Month: April 2025 (Page 1 of 3)

Understanding the Implications of the UK Supreme Court’s Ruling Defining ‘Sex’ in the Equality Act

NH: Supporters of the legislature’s attempt to prohibit transgender medical care to minors called it conversion therapy and opponents called it government overreach into private and sensitive medical care.

Minnesota Goes on the Offense, Sues Trump to Protect Trans Kids

NY: Advocates Call on City to Protect Transgender People Behind Bars in the Trump Era

Hundreds of pro-trans protesters moved through the city after earlier gathering near Melbourne’s Parliament House to play drums and chant while the Women Will Speak event occurred on the steps outside Victoria’s parliament.

Kennedy Center’s events scheduled for LGBTQ+ pride celebration canceled, organizers say

 A proposal aimed at ensuring kids have transgender rights is making it’s way through Colorado’s capitol.

The anti-trans reactions to the Peppa Pig gender reveal show how truly unhinged the UK is right now

We asked Labour’s 59 LGBTQ+ MPs if they think trans women are women – just four replied saying yes

Lush loudly says ‘trans rights’ in bold new campaign following Supreme Court ruling

Meta’s Oversight Board has ruled that anti-trans posts are allowed on Meta platforms whilst also notifying the social media company it should remove anti-transgender rhetoric from its updated hate speech policy.

Lambda Legal Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Passport Policy

‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ gets a bracing new revival
. The genderqueer rock musical returns to Signature Theatre.
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Yesterday’s news

Trump’s attacks trans people and the way Kennedy goes after autistic people reflect the idea that diversity is a disease that needs to be eradicated. Some people seek safety in conformity. «If everyone is like me, I have nothing to fear.»
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American female soldiers serving in combat-related roles must meet the same physical standards as their male counterparts in events such as the two-mile run and deadlifting. It was never about fairness, only the desire to exclude women
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University suspends nine gender, disability and ethnicity majors under new Ohio law

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.

DOJ will investigate doctors who provide trans care to minors, attorney general says
(Note that doctors do not perform genital surgery on minors, unless they are intersex – which the Trump administration approves of.)

“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo

Right-wing media generating hysteria over trans women running non-competitively in London Marathon

UK: Political parties that use all-women shortlists are expected to be told transgender women cannot be included, following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of “sex”.

UK: Green Party co-leader refuses to say whether he believes trans women are women

Trans cyclist Emily Bridges believes the UK Supreme Court has painted “a target” on the back of trans people’s, after ruling on the legal definition of the “women” and “sex”.

Kenya Red Cross-owned hotel to host anti-LGBTQ conference

CBS News reported that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the creation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon. It is hard to be a manly man in the age of Trump.

We have more GOOD transgender news for you!

Lloyds Bank has pledged to support its transgender staff following the Supreme Court’s ruling that trans women are not legally women. 

Andrew Walton, Lloyds’s chief corporate affairs director, responded to the ruling just hours after it was announced, saying the company would ‘listen and support’ any employees who may be affected. 

In a message seen by the Telegraph to Lloyds’s Rainbow network, which is the bank’s internal group for LGBTQ+ people, offering them ‘a note of support…on what I know will be an unsettling day following the UK Supreme Court decision’. 

He added: ‘Please know that we cherish and celebrate you and we remain committed to inclusivity. If you’re a line manager, please be mindful of the potential impact on members of your team and be available to them. We are here to listen and support.’ 

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced it will not implement a specific policy on the eligibility of transgender athletes for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Trans inclusive protesters have taken to the streets of the UK this weekend showing that overwhelming the UK public is in no mood of gender critical beliefs.

Books: ‘Pronoun Trouble’ reminds us that punctuation matters.
‘They’ has been a shape-shifter for more than 700 years

Theater‘: Bad Books’ a timely look at censorship in local library.
Influencer vs. conservative parent in Round House production.

Thousands of protesters took to London to rally against the Supreme Court’s trans ruling after an “emergency” protest was called by organisers.

The Illinois High School Association has defied President Donald Trump’s order to ban transgender athletes from competing in female sports.

Judges pauses Trump policy restricting transgender passport choices, finding it’s rooted in ‘irrational prejudice’

Despite full parental support, Mississippi’s highest court has ruled that a transgender teen cannot legally change his name.

UK Ruling Sparks Nationwide Protest for Trans Equality

Threat of Arrest: Politics Against Existence

How Ayushman Bharat fails India’s transgender population

UK petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

‘Cancer gave me courage to admit I am transgender’

LGBTQ people find confidence and community in self-defense classes

How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart
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The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public schools can refuse to give parents the right to pull kids from lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books.
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Operation Caged Bird exposes Naval Academy students to titles by Maya Angelou and other authors targeted under Trump administration directives to wipe out references to race and equity in federal agencies.
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Anti-Trans Activist Hadley Freeman Thinks UK Court Win Means People Have To Be Her Friend

Maine banned transgender discrimination 20 years ago. Few noticed — until now.
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…Maine is one of 22 states that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and one of 23 states that has laws or policies allowing transgender athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identities, according to MAP.