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Transgender News May 5

Egyptian court victory for trans people seeking gender transition

Transgender man signs with Minnesota Aurora women’s team

For the first time in its history, the San Antonio City Council on Tuesday issued a proclamation recognizing Trans History Week, May 4-10.

Medical Board of Australia and Ahpra respond to The Australian’s anti-trans critisim

Dominique Jackson Puts a Trans Twist on the Devil Wears Prada Cerulean Monologue

Murry Foust, Trans Student at Northern Kentucky University, Has Gone Missing

In a joint statement released on Sunday, trans activist and actor Indya Moore and the nonprofit The Okra Project issued a joint statement expressing sadness and sympathy for its former executive director, Dominique Morgan.

Planned strike at transgender advocacy group called off after last-minute tentative deal

Luca RedBeard, Transmasc New Mexico Farmer, Fatally Shot in Apparent Homicide

US Politics

Smith College Faces Federal Investigation for Admitting Trans Women

DOJ Launches Anti-Trans Investigations Into 36 Illinois School Districts Over Bathrooms And Books

Alberta judge denies effort to amend court challenge against province’s transgender law

Rhode Island’s Child Advocate went to court on Monday, asking the federal court in Rhode Island to quash the Justice Department’s subpoena seeking invasive, individualized information about transgender minor patients receiving gender-affirming medical care.

Videos

The Strange Dissociation of Living Slightly Out of Sync

Dr. Helen Webberley sits down with Matthew Hodson for a conversation about growing up gay under Section 28, and the parallels to being trans today.

“If you’ve been going back and forth on whether you’re a crossdresser or a trans woman, you’re not alone”

Transphobe Jailed For Harming Children

Transgender News May 4

The clinical symposium where cisgender doctors formed the UK’s gender identity clinic

Ten notes on gender-critical complaint

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has updated its Code of Practice. Details are not yet confirmed but it’s widely believed that the new Code will allow for single-sex spaces (such as toilets, changing rooms, and refuges) to be restricted based on “biological sex”.

Playing the Hand You’re Dealt: Finding Strength in Adversity

Nepal: Transgender Rights Progress Stalls

Transgender student sues Hong Kong school over ‘discriminatory’ hair policy

US Politics

New Mexico becomes refuge for transgender care

Democrat Tina Shah calls transgender healthcare for children a ‘no-brainer’ in competitive NJ House race
Link to transphobic site

Transgender News May 3

In the Crosshairs: Why Transgender People Need a United Queer Front

“The British charity named after a riot started by trans women just told us not to worry. Here’s why I am worried anyway.”

Under New Extremism Laws, LGBTQ Russians Must Fight to Survive

What a Trans Man Taught this Gay Man About Love

“Every single trans person I know has improved my life. Like a unicorn’s horn, they’ve purified the water around them.”

Blessed Madonna calls out Róisín Murphy after new trans comments

Uproar ensues after trans artist in Ghana says she’s an anti-LGBTQ+ politician’s “lover”

Tommy Dorfman shames plane passenger for transphobic texts

US Politics

Trans people could soon be banned from homeless shelters

Tennessee to track transgender patients, put trans women in male prisons

Tennessee’s trans data bill a frightening omen

Trans woman says it was ‘hell’ in ICE detention center men’s unit

Advocates demand more funding for trans initiatives in NYC budget

Transgender News May 2

Botswana is moving forward on LGBTQ+ rights. The U.S. is regressing

Non-binary Russian Doll actor sues NYC hotel after being ‘forcibly removed’ from women’s restroom

Graham Linehan’s conviction for damaging transgender activist’s phone overturned
Transphobic language

Meta’s independent Oversight Board has overturned the removal of an Instagram post celebrating lesbian relationships, issuing a pointed rebuke of the company’s handling of LGBTQ+ content and warning that Meta continues to make “repeated errors” when moderating queer self-expression online.

What Rights Have Been Taken From Transgender People?

New research challenges claims that exercising in chest binders is unsafe

Wes Streeting insists he’s not ‘God botherer who has issues with trans people’ in meeting with bereaved mother Caroline Litman

Caroline Litman met with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and James Palmer, Director of Specialist Services for NHS England.

«If you make it so people can only see trans women when we’re fetishized in porn, then fetishizing us in porn is the only way trans women eggs can see people like themselves.»

Gender diversity in the UK can be traced back to Roman Britain, archaeology shows

US Politics

Ohio Republican introduces yet ANOTHER anti-trans bill, this time targeting adult insurance coverage

DOJ Files In Texas To Force RI Hospital To Hand Over Trans Patient Lists In Judge Shopping Move 1,800 Miles Away

Michigan Dem claims trans primary opponent violated law by not running under deadname

Now Trump’s DOJ is investigating 36 Illinois school districts over LGBTQ+ content

Republicans attach five anti-LGBTQ riders to State Department funding bill

Transgender News May 1

“Where Did the Nonbinary People Go?” They’re Right Here, Seeing Your Posts

People ask what it is like getting gender confirmation surgery, and in the age of social media it is a big deal.

Kim Petras Says Website Was Hacked, Disables Chat Room After Post Slamming Nicki Minaj: Rep

Mozaic, an advocacy program at Equitas Health, is advocating for transgender Ohioans’ legal and healthcare rights through grassroots advocacy work.

Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, VCU research finds


First Transgender Miss Maine USA Contestant Isabelle St. Cyr Announces She Will Return to 2026 State Pageant

US Politics

‘Every body is a rugby body’: US women players fight for inclusivity after trans ban

Mississippi becomes 10th state to ban gender marker changes on ID, and sets draconian legal precedent

Why Riley Gaines, lawmakers are wrong about trans women | Letters

Red State Sued Over ‘Punitive’ Bathroom Law

Trans people could face up to five years in jail if they “knowingly” enter public bathrooms.

Trans man forced to leave Idaho to use public bathrooms joins lawsuit against state

Trump Nominates Anti-Trans Fox News Contributor To Be Surgeon General

ACLU And Lambda Legal Launch Court Challenge Of Idaho’s Extreme Bathroom Ban

How the FBI Turned a Custody Dispute Into Cheap Anti-Trans Fodder

US considering transgender content warnings for tv shows

Federal Judge Says Oregon Must House Trans Inmates by Gender Identity, Not Trump’s Policy

Transgender News April 30

Ukraine’s new Civil Code risks turning back the clock on LGBTQ and trans rights

It’s Crazy How Everyone Thinks You’re Doing Great. When no one knows you’re trans and miserable.

TransLucent Steps Up to Safeguard Trans Inclusion at Hampstead Heath

Complaint submitted over bias in parliamentary conversion practice briefings

TILDE celebrates trans and gender diverse cinema with a powerful program screening across Melbourne

LGBTQ People Face a Mental Health Epidemic. Help Uncloseted Expose the Crisis

Advocacy groups issue US travel advisory ahead of World Cup

Trans Powerlifter JayCee Cooper Reaches Settlement With USA Powerlifting

Currently in production, Dance of Identity is an intimate documentary chronicling the life of Sophie, a transgender woman from Yorkshire, and her partner, Sandi.

US Politics

Transgender rights activists call out Baystate for ending care

‘They Picked on the Wrong Kid’: California Families Speak Up for Trans Athletes

Judge orders Oregon to reassess transgender prisoner housing

New Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban With Clever Mechanism Close To Passing

Trump targets where transgender people can be housed in an emergency

Transgender woman alleges abuse inside Arizona ICE detention

DelawareRep. Sarah McBride reflects on first year in Congress amid political backlash

Teacher fired for reading LGBTQ+ children’s book takes fight to Georgia Supreme Court

Video

The Political Betrayal of the Trans Community: Gavin Newsom

Transgender News April 29

Trans Youth And Doctors Joined Forces In Protest Of An Anti-Trans Panel At Pediatric Conference

Sussex University has overturned a £585,000 fine from England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims that the university breached free speech regulations in a case involving its former professor Kathleen Stock.

Proposed new civil code will distance Ukraine from EU accession. The provisions would significantly undermine the rights and legal security of LGBTI people.

USA Powerlifting Settles Case With Trans Athlete JayCee Cooper

Why Masc Survivors of Sexual Assault Feel Invisible

The Horrifying Consequences of the FWS v SGM Supreme Court Judgment – an overview of the massive amount of damage to British Society following the highly controversial judgment.

The Fetishization of Trans Women: Empowering or Objectifying?

The New York Times Quotes Trans People Less Often Than Other Major News Outlets

R (Sussex) v Office for Students (OfS) and FDU is a 2026 High Court judicial review concerning the limits of regulatory power over university equality policies, academic freedom, and free speech.

The case arose from a record £585,000 fine imposed by the OfS on the University of Sussex in March 2025, following a three-and-a-half-year investigation into the treatment of gender-critical views on campus, specifically relating to the resignation of Professor Kathleen Stock in 2021.

The ruling is a loss for GC transphobes.

A Mere Solicitor writes about this here.
Original Bluesky thread.

Dylan Mulvaney Reveals “Unkind” Critiques She’s Received As A Trans Broadway Star

US Politics

US Supreme Court turns away another parental rights dispute on gender-identity policies in schools

US Supreme Court rejects bid to punish school for respecting trans student’s identity

West Virginia court ruling limiting adult gender-affirming Medicaid coverage could have national impacts

Fed to Remove Housing Protection for Trans Americans

A 60-year-old transgender woman in South Dakota explains why every feminist alive needs to pay attention right now.

Tennessee Gives LGBTQ+ Folks Yet Another Slap in the Face. Governor Bill Lee renames Pride Month “Nuclear Family Month.

Democracy Forward files FOIA request for State Department bathroom policy records

Some GOP lawmakers are pushing for a nationwide “Don’t Say Gay” bill, doubling down on their commitment to being the party of “traditional family values” by excluding anyone who does not identify with their sex at birth.

President of Puerto Rico’s Senate Is Livid Over Trans Miss Universe Contestant

Transgender News April 28

Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, VCU research finds

“there is an assumption external to the community that trans healthcare is a nice to have optional extra rather than life affirming care that alleviates suffering.”

Minnesota town honors one of America’s earliest rural Pride movements with new monument

Fears sale of Tasmanian hospital puts gender affirming care and womens health at risk

Advocacy group Parents of Trans Kids Speak Out is calling for urgent action in Queensland following the Australian Human Rights Commission’s release of the Equal Identities report.

Villano Antillano Says Anti-Trans Movement Is on Its Last Legs

Some women have penises, and some men have vaginas

Two more Women’s Institute branches vote to close over trans ban

Hate Group Affiliated Academics Face Outcry at Medical Conference

A queer transgender researcher reads the “LGB Drop the T” argument against the historical record.

Marina Summers Will Be First Trans Woman to Host Miss Universe Philippines

US Politics

After failing in Senate, Josh Hawley urges House to ban funding for trans youth healthcare

Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Trump Admin Proposes New Rule to Eliminate LGBTQ+ Housing Discrimination Protections, Force Homeless Shelters to House Trans Women with Men

A special election in the district home to the Stonewall Inn is raising big questions about LGBTQ+ representation, political values, and who gets to speak for queer New Yorkers.

Texas Tech University bans teaching, researching LGBTQ+ topics

A fight for transgender inclusion in high school sports comes to Oakland

Transgender News April 27

Trump’s ATF accused of trying to ‘intimidate’ transgender gun owners after LGBTQ+ clubs see ‘explosive’ growth

Queer horror fans, a new Australian horror film is turning heads and stomachs with its confronting take on gay conversion therapy.

Public support for transgender women in sports dropped significantly between 2019 and 2024

Transgender Composer’s Music Brings Life, Joy, and Faith to Her Catholic Parish

Operation Lifeboat exists to meet transgender Kansans where they are. 

Anine Hartmann and Frende Lorentzen have published an opinion piece today where they ask whether the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten is importing anti-trans hate, helping a Britsh anti-trans activist.
Google translation

Being transgender defines its own loneliness.

US Politics

Pa. senators passed a transgender female athlete ban. Will the House take it up?

Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2026

 A proposal to bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports in Washington has failed for the second year in a row

Visual maps of gender and sexuality (and other LGBTQ news)

Visual tools to teach about gender, sex and sexuality have existed for over a hundred years, despite recent backlash

Eli Erlick traces a lineage from Magnus Hirschfeld’s 1923 diagram, through Harry Benjamin’s 1966 Sex Orientation Scale and Virginia Prince’s 1965 charts, to the transgender umbrella and the many educational graphics of the 1990s and 2010s. Some older models were flawed and hierarchical, but they show that people have long tried to understand gender diversity visually.

“I feel it is vital that trans people and trans allies start publicly reclaiming trans identities from those who rhetorically dismiss trans people and those who seek to erase trans people from the public sphere. “
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Decolonisation in Reverse: India’s 2026 Transgender Amendment Actand the Return of the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act Rationale

UK sports organizations are facing mounting legal pressure over transgender inclusion policies following a recent Supreme Court ruling. 

I’m a Trans Van-Lifer Completely Obsessed with San Francisco!

US Politics

Critics Slam FCC Move to Update Ratings System to Include Trans Content Warnings

An Uncloseted Media and LOOKOUT investigation has found that more than $7 million of funds for specialty license plates have been funneled to groups notorious for their anti-LGBTQ policies.

Restrictions on Transgender Students Violated Law, New York Finds
Archive

Videos

The U.S.’s Massive Hunt to Find the Head Gay Person So They Could Find All the Gay People

“It’s time to break down the harmful claims spread by Helen Joyce about trans people and set the record straight with facts.”

Talia, a trans woman from Illinois, calls in to argue that trans people should base their right to use gendered spaces on social perception and passing rather than self-identification. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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