Transgender Report

Japan: Politician ordered to pay ¥1.1 million for outing author as transgender

Is Erika Hilton the Most Powerful Trans Woman on Earth? Brazil Just Answered

Patrick Stewart ‘treasured’ LGBTQ+ people; they felt the same

Both Of Her Kids Came Out As Trans. Here’s The Crucial Advice She Wishes She Had At The Time.

Let’s examine the behaviour of Helen Joyce and Maya Forstater to understand their motivations and objectives behind their registered “human rights” charity. Sex Matters.

Female student sues on Title IX grounds after being banned from playing male lead in school musical

The transphobic political playbook is older than you think

No, Democrats have not turned their backs on trans people

Trans-Led Cadillac Pride Builds Queer Community in Northern Michigan

Trans activist Yaya Mavundla opens up about transition journey and ongoing transphobia in South Africa (PAYWALL)

Poll finds Americans wildly overestimate number of trans athletes in US college sport

Halloween Is the One Night Everyone Understands Gender Expression

New Study Links Brain Activity and Childhood Trauma in Trans Women

10 Black Transgender Men Who Have Shaped LGBTQ+ History in the 21st Century

US Politics

Trans woman says ICE agents released her after confirming she’d had bottom surgery

Revealed: GOP Group Tied to Mysterious Trans Student Messages

GOP women’s group behind fake transgender mailer campaign
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If Democrats win big in Congress, what can they do for queer and trans rights?

Beloved Georgia librarian fired for displaying trans-inclusive children’s book sues county, library system

Ahead of midterms, Missourians defend transgender healthcare

Trans Arizonans Can Change Birth Certificates Without Surgery, Court Says. The Plaintiffs Still Lost

Gender Justice files discrimination lawsuit after Essentia Health abruptly ends care for transgender teen

A US judge on Thursday ​dismissed a lawsuit accusing the US Federal Trade Commission of launching an investigation into a ‌transgender health nonprofit in retaliation for its advocacy for gender-affirming care.

What LGBTQ+ Americans stand to lose if Republicans win the midterms

A Clash Over Trans Women in Sports Erupts at a Pro Soccer Game
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Drag Queens Issue Cease and Desist to GOP Candidate Over Deepfaked Attack Ad

In Breast Cancer Prevention and Screening, Trans Women Are ‘Invisible,’ Doctors Say

More than 150 people from at least 30 countries gathered in Montreal to strengthen a global effort to preserve LGBTQ+ history online.

Irish organisations advocate for trans inclusion in sport at Oireachtas committee meeting

Anti-Trans Grifters Have an Election to Influence and Books to Sell

“I thought I’d have to hide who I was forever”: Jasper Crawley on coming out, finding community and giving hope to other trans young people (PAYWALL)

J. K. Rowling’s Extremism Escalates in Hateful “Update” on Anti-Trans Views

US Politics

Democrats haven’t yet won control of Congress, but their retreat on trans rights is already underway

Open anti-trans hatred among the Democratic Party is escalating. Too many queer and trans gentry are excusing it.

“I’ve got all kinds of slurs”: Gay Republican allegedly sends hate-filled message to trans lawmaker

Iowa Democrat Josh Turek’s sharp anti-trans pivot isn’t winning over his Republican opponent

Midterms could put LGBTQ lawmakers in committee chairmanships

Trans rights group heads to court over fake election mailers addressed to Texas children

Trump administration seeks researchers to link gender dysphoria to violent crime

The Detransition Roadshow: Regret, Religion and the Republican Party

Red state Democrat praised for “excellent” response to trans rights question: “God bless this man”

Conservatives Turn Rising Trans Diagnoses Into a Scare Story

“I’ve been a trans content creator on the internet for 20 YEARS. And let me tell you… things have changed… A LOT…”

Trans Medicalism is Lame – A Chill Guide

Appearance Matters: Cisgender Prototypicality Influences Hiring Decisions About Trans Women But Not About Trans Men

Op-ed: I’m intersex. Here’s how anti-trans laws are harming people like me

Australia: Parents of transgender children urge MPs to support a ban on conversion practices

Intersex Awareness Day: Dorian Offrè Ntlali’s Journey From Feeling Like a “Weird Kid” to Embracing Difference

Sexist people more likely to support trans sports bans, study finds

Paris Lees to headline Trans Day of Remembrance fundraiser for LGBTQ+ suicide prevention charity

Op-ed: The ‘only two sexes’ argument is a political myth, not a scientific reality

New NHS rules disguise deliberate mistreatment as common sense

Anti-Trans Activists Play Victim After Soccer Confrontation

Brazil’s Lula Celebrates Victory By Kissing Trans Lawmaker On The Cheek

Erika Hilton, one of Brazil’s first trans legislators, celebrates Lula’s presidential victory

US Politics

AOC Defends Trans Rights in Maine: ‘I’m a Girl’s Girl’

AOC Calls Out Democrats Retreating on Trans Rights: “They’re Wrong

“The Democratic Party should, and likely will, win big in the midterms. We must not send the worst anti-trans voices to join them.”

As Trump Attacks His Muslim Faith, Abdul El-Sayed’s Words on Trans Rights Hit Home

Josh Turek ad on transgender issues draws bipartisan criticism

Who sent fake trans advocacy mailers to inflame Texas Republicans? A trail leads to an Illinois printer

The lasting damage of anti-transgender hysteria

Washington Is Voting on Sex Checks for Every Girl on a Girls’ School Team. Two of the Measure’s Backers Spent Friday Night Getting Kicked Out of a Pro Women’s Soccer Game in Oregon.

How will Trump improve women’s health if federal research grants restrict the word ‘gender’?

Trans veteran rips into GOP governor candidate who called her “sir”: “OK, ma’am, f–k off”

Nicki Minaj faces backlash after anti-trans remarks at Trump rally

Ocasio-Cortez Says Democrats Should Stand Up for Trans Americans
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AOC Rebukes Anti-Trans Democrats, Calling Them “Shameful” And “Wrong” For “Scaring So Easily”

What being #intersex may entail.

Joyful noise: Trans choruses are offering safe havens for singers across the U.S.

UK: Trans prison staff “must” disclose identity to manager if they search prisoners under new rules

The BBC was once at the helm of queer TV representation – what happened?

German police raid trans health center over suspected prescription drug trafficking: A ‘violent intrusion’

MoD’s own report warns of ‘adverse impacts’ of new Trans troop segregation policy

Transgender Journalism Faces Growing Threats From AI, Media Cuts and Declining Traffic

Illinois man stands trial for killing of transgender woman Dejanay Stanton

Why No-one Should Be Taking JK Rowling Seriously in 2026

Man accused of killing trans woman to stand trial eight years after fatal shooting

The Gender Police Are Coming, and They’re Bringing Swabs

US Politics

Washington Wants Genital Exams to Keep Trans Girls Out

Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
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Dem Congresswoman Kathy Castor Laughs As She Says She Opposes Trans Inclusion In Sports

Republican Byron Donalds repeatedly misgenders Florida transgender woman who challenges him

The Wyoming company that served as the registered agent for the business listed on controversial transgender flyers mailed to Texas households says it is cutting ties with the organization.

Texas district attorney opens forgery investigation into disputed transgender mailers

Email from man behind transgender athlete ban calls trans Colorado lawmaker slurs

Colorado Medical Groups & Doctors Support Families’ Right to Make Medical Decisions Free from Government Interference

Colorado Voters to Decide on Transgender Sports, Surgery Issues

Bree Taylor May Not Win, but Her Congressional Run Shows Trans People Belong on the Ballot

TWIBS: Moms for Liberty Bullies School Into Harming Trans Kids

Videos

New Ad Calls Out Republicans’ Creepy Obsession with Trans People

Hermaphroditus art often gets filtered through modern assumptions, but the evidence from antiquity tells a different story.

Living Between Crossdressing and Transgender Identity — The Psychological Experience (Video)

This trans woman sold out the lgbtq, now she’s admitting it was a grift

Conservative Parents Lament That Anti-Trans Ads Are Teaching Their Kids Trans People Exist
They are worried the ads might make their children trans.

Streisand Effect? The GOP’s Constant Attack Ads May Be Teaching Texas Kids the Word “Transgender”

Transphobic right wing parents now believe that the Republican anti-trans ad campaigns make their children trans.

This time the enemy is not “the transgender cult” or “gender ideology”, it is the conservatives themselves.

Both Them and Erin in the Morning report on a post in Reddit’s r/Conservative forum in which a Texas parent complained about the sheer number of commercials attacking James Talarico over his support for transgender rights.

‘We want queer voices’: Chicago transgender filmmakers on the rise of DIY, low-poly movies

“Exclusion is drawn out from this rhetoric because the anti-trans fears are easier to articulate and break down, while the trans inclusion milieu relies on a shades-of-grey texture which can be hard to drill down into.”

Advocates “incredibly relieved” after landmark decision in New Zealand overturns puberty blocker ban

Are there really fewer queer teens than there used to be?

Transphobic elitist billionaire J.K. Rowling claims trans rights activism is “elitist to its core”

Who Owns a Trans Person’s Gender After They Die?

‘Decades of dithering’: Humanists’ fight to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy goes’ on display

Kid Cudi Says He’s Looking for Trans Actors the Same Day He Announces Jean-Michel Basquiat Biopic

Bill for non-binary and intersex recognition opposed by Irish government

We Have Evidence that Passability is the Gateway to Economic Freedom for Trans Women

“Eames’s study is the first to specifically demonstrate that…trans women, and in particular trans women who bear more obvious signs of masculinization, are more likely to be screened out early in the hiring process.”

Trans blacksmith forges connections to her body and community in rural Ohio

US Politics

DCCC Releases Its First Anti-Trans Ad, Supporting SC Democrat Nancy Lacore

Texas trans rights group asks court to expose who’s sending fake flyers to outrage conservatives

Trump Justice Department obscures trans victims of prison sexual abuse while singling out trans perpetrators

Jake Thomas of the Oregon Capital Chronicle talks about how Oregon is quietly letting part of its landmark transgender care mandate go unenforced.

Trump calls Democrat Annie Andrews a bigoted anti-trans slur at South Carolina rally for Darline Graham

Bombshell documentary features 3 male sex workers who claim they were hired by Lindsey Graham

“I’m afraid of dying here”: Trans people report “horrifying” treatment in ICE custody

The Threats Facing Transgender News and Analysis (and what we can do about it)

The whole Internet media landscape is changing dramatically, and that has repercussions for media coverage of trans issues as well as transgender content providers. Trans journalists and activists have to adapt to these changes, if they are to serve the LGBTQ community and contribute to the coverage of trans issues.

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When Did Feminism Become So Interested in Other Women’s Genitals?

Australia: NSW Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane is angry about gender-neutral breastfeeding language…

Canadians deserve a prime minister with the political courage to defend 2SLGBTQ+ rights – and the conviction to turn his words into real action.

Los Angeles Reports Rise in Anti-Trans and Homophobic Hate Crimes. Many More May Be Going Unreported

When their trans wife came out, they sought support from others in their shoes. They didn’t find it.

Hunter Schafer calls UK trans bathroom guidance ‘stupid’

“Oscar winner and famously gender-bending performer Tilda Swinton is set to reprise her role as a cross-dressing character named Ella/Max in an off-Broadway production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man at New York City’s Lucille Lortel Theatre in February 2027.”

US Politics

Girls’ cross-country team protests trans teammate as state braces for anti-trans ballot measure

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisoners

Republicans Launch $100M Ads Misrepresenting Gender-Transition Care

‘Invasive and extreme’: doctors fight anti-trans measure requiring genital exams for student athletes

‘This Would Be the Opposite of Protecting Girls Sports’: Colorado Residents Concerned as Ballot Measure Leaves Sex Verification Up to Schools

“The fun wasn’t there anymore”: Teen runners say media circus over trans teammate ruined the season

Trans woman denied accurate license despite birth certificate saying she’s female. She’s suing.

The Republican Fixation on Trans Kids Makes All Kids Less Safe

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