trans Prisoners By Forcibly Detransitioning Them ‘a Few Weeks Ago’

12% of American Adults Are Queer (+more trans news)

August 21, 2026 / Jack Molay

Startling new study shows 12% of US adults are LGBTQ+, the highest estimate yet

LGBTQ+ people now make up 12% of adults across the United States, a percentage accounting for roughly 26.5 million people (higher than the entire population of Florida), according to an analysis of U.S. Census data conducted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the HRC’s educational and programmatic arm….The foundation’s analysis estimates that among U.S. adults, 2.34% are transgender or gender expansive, 3.27% are lesbian or gay, and 7.08% are bisexual.

Illustration: Getty

Iowa music teacher says school board denied him a job because he is transgender

Ex-Virginia cop demands $15 million after sharing locker room with trans colleague

Washington: ‘I just fought for my life on my front lawn’: Transgender man attacked with hatchet at South Hill home

Log Cabin Republicans announce they no longer support trans rights

Counter-protest against anti-trans rally is happening in Sydney this Sunday

JK Rowling issues surprising message of support for trans adults

Trans Detransition: What the Data Shows. Research into trans detransition rates in North West Europe.

Conservatives fume over fake claim Disney is making Mickey Mouse transgender

Joe Caslin’s trans mural drawing shortlisted for prestigious Irish portrait prize

A powerful mural created by Irish artist Joe Caslin has been shortlisted by the National Gallery of Ireland for this year’s AIB National Portrait Prize.

US Politics

SC senator threatens Dorchester districts’ consolidation over dispute involving transgender teacher

Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy to expose LGBTQ+ students

Ohio anti-LGBTQ+ hate group co-authors Trump administration ‘report’ alleging gender-affirming healthcare fraud

A Douglas County judge declared the state’s invalidation of a transgender woman’s Kansas driver’s license was likely an unlawful violation of her right to Due Process

Democrats hash out trans rights message in Massachusetts debate

The Trump administration’s threats to defund facilities that treat trans minors is harming intersex youth who also need hormone therapy.

Trans Migrants in ICE Detention Are Losing Their Rights and Medical Care
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Kristi Miller: “there is no robust empirical evidence that trans women increase injury risk to cisgender women in sport.”

Florida voters deliver wins for LGBTQ+ candidates and losses for Moms for Liberty

Moms for Liberty co-founder who had bi threesome rape scandal to lose school board seat

New Jersey shields abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state investigations

Transgender News August 20

August 20, 2026 / Jack Molay

Feminist, human rights and democracy organizations call on all sectors of society to reject anti-gender politics in all its forms

“It is important not to fall into the agnotological trap of thinking that “science” can be divorced from the people conducting the research because all research is conducted with a human in the loop.”

Portland Mom Sues School for Trespassing Her and Teaching Inclusivity

The fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractor

Tasmanian schools inquiry finds LGBTQIA+ students and staff face ‘inadequate’ protections

Trans vet forced to ride electric trike to provide for disabled daughter after state revoked license

UN experts warn UK equality ‘guidance’ on single-sex services could ‘institutionalise discrimination’ against trans people

Robin Ince becomes first patron of trans advocacy group TransActual

On JK Rowling’s role in the transphobic social media ecosystem. (Bluesky)
As web page.

World-renowned visual activist and photographer Prof. Zanele Muholi presents Brave Beauties: Stories of Identity, Visibility & Courage at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg from 20 August to 24 September 2026.

US Politics

New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information

“The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new final rule restricts federal funding for medically necessary healthcare for transgender minors…It’s despicable.”

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles no longer accepts a form allowing transgender Ohioans to change the gender listed on their driver’s license or state ID.

Giovonni Santiago helped create the VA’s first transgender-specific clinic. A decade later, he is watching the government dismantle the system that made its care possible.

Conservative library’s ban of LGBTQ flags backfires as it now faces calls to nix BIBLE from shelves over gory deaths

Anti-Trans Activists In Uproar Over Trans Music Teacher In North Carolina, Propose Gender Dress Code For School Employees

Nevada Woman Goes Viral For Her Pitch Perfect Speech After Noticing MAGA School Board Trustee’s Anti-Trans Shirt

Appeals court allows Trump DOJ investigation of transgender telehealth provider to resume

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Transgender News August 19

August 19, 2026 / Jack Molay

LGBTI organizations calls on Portugal’s Parliament to reject three bills that would dismantle the 2018 self-determination law, reintroduce medical gatekeeping, ban gender-affirming care for minors, and erase protections for intersex children.

When Americans Understand Child Development, They Support Trans Youth. (Keyword When)

BBC online regulation must work for trans audiences too

Who Is Petra Parker? Everything We Know About the Transfemme Spiderverse Sensation

She’s been showing up on my timeline for days, I had to draw Petra Parker ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9y4fAUEThy
— • Ian • (@ianarcanj0) August 16, 2026

Affirming teachers can have the biggest impact on trans kids’ success in school, new study finds

Russian LGBT Network shuts down after court rules it “extremist”

Is Trans Loneliness Causing an Epidemic of AI Use in Our Community?

US Politics

Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club — until conservative backlash hit

Hostile school policies are keeping transgender students out of class

Federal Court Restores Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults in Massive Win

‘High T’ Pete Hegseth hurls anti-trans slur at Iowa State Fair campaign stop while Iran war rages on

WNBA says fans shouldn’t have been told to cover shirts about trans athletes

WNBA Apologizes to Fans Who Were Asked to Cover Pro- and Anti-Trans Shirts. So… They’re Both Allowed?

GOP candidate to replace Ron DeSantis is making trans rights the main focus of his campaign

White House targets gender-affirming care funding, states fight back

A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul
(Paywall?)

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has stopped accepting the professionally-certified form that transgender Ohioans have long used to update the gender marker on their driver’s license or state ID Archive

Democrats Are Trying to Disqualify Trans Candidates. Here’s How.

Democrat Jonah Wheeler Targets ‘Gender Ideology’ in New Video

Open Letter to Dr. Amy Acton: Leave No Transgender Child Behind

Trump cannot strip Obamacare protections from trans people’s healthcare, judge rules

The Trump Administration Launches a New Angle of Attack Against Trans Healthcare

Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients’ records

Trans CIA woman briefed the White House before her identity went public (+ more trans news)

August 18, 2026 / Jack Molay

White House trusted a transgender CIA briefer with the most sensitive secrets until her identity went public

Julia Curlee briefed presidents and became the White House’s senior career intelligence official. Then a far-right campaign targeted her for being transgender.

Trans CIA analyst explains how Laura Loomer got her fired from her job briefing Trump officials

“The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.”
By Julia Curlee (The Atlantic, Paywall?)

Photo:Julia Curlee on Air Force One with the President’s Daily Brief in 2018 (The Atlantic)

Brazil’s new volleyball ban could end trans star’s career in a world first

Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional

Russia censors LGBT topics from Pope Francis autobiography

Inside the Christian ministry accused of disguising conversion therapy as celibacy

30 LGBTQ+ celebs and allies join campaign supporting UK LGBTQ+ youth

Trans Pride Brighton secures £121,278 grant to safeguard community centre for next five years

How the U.S. and Argentina are using similar but different authoritarian weapons against transgender people

Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they ‘feel safest’

High school creates new Pride symbol after tearing down Pride flags

US Politics

“We’re in the middle of a trans genocide,” bi comedienne Margaret Cho says

Evangelical Pastor Turned Trans Politician Talks Plans for Elected Office

Republican Byron Donalds attacks Democrat David Jolly over trans rights in Florida governor’s race

Lawrence transgender woman gets her driver’s license back after the state invalidated it; judge says she’s likely to prevail on her claims
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield cheered a Friday ruling by the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts that found gender-affirming care must still be covered under the Affordable Care Act.

Roger Marshall and Ty Masterson quiver in fear as Kansas faces its greatest threat ever: drag queens

Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US

Transgender News August 17

August 17, 2026 / Jack Molay

Philippines: The Makabayan bloc is seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported attacks on transgender people

The progress trans media representation has made since ‘Ace Ventura’ is being wiped out

Trans+ life in the UK is more than concerning – what next? (Podcast)

Delaware Bar Discriminated Against Trans Woman, Then Retaliated After She Spoke Out, Commission Finds

UK: Point of Pride has opened applications for its Thrive Fund, which helps trans people with expenses not covered by the organization’s other programs.

Why is Sophie Cunningham’s name banned on Reddit? WNBA controversy and transgender sports debate explained
We have many posts with her name in the title, so this can’t be true.

‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America

‘The life expectancy of a transgender woman in the region is estimated to be 35 years. “I am 50 years old.”‘

US Politics

‘What are we going to do?’ The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump’s Medicaid move

Seattle Sets Aside $300K for Transgender Relocation Aid

What trans youth need from Connecticut leaders now

Videos

This Guy Is the Final Boss for Transphobes

The Transphobes Made A Movie (and it’s as bad as you think)

Transgender victory in Argentina (+more trans news)

August 16, 2026 / Jack Molay

Justice Court blocks Argentina’s ban on gender affirming care for minors

Australia: Nominations for the 2026 Trans Visibility Awards close Monday

A Trans Woman Was Stabbed in Her Sleep—Then Misgendered in the Official Account

The Transgender Job Application Dilemma: To Disclose or Not?

South Africa: Opinion | Beyond Rainbow Policies: Why Universities Are Failing Trans and Gender Diverse Students

A mosque built by a transgender person raises questions about faith and belonging in Pakistan

Canada. Demand grows for gender-affirming voice surgery, but access remains limited
Archived

Australia: One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

Young transmascs find a home in Homme football club.

Photographer Indi Setyawan captures an alternative vision of boyhood, inspired by 90s gay youth photography and the fantasy of American college culture

US Politics

Fox News tried to dunk on the WNBA. While the network talks about Caitlin Clark and the trans panic, the league’s popularity is soaring

‘Don’t See an Issue’: Geno Auriemma Breaks Silence on Trans Athlete Debate Weeks After Sophie Cunningham’s Comments

Skip Bayless uses Caitlyn Jenner’s take to justify a trans athletes ban in the WNBA

Transgender athletes are a red herring

Transgender News August 15

August 15, 2026 / Jack Molay

Trans Big Brother star Zelah Glasson fronts LGBT Foundation’s nationwide ‘Hope Starts Here’ campaign

GB News investigated by regulator again, after thousands complain about anti-LGBTQIA+ slurs

Constructing a transgender philosophy of science

Indonesia’s Transgender Community Is Facing Growing Repression

Transgender Visibility Breaks Myths and Inspires Youth

My Transgender Eyes Were Opened by the Penetrating Line of a Poem

‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Loki’ Directors Say They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia: ‘Absolutely F—ing Not’

Canadian director refused to work on new Harry Potter show over ‘transphobia’

US Politics

How will legal challenges fare against CMS rule on gender-affirming care?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District issued an opinion in QueerDoc, PLLC v. Department of Justice

Appeals court revives DOJ subpoena to gender-affirming care provider

Bogus Trump Administration ‘Report’ Launders Reheated Anti-Trans Rhetoric to Attack Transition Medical Care

Vance presses Justice Department to investigate hospitals over transgender care

JD Vance demands that the DOJ investigate hospitals caring for transgender patients

More than a year after trying to force University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to hand over the records of youth receiving transgender healthcare, the U.S. Department of Justice has abandoned its efforts

What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All
Archive

Ex-Congressional Candidate Alice Wade Says Dem Colleague Told Her She “Stood No Chance” Because She’s Trans

Trans activist confronts Dem AG in fiery public protest: “Clinics are dropping like flies!”

“Go Woke, Go Broke” Starting to Choke: Companies That Kept DEI Under Trump 2.0 Fared Just as Well

Caitlyn Jenner has praised two former NBA players who mockingly declared themselves eligible for the WNBA by claiming to identify as women.

Nicole Kidman learned makeup from trans women (+other transgender news)

August 14, 2026 / Jack Molay

In a new profile for British Vogue, the star of Moulin Rouge Nicole Kidman said that she learned her makeup directly from trans women.
Vogue article here.

“I’ve said it before but I used to go to trans clubs. That’s where I learnt to do my hair and make-up. I would sit down as a little freckled-faced red-headed girl and they would make me beautiful.”

Male criminals to be kept in female jails under Burnham’s plan to tackle prison overcrowding

‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: A Ukrainian Trans Man and His Wife Face Excruciating Choices in a Sensitive, Sensuous Drama

Viral Post by Anti-Trans Activists Claims WPATH “Conceded” on Standards of Care

Trans Advocacy was asked by members to write to Amnesty International UK over the withdrawal of its reports on the UK’s anti-rights movement and its subsequent apology to gender-critical organisations.

Fellas, Is It Trans To Be a Pregnant Woman? Anne Hathaway’s Haters Say Yes