Transgender Report

How One Woman Is Using the UN to Attack Trans Rights Worldwide

The Real-World Harm of Gender-Critical Ideology: A Response to Reem Alsalem

Two new articles argue that Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, has used the prestige of her position to lend credibility to anti-transgender campaigns. 

Erin in the Morning examines how her claims have entered political and legal debate, including recent US Supreme Court cases concerning transgender athletes.

TransLucent argues that portraying trans inclusion as a threat to women has contributed to worsening public hostility in the UK, stalled legal recognition, restricted healthcare and growing uncertainty over access to toilets, shelters and other public spaces.

Just like eugenics sex realism is pseudoscience

English schools to segregate Trans+ kids from toilets – including those who’ve already transitioned – from September

I’ve been afraid of toilets for years, but now with the EHRC code – I want to fight back

South Africa: Members of Discovery Health Medical Scheme have voted in favour of reviewing how the Scheme provides access to healthcare for transgender and gender-diverse members.

New research shows women are moving away from heterosexuality

“An Annotated Litany of Explanations for Why I Am Not Really Transgender”

Hollywood stopped making films with trans characters as LGBTQ+ representation declines

Amnesty: Like a Snowball: the Growth and Impact of the Gender Critical Movement in the UK

US Politics

Judge presses Trump administration over revoked retirements for transgender Air Force troops

Trans org shares community-sourced inclusive bathroom map: “Our communities need practical tools”

LGBTQ+ group backs Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for Senate over lesbian Rep. Angie Craig

Maine: Private religious schools that receive public funds must follow state laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation or religion, a federal court ruled last week.

Update: Judge denies WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas

Researchers find trans men may miscarry at higher rates & issue “urgent” call for more research

New Review Highlights Challenges Facing Pregnant Trans Men

A major new science review has found that a small but significant number of trans men and other transmasculine people become pregnant and have children, but that medical knowledge about their experiences remains surprisingly limited.

Transmasculine pregnancy—Occurrence, associations, and outcomes: A quantitative systematic review

(The photo is of Logan Brown from Glamour Magazine 2023. He is not associated with this study).

Elon Musk’s AI helped stepdad make 7,000 sexual images of 11-year-old stepdaughter, lawsuit says

‘Complete nonsense’: Hochul fires back after Blakeman defends anti-LGBTQ Catholic nursing home

The journalistic verdict on this year’s Trans March in San Francisco has been rendered: The trans community has been found guilty of being too radical, too frightening, too destructive. For those in attendance, this picture feels unfair and one-sided.

LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream movies hits record lows, study finds

YMCA Faces Pressure to End Transgender-Inclusive Policies

Montana court orders state to pay $1.3M in transgender care case
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Movies: ‘She’s the He’ brings gender-bending twist to teen comedy genre

US Politics

Incumbent Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey eviscerated Congressman Seth Moulton on his fairweather allyship for the trans community in a televised debate this week. Both lawmakers are vying for the Democratic Party nomination in this year’s Senate race.

What to know about hospitals’ reduction of gender-affirming care for youth

Florida can pursue lawsuit against group over trans youth care, US court rules

Bracing for Idaho’s new ban, group maps safe bathrooms across the state for trans people

Judge considers WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas, ruling expected Friday

“Fascism”—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist

Court blocks Florida’s Stop WOKE Act in colleges, calling it “breathtaking” overreach

Trans and starting testosterone? It doesn’t have to mean losing your hair

From anti-gay to anti-trans: rhetoric’s the same, 40 years after homosexual law reform

‘Gratuitously cruel’: How trans youth became political targets – Stateside with Kai and Carter

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras board has reaffirmed the organisation’s ongoing commitment to trans and gender diverse communities.

Transgender Victoria’s (TGV) annual celebration of trans, gender diverse and non-binary people has a new category. Nominations are now open for the 2026 Trans Visibility Awards.

“America’s most famous loser”: Riley Gaines mocked after anti-trans tirade against Elliot Page

Human Rights Campaign hires Obama, Harris veterans for 2026 LGBTQ+ rights fight

Bombshell Transformations Specializes in Trans Glow-Ups

The journey of Bobbie Simpson: Transgender woman making strides on school board in deep red Shasta County

US Politics

Florida: Visibility and silence: Inside the current climate for transgender students at UNF

New Hampshire governor signs law forcing schools to out transgender students

Transgender teen drops out of Irish Dance meet in Orlando. Florida’s Attorney General had threatened legal action against the event’s sponsors

Texas Tech sued for erasing LGBTQ+ people and Black history from university classrooms

MAGA Pride attendees confronted with Trump’s LGBTQ+ record dismiss it as fake news

Court issues major blow to DeSantis’s “Stop WOKE Act” & calls it “a breathtaking assertion of power”

NCAA Won’t Change Trans Athlete Policy After Supreme Court Ruling

Is the EU a safe place for transgender people?

‘Hiding his face’: India’s new transgender rules worry doctors, disrupt care

The gender critical twisting of language

Vera Drew’s Found-Footage Horror Comedy Trandemic Could Be Our Next Indie Horror Obsession

‘Trans Insurgency’ tees help support Brisbane protest

Stonewall Inn owners say JK Rowling has ‘damaged LGBT people globally’
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A Springfield man accused of repeatedly filming, following and harassing a transgender person has been placed on five years of supervised probation.

UK: No “Carve Out” For Parents In LGBT Conversion Practices Ban, Says Minister

US Politics

Inside Kansas’s Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Driver’s Licenses

Transgender Students Deserve Day in Court on Athletic Advantage

The Supreme Court left open the question of whether states are required – rather than merely allowed − to keep transgender women and girls off female teams. That legal issue is working its way to the court.

Sarah McBride wants to ‘pull the emergency brake’ on ‘cynical’ Donald Trump in midterm elections

Yes, Graham Platner is a Trans Ally. Yes, He Says What You Want to Hear. That Doesn’t Make Him Any Less Unfit for Office.

IL Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Protecting Trans Patients By Removing Testosterone from Govt. Monitoring Program

Brett Kavanaugh’s Anti-Trans Ruling Takes a New and Disturbing Turn. The justice’s rhetoric is dehumanizing and unscientific.

UK: A teacher allegedly called LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill.” His punishment is gonna sting.

Trump’s ATF Floating Rule To Ban Trans People from Buying Guns

U.S. Federal Courts: Three overlooked court rulings limited White House anti-trans policies

As the Trump administration has pursued policies aimed at weakening transgender rights, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took steps to affirm nondiscriminatory healthcare access, including gender-affirming care, for all.

‘They’re in the wind’: How US cuts pushed trans people out of care

Gay, trans women less likely to undergo cancer screening

Vera Drew’s ‘Trandemic’ Wins Transgender Film Center’s Inaugural Found Footage Fund Award

Why “Standing” Matters: The Legal Fight for Trans Rights

Why many trans travelers are now choosing to go by train

NYT Wrote Five Stories on the Trans Athlete Ban Decision. Not One Quoted A Transgender Person.

India Willoughby and Munroe Bergdorf weigh in on Andy Burnham as PM: ‘Cautiously optimistic’

UK: Urgent Travel Advisory Issued for Trans and Gender Diverse People.

Powerful trans theatre collaboration ‘Thirty-Six’ makes its Sydney debut

US Politics

New Jersey: Edna Mahan inmate appeals dismissal of transgender housing suit

After filing a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Defense, James Dale argues the public deserves to see its agreement with Scouting America — and reflects on the unexpected legacy of the Supreme Court decision that bears his name.

Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings argues LGBTQ+ advocates didn’t “tee up” the Supreme Court’s latest trans rights case—they were forced to defend a community under relentless legislative attack.

Federal probe into transgender use of NC school bathrooms raises legal issues

DOJ, HHS, FTC, FDA: The alphabet soup of efforts to restrict gender-affirming care

Ohioans Deserve an Explanation from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur on Her Anti-Trans Vote

Gavin Newsom signs budget with $26M safety net for trans youth care amid Trump cuts

SCOTUS takes up “parents’ rights” case that could take away gender affirming care from trans teens

Oklahoma Effectively Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults

The Christopher Street Project joined prominent Democrats in calling on Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner to step aside less than two weeks after endorsing him as a fighter for transgender rights.

GOP governor signs bill forcing trans inmates to detransition

Maine fights back after Trump’s DOJ demands confidential records of trans inmate

New Trump Administration Rule Aims to Erase Trans People from Many Areas of Public Life

Videos

The Unhinged Detrans Grifters Who Got The Fight They Were Looking For

The Supreme Court just handed down another anti-trans ruling, saying that barring trans kids from sports is not discrimination. Movement-building reporter Lex McMenamin joined Francesca to talk about the scapegoating of trans people to further justify fascism.

The Inconvenient Truth About Advocacy Disguised as Analysis
Valiere has written a interesting, thorough and well documented rebuttal of a transmedicalist conspiracy theory. Valerie argues that Dr. Laura Targownik’s recent writing on pediatric gender-affirming care presents itself as careful, evidence-based analysis while, it is actually advocacy for transmedicalist restriction and gatekeeping. Bookmark the article for its well researched references.

The Men’s Movement is failing trans people

TransLucent Launches Legal Challenge Against EHRC Code of Practice

Hateful content removal on Meta has dropped 79% since ammending LGBTQIA+ policies

Is Steam blocking LGBTQ+ content in China?

New research has uncovered persistent disparities in preventive cancer care across different sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) populations.

US Politics

Some transgender people in Lawrence feel Kansas law is pushing them out

The Degradation Of Trans Rights Since 2020

White House brands Smithsonian’s American history museum leaders as ‘extreme’ activists

Massachusetts officials remain undaunted by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows states to keep biological males from participating in women’s sports.

We have a new batch of GOOD transgender news for you!

What Does It Take To Erase a Human Being? A Trans Woman? You, Me?

City apologizes after police forcibly remove law-abiding trans woman from nude beach

On the Day My Trans Son Started Gender-Affirming Care

Mr Burnham backtracked on his support for trans rights, saying “the time has come” to protect single-sex spaces. Bev Craig, who hopes to succeed him as mayor, has refused to go back on her claim that “trans women are women, trans men are men”.

India: Anaya Bangar Undergoes Transgender Verification Test; Says She Was ‘Asked To Undress In Front Of Male Doctors, Felt Exposed’

The All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA-NAPM) has submitted an appeal to the Election Commission of India to prevent large-scale disenfranchisement of women and transgender persons.
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US Politics

The most powerful statement LGBTQ+ people can make is not just to march, but to govern

A lawsuit has been filed against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, accusing her of incorrectly using a court settlement to disqualify a ballot initiative that would enact restrictions on transgender athletes.
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Patriotic Trauma: July 4th Through a Transgender Lens

Elections amplify the key challenges that trans people face every day

Officials who freaked out over library’s Pride display may have broken the law in quest to remove it

Supreme Court reform isn’t the answer to the trans sports ruling

Saluting the Flag of a Nation that Hates You

Patriotism means criticizing America and making it better

A transgender fencer lost her team. Now she’s rebuilding at UConn.

New California Bill Backs Transgender Veterans After Military Ban

Platner shows Susan Collins how LGBTQ support is done

Socialist candidate Francesca Hong appeals to MAGA voter but avoid commenting on transphobic statement, NYT implies.
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The fact is that Hong supports trans people.

Illinois removes Testosterone from controlled substance list; requires insurance to cover HRT stockpiles

Victoria Cruz, Veteran of the Trans Rights Movement, Dies at 79
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EHRC says ‘sex questioning’ will be “rare and exceptional” – but evidence suggests it’s increasing already

Trans kids are being hit by waves of hostile policymaking – they need our help

Transcendent – a tough but important read. Laverne Cox’s memoir recounts horrific abuse as a child.

How the EHRC rewrote its dispute with the United Nations

Who is Elliot Page really playing in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’?

On Invisible Men and Promoting Trans Awareness

Parvathy articulates her strong stance on transgender rights, LGBTQ+ visibility, and the accountability of Bollywood filmmakers and actors.

Despite persistent bigotry, transgender wrestler Chelsea Marie is succeeding

US Politics

Are State Courts More Protective of Transgender People than Federal Courts?
As the U.S. Supreme Court deals another blow to trans rights, a new survey finds that almost 55 percent of related state cases from 2022 to 2024 had a positive impact on trans lives.

Trans Troops Lawsuit Granted Class Action Status

Close to Home: I am a woman. The Supreme Court doesn’t get to decide otherwise.

Conservatives seek blue-state bans on trans athletes in wake of Supreme Court win
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The Trump admin went so far Thursday night that even Judge Reed O’Connor put a case on hold

Penn faculty members reflected on the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Australia: LGBTIQ+ groups and women’s organisations have called out the Coalition’s Bill to redefine ‘sex’ as it undermines the privacy and safety of all women, and strips trans people of basic legal protections.

Australia: Say f*ck you to Pauline by supporting these trans organisations

When Allyship Looks Different: 9 People Showing Up for the LGBTQ+ Community

Oslo University Hospital retracts articles about gender incongruence. “We apologize to individual patients and affected organizations.”
Google translation.

Annie Harmann comments:
“We will follow up on the investigations by the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, as well as the completion of the investigations into the final four researchers.”

PKI is The Patient Organization for Gender Incongruence in Norway.

US Politics

Maine’s highest court hears arguments to determine future of anti-transgender ballot initiative

Democrat denounces “rush to moralize” on trans sports participation: “We miss some of the nuance”

What will happen to trans rights if Dems take the White House? The UK could hold the answer.

New Jersey becomes latest blue state to pass health care shield law for trans care & IVF

The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law
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California approves millions in funding for trans health care in state budget

In SCOTUS Anti-Trans Decision, Christian Right Sees Path to Ending Obergefell

Maine refuses to comply with DOJ subpoena for trans prisoner’s confidential records

Trans Girl Defeated At Supreme Court Receives Tear-Jerking Letter From A Gay Man Who Lost Too

Transgender patients seek to hold Children’s Hospital Colorado in contempt

Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment

Missouri Becomes Latest State to Begin Medically Experimenting on Trans Prisoners, in Defiance of Longstanding Court Ruling

As transgender troops leave the military, California seeks to help them start new lives

Federal judge blocks DOJ from getting its hands on trans children’s private medical records

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