Month: August 2024 (Page 1 of 4)

Black trans singer, actress, songwriter, and activist Mila Jam just revealed on Instagram that she voiced and gave her likeness to the first Black trans woman play a character in a Triple-A video game.

• https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/gaming/black-trans-artist-mila-jam-just-made-playstation-history

Another transgender athlete in N.H. allowed back on girls’ team, as school board defies new law

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/30/metro/maelle-jacques-kearsarge-school-defies-transgender-sports/
• Archive: https://archive.is/lBsEj#selection-1723.0-1723.95

Netflix’s new series Kaos features a trans-masculine romance storyline which the actor behind it hopes will provide vital representation for transgender viewers.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/30/netflix-kaos-trans-romance

Top 5 shows featuring transgender leads you should watch

Women’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will from 1900

• https://apnews.com/article/sweet-briar-college-transgender-students-694398c5cf910212924e9bb71b38787e

On September 14 the streets of Washington, D.C. will be flooded with protestors turning out for the Gender Liberation March.

• https://www.advocate.com/election/gender-liberation-march-dc

USA Paralympic volleyball star Monique Matthews a champion for trans visibility

• https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/30/24100796/paralympics-volleyball-monique-matthews-usa-team-lgbtq

Right wing fanatics continue their attacks against trans people in the US

A Charleston transgender man and families across South Carolina are suing the state to overturn a new law restricting gender-affirming healthcare.

• https://www.transvitae.com/south-carolina-transgender-man-leads-lawsuit-against-harmful-health-ban

A School District’s allowing students to keep their gender identity private does not violate parents’ constitutional rights, New Hampshire Supreme Court says

• https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-08-30/nh-supreme-court-upholds-manchester-school-policy-on-transgender-students

Valley advocates react to transgender Texans being blocked from changing their sex on their driver’s license

• https://www.krgv.com/news/valley-advocates-react-to-transgender-texans-being-blocked-from-changing-their-sex-on-their-driver-s-license

Transgender South Carolinians file federal lawsuit against H.4624

• https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2024/08/29/transgender-south-carolinians-file-federal-lawsuit-against-h-4624/75002659007/

Anti-trans laws may complicate access to the ballot for trans voters

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/ballot-access-barriers-trans-voters-states-id-laws/

Georgia Senate Republicans push to further restrict trans women in sports

• https://apnews.com/article/georgia-transgender-women-sports-swimming-0de61f750d82925bd12b3bfe95a8bb99

PoliticsTrump recycles anti-trans right-wing talking points at Moms for Liberty Summit

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/30/trump-recycles-anti-trans-right-wing-talking-points-at-moms-for-liberty-summit/

Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services

• https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2024-08-30/queer-students-look-for-alternatives-after-texas-a-m-ends-transgender-health-care-services

Instead of Ignoring Trans Rights at DNC, Dems Should’ve Vowed to Protect Them

• https://truthout.org/articles/instead-of-ignoring-trans-rights-at-dnc-dems-shouldve-vowed-to-protect-them/

US: Department of Health and Human Services Appeals Nationwide Pause on Trans Health Protection Rule

• https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-appeals-nationwide-pause-on-trans-health-protection-rule

Enough of the oppression olympics, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard argues, who also unmasks LGBT people who betray trans people. (video)

Moving to another city as a transgender individual: This guide offers practical advice on navigating LGBTQ+ spaces, finding trans-specific communities, and making meaningful connections.

• https://www.transvitae.com/making-friends-in-a-new-city-a-trans-persons-guide-to-expanding-social-circles

More transgender news

Fear, frustration linger on anniversary of Missouri laws targeting transgender youths

• https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2024/08/28/missouri-anti-transgender-laws-went-into-effect-1-year-ago/74957817007

Karla Sofía Gascón plays a drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery in a performance that wowed Cannes. Is the academy next?

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/movies/karla-sofia-gascon-emilia-perez-oscar.html

• Archive: https://archive.ph/31OJk

In Close To You, Elliot Page plays Sam, a transgender man living in Toronto making the journey to the small town where he grew up for his father’s birthday.

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/elliot-page-proves-he-is-a-force-in-first-film-since-transitioning/ar-AA1pDDD6

Suzy Izzard stars in Jeff Goldblum’s Netflix series Kaos.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/30/kaos-netflix-reviews

Coroner recommends increasing funding immediately for Victorian Transgender Health & Training Australian GP’s in GAHT

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/victorian-coroner-recommends-increasing

New Hampshire’s legislature, called the General Court, has passed a flurry of anti-trans bills last month, some of which have been signed into law.

• https://thepetershep.substack.com/p/the-transphobic-assault-on-new-hampshire

Three days at a safe place for LGBTQ kids in Texas: ‘I want to exist’

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/texas-lgbtq-camp-19608004.php

Alabama: U.S. Circuit Judge claimed the decision means parents only have the right to get medical treatments for their children that were “in existence as of 1868.”

• https://www.al.com/politics/2024/08/wrong-and-dangerous-dissenting-judges-slam-ruling-on-alabamas-transgender-minors-law.html

Australia: Six Labor MPs including assistant minister Ged Kearney want their government to change its decision not to include gender identity and sexuality in the census.

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/labor-faces-lgbtq-census-backlash/104288430

‘Normalising’ surgeries still conducted on intersex kids despite human rights concerns

• https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/normalising-surgeries-still-being-conducted-on-intersex-children-despite-human-rights-concerns

Barack Obama’s post about Kamala Harris has trans folks wondering something

• https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/memes/barack-obamas-post-about-kamala-harris-has-trans-folks-wondering-something

Anti-trans violence is coming for cisgender women of color, advocates say.

Imane Khelif’s treatment at the Paris Olympics brought gender policing to a global stage. It’s not the first instance — or the last.

“You’re policing now not only transgender people who transition, but you’re policing straight people,. So now we’re going to start policing masculine women and now we’re going to police feminine men? I mean, where are we going with this?” 

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/cisgender-women-of-color-anti-trans-violence/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

More transgender news

“Transing the gay away” is a fear-mongering myth

Sinn Féin faces backlash for approving UK puberty blocker ban in Northern Ireland

• https://gcn.ie/sinn-fein-backlash-puberty-blocker-ban-northern-ireland/

After a court ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed an anti-trans law in Florida targeting youth and adults go back into effect, many providers were forced to end care.

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/transgender-adults-being-cut-from

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson takes one step closer to LPGA card as tour continues gender policy review

• https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/08/27/transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson-lpga-card-gender-policy-review/

At least 18 transgender people have been violently murdered this year so far, and trans people of color are disproportionately affected by violence.

• https://www.abcactionnews.com/life-for-black-transgender-women-in-florida

Ford Motor Company to scale back DEI policies amid right-wing pressure

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/28/ford-motor-company-to-scale-back-dei-policies-amid-right-wing-pressure/

Florida’s recent court ruling allows the enforcement of a controversial ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors and imposes new restrictions for adults.

• https://www.transvitae.com/trans-care-crisis-in-florida-the-latest-legal-ruling-explained

A Republican politician has agreed to pay two drag queens six-figure sums after he falsely accused them of having inappropriate relationships with children.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/27/david-love-200000-drag-queen-story-hour-defamation

Death threats, legal risk and backlogs weigh on clinicians treating trans minors

• https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/trans-minors-treatment-clinicians-laws-bans-rcna164515

The Colorado GOP Chair Who Called LGBTQ+ People “Godless Groomers” Just Lost His Job

• https://www.them.us/story/dave-williams-godless-groomers-colorado-republican-party-voted-out

Julia Serano: Transvestigation refers to the practice of scrutinizing people’s appearances for supposed tell-tale signs that they are transgender.

• https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/why-does-transvestigation-happen

Student charged with raping transgender roommate at Glenmont Job Corps

Trans folks are asking: Is it a bad idea to move to the USA as a trans person?

Trans rights in America are far from perfect, with a record number of more than 600 anti-trans bills in consideration so far in 2024 — 45 of which have already been passed. Still, is living in the United States better for trans people than, say, living in the United Kingdom?

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/trans-folks-are-asking-is-it-a-bad-idea-to-move-to-the-usa-as-a-trans-person

More transgender news

The LDS Church’s latest policy updates have introduced stringent restrictions on transgender members, barring them from key roles and activities.

• https://www.transvitae.com/lds-churchs-new-anti-trans-rules-spark-outrage-and-fear

Today’s battles over issues like gender nonconformity and reproductive rights have antecedents that have been lost or suppressed.

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/02/fierce-desires-a-new-history-of-sex-and-sexuality-in-america-rebecca-l-davis-book-review

• Archive: https://archive.is/x8i1d

Ashley Brundage could become the first openly transgender person to hold elected office in Florida.

• https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/state-house-district-transgender-ashley-brundage-karen-gonzalez-pittman/67-535c242f-25fa-4446-98d8-b4b0ecb2ccf4

• Archive: https://archive.is/hbyBS#selection-1901.14-1901.174

Not very demure: TikTok creator faces a legal battle over her own catchphrase

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/27/demure-mindful-tiktok-lawsuit
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/28/very-demure-trademark-update/

Greenville library relocates all books with transgender themes to adult section

• https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2024/08/26/greenville-library-will-relocate-ya-books-with-transgender-themes/74951869007

Jack Daniel’s have cut their commitments to diversity, after conservative influencer Robby Starbuck threatened to make the company his next target.

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/jack-daniels-caves-to-conservative-influencer-cuts-diversity-initiatives

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum on the very popular 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.

• https://www.out.com/film/channing-tatum-zoe-kravitz-paris-is-burning-praise-criterion-video-watch

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

While other countries have become increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ+ people, Tonga’s laws stand in contrast to a long tradition of fakaleiti.

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/26/tonga-trans-pageant-lgbt-rights

• Archive: https://archive.is/YJeCx

More transgender news

Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson was one of 332 players who played at the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) pre-qualifying last week.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/26/transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson

Transgender students more likely than cisgender peers to seek support from school staff, study finds

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-transgender-students-cisgender-peers-school.html

Alex Consani, a 21-year-old trailblazing model, has made history as the first out trans woman to be nominated for Model of the Year at the 2024 BFC Fashion Awards

• https://www.transvitae.com/alex-consani-trans-woman-nominated-for-bfc-model-of-the-year

How anti-trans policies in Project 2025 could impact all families

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/project-2025-anti-trans-policies-impact-families

Duke University faculty must stop advocating for anti-gay and anti-transgender laws

• https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/08/082624-taylor-coleman-trans-rights

Blue and red states were putting period products in schools — then came the anti-trans backlash

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/period-products-schools-anti-trans-backlash

The BBC has recently hired a reporter with explicit anti-transgender bias to cover Gender & Identity issues.

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/bbc-hires-gender-and-identity-correspondent

Florida is allowed to restrict transgender health care, appeals court rules

• https://www.advocate.com/health/florida-anti-trans-law-upheld

Trump Judge Rules Deadnaming Trans Students Teaches “Tolerance” In Bizarre Opinion

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/judge-rules-teacher-deadnaming-trans

UK Trans Youth Department for Education Protest enters 5th day

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/uk-trans-youth-department-of-education

Australia’s 2026 Census will once again overlook LGBTQ+ people

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/27/australian-census-lgbt

Trans folks are asking: Why are people so mad when femboys come out as trans?

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/trans-folks-are-asking-why-are-people-so-mad-when-femboys-come-out-as-trans

From the Democratic National Convention to gaming— this trans artist is making history.

Mila Jam’s discography is a celebration of identity, love, and empowerment, themes deeply rooted in her personal experiences. “For me, it starts with some of the cliche topics,” she explains. “How [Black trans women] fit in the world, dating, and self-image.”

• https://www.advocate.com/voices/mila-jam-democratic-national-convention

‘You have no idea how important it is to feel that someone cares about you’: Inside a pioneering school for transgender students

• https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/asequals/mocha-celis-argentina-transgender-students-as-equals-intl-cmd

This article delves into the emotional and financial burdens that transgender women face in meeting societal beauty standards.

• https://www.transvitae.com/cost-of-beauty-financial-pressure-and-online-influencers-impact-trans-womens-grooming

The Australian Federal Court called into question the expertise of UK-based TERF activist Helen Joyce in a significant judgment handed down on Friday.

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/uk-terf-dr-helen-joyce-discredited

Trans youth from ‘Trans Kids Deserve Better’ scaled the NHS England building in SE London to demand “access to gender-affirming healthcare for trans children and young people, protection from discrimination and disrespect..

• https://transwrites.world/trans-kids-deserve-better/

Dora Richter – the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery survived the Nazi era.

• Google translation: https://www-rbb24-de.translate.goog/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp
• German: https://www-rbb24-de/panorama/beitrag/2024/06/dora-richter-transgeschlechtlichkeit-drittes-reich-berlin-trans-magnus-hirschfeld.html

Transgender woman reaches final of Miss Universe Mauritius pageant

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/24/transgender-woman-reaches-final-of-miss-universe-mauritius-pageant/

Nepal’s LGBTQ+ Community Celebrates Pride and Honors Queer and Trans People Who Have Died

• https://www.them.us/story/nepal-gai-jatra-lgbtq-pride-commemorate-deaths

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman

• https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/31/nepal-supreme-court-rules-trans-woman-woman

More transgender news

Innovation, Strength, and Love: A Glimpse into the 2024 Translife Awards

A temporary ban on the sale or supply of puberty blockers has been extended to cover Northern Ireland.

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3l8pnld9o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Ftransgender

Trans Kids Deserve Better responds to the ban on puberty blockers by UK government 

Trans men’s existence and accomplishments are often erased from history. Here are just 6 of the many notable trans men in history!

• https://www.instagram.com/p/C-2cna1vbad/?utm_source=ig_embed

As a trans woman who loves motorcycles, Holden has required gender-affirming care and treatments for an accident in recent years, and received a spate of insurance denials.

• https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/23/holden-karau-fight-health-insurance-appeal-claims-denials

Colorado group helps other transgender people escape hostile states, unsafe conditions

• https://www.kxan.com/lgbtq/colorado-group-helps-other-transgender-people-escape-hostile-states-unsafe-conditions

Trans people and issues appeared to be directly mentioned by just two speakers during the Democratic National Convention’s main programming slate.

• https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/dnc-2024-missed-trans-rights-implications-election-rcna167990

How Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, uses art to support trans people of color

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/how-kamala-harris-stepdaughter-ella-emhoff-uses-art-to-support-trans-people-of-color

Anti-LGBTQ+ laws in schools are seemingly “negatively impacting the mental health of LGBTQ+ students,” a new survey from the Trevor Project has found.

• https://www.advocate.com/news/anti-lgbtq-laws-schools-depression-suicide

Remembering Marsha P. Johnson and the importance of protecting Black trans women

• https://www.queerty.com/remembering-marsha-p-johnson-and-the-importance-of-protecting-black-trans-women-20240823

Vanity Williams, a 34-Year-Old Black Trans Woman and Nursing Student, Killed in Texas

• https://www.them.us/story/vanity-williams-black-trans-woman-veteran-nursing-student-texas

The Australian Federal Court has ruled in favor of transgender woman Roxanne Tickle, finding that she was indirectly discriminated against by the social media platform Giggle for Girls

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-federal-court-finds-in-favor

A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male.

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ev1v7r4po

Roxanne Tickle’s win in the federal court is a historic victory for transgender women

• https://theconversation.com/roxanne-tickles-win-in-the-federal-court-is-a-historic-victory-for-transgender-women-237309

Australian TERF kicked out of French Hostel for Transphobia

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/hostelworld-supports-terf-in-complaint

More transgender news

‘It’s about an 11-year-old girl who loves tennis’: Judge rules transgender student can play on girls team amid lawsuit in Hanover

• https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/its-about-an-11-year-old-girl-who-loves-tennis-judge-rules-transgender-student-can-play-on-girls-team-amid-lawsuit-in-hanover

A transgender music critic explores the change in their singing voice after taking testosterone.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/arts/music/opera-voice-on-testosterone.html

Court Ordered Gender Changes Ignored In TX; Drivers License Changes Blocked In MO, MT

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/court-ordered-gender-changes-ignored

“The LGB Alliance has started a new online chat service to help LGB kids questioning their identities, explicitly aimed at stopping gender non-conforming young people from being told that they may be trans. “

• https://rejserin.medium.com/lgbtqi-data-security-and-the-lgb-alliance-f598c5c513b8

Films for Transgender History Month

• https://www.kpbs.org/news/2024/08/22/films-for-transgender-history-month

A recent ruling by an Arizona federal judge has marked a significant step forward for transgender rights, allowing individuals to amend their birth certificates without undergoing surgery.

• https://www.transvitae.com/arizona-court-rules-trans-birth-certificates-without-surgery

Parenting Beyond the Gender Binary

LGBTQ+ asylum seekers detail harsh conditions and abuse in ICE custody

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/ice-custody-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-report

In a recent Instagram post, UK guys’ magazine LAD Bible posted an interview with the UK’s leading GRS surgeon Dr. James Bellringer concerning Rowling’s years-long anti-trans tirade.

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/jk-rowling-just-got-dragged-from-the-most-unlikely-of-places

Hunter Schafer just debuted her first animation piece

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/hunter-schafer-just-debuted-her-first-animation-piece

Two books to read when your child comes out as trans

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/22/two-books-to-read-when-your-child-comes-out-as-trans/

Alex Consani makes history as the first trans woman to be nominated for Model Of The Year

• https://diva-magazine.com/2024/08/22/alex-consani-model-of-the-year/

Jools Lebron & Other Trans Women Shouldn’t Have to Go Viral to Receive Gender-Affirming Care

Republican controlled states harass trans people by stopping them from having the right gender marker on state ID cards.

Missouri has quietly enacted a policy change that makes it far more difficult for transgender individuals to update the gender marker on their state-issued IDs.

• https://www.transvitae.com/missouris-new-gender-marker-policy-a-step-backward-for-transgender-rights

Missouri makes it harder for transgender people to change gender marker on IDs

• https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article291228640.html#storylink=cpy

Transgender Texans are no longer able to update the sex marker listed on their state driver’s licenses, even if they have officially updated their birth certificates or other legal document

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-quietly-issued-a-policy-to-stop-trans-texans-from-updating-their-gender-on-state-drivers-licenses_n_66c66a28e4b01c59f9de00bc
• https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy

It is not about trans people as such. “It is the eradication of this plurality that is the agenda, as it explicitly seeks to stop people from being themselves for the sake of a small minority who feel uncomfortable.”

• https://rejserin.medium.com/trans-people-are-not-an-agenda-1ff904cbca8f

In other transgender news:

From overpriced medications to insurance gaps, this article delves into the financial and emotional toll on transgender individuals, offering practical advice and lower-cost alternatives.

• https://www.transvitae.com/the-hidden-costs-of-transition-the-pink-tax-on-trans-care

Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services

• https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/texas-a-m-trans-health-care

A panel of three judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday repeatedly questioned the state of Idaho’s decision to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors.

• https://www.knkx.org/government/2024-08-21/idaho-asks-9th-circuit-to-lift-injunction-on-transgender-care-ban

DeSantis-Backed Anti-Trans School Board Candidates Get Crushed In Florida. Only six of 23 candidates won their election.

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/desantis-backed-anti-trans-school

‘Mormon Land’: How new church policies make trans members invisible and could push them to leave

• https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/21/mormon-land-podcast-impact-new

• Archive: https://archive.is/H79ZB#selection-257.0-257.96

A coalition of LGBTQ leaders addressed the second meeting of the LGBTQ Caucus at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center on Wednesday.

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/21/lgbtq-leaders-dnc-chair-address-lgbtq-caucus-meeting-at-democratic-convention/

A survey by a Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) student found transgender individuals are reported to have healthier romantic relationships.

• https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/transgender-people-have-healthier-romantic-connections-bc-survey-finds-7496158

Tim Walz rebuffs Trump and Vance’s anti-LGBTQ attacks in convention speech

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/22/walz-rebuffs-trump-and-vances-anti-lgbtq-attacks-in-electrifying-convention-speech/

LGBTQ Dems celebrate likely election of first openly transgender person to Congress