Month: August 2025 (Page 1 of 3)

Orlando Citizens Defy DeSantis, Re-Color Pulse Memorial Sidewalk In Rainbow Colors

“According to community members who spoke with Erin In The Morning, Orlando’s LGBTQ+ residents and their allies wasted no time in responding. They quickly organized, gathered at the site, and restored the rainbow colors with meticulously colored chalk. One witness described how, as people worked to bring the crosswalk back to life, a rainbow appeared in the sky, further electrifying the crowd.”

DeSantis orders removal of rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub

Anti-Trans AG Andrew Bailey Appointed To A Leadership Role At FBI

Minnesota’s legal protections make it a magnet for transgender adults, families

Why experts say Trump’s revocation of California grant funds over trans inclusion endangers all at-risk kids

Texas constable tells legislators ‘We’re not interested in being the potty police’ at bathroom bill hearing

Union nurses condemn Trump’s latest attack on transgender people

Religion and spirituality among LGBT Americans

Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants
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Kenyan queer groups want MPs to dismiss anti-LGBTQ petition

Pro-trans parents use EU loophole to dodge puberty blocker ban
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Link to transphobic site

Anne Health Responds: Care, Not Politics to Telegraph

August marks 59 years since the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot took place in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. On this anniversary, community members came together to recognize the riot’s role in transgender and queer history.

High Court affirms legal recognition of transgender Kenyans, directs state action to protect their rights

After Cutting Gender-Affirming Care For Federal Employees, the Trump Administration’s Endgame For Trans Healthcare Approaches

First trans comedian to win Edinburgh comedy award

Witness is ejected after outburst at Texas House hearing on transgender bathroom bill
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First transgender woman in Army receives apology after 20 years: ‘I’m an Ulster child, and Ulster should be proud of me’
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Hyderabad: Telangana Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Senior Citizens and Transgender persons, will be conducting a state-level camp on August 26, providing transgender persons in the state with a certificate of identity.

Alaska medical board moves to restrict treatment of transgender minors

A California high school has refused to play against another volleyball team with trans athlete AB Hernandez. 

At least 2.8 million Americans – including 724,000 in the 13-17 age bracket – identify as transgender, according to a recent analysis

Britain felt like a safer place to be trans in the nineties, says UK’s first transgender judge

Bangladesh: Expelled transgender student demands reinstatement at Metropolitan University in Sylhet

UK trans woman convicted of sexual assault after not revealing gender status to male partner

White House targets Pride flags, LGBTQ+ history at Smithsonian

Trans and queer Americans are less religious than those who are not LGBTQ

Trans couple seek community support to flee the U.S.

Florida’s rainbow crosswalks are being painted over. Miami Beach could be next

Orlando: Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
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Chicago: District 211 residents hotly debate transgender player on Conant H.S. girls volleyball team

Mt. Lebanon teen, who is trans, gets opportunity to tell her health care story to Gov. Shapiro
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As transgender programs for youth close, CT families struggle to find care

Trump administration cuts California grant over transgender policies

Trump threatens to pull funding for all California schools over transgender policies

Lambda Legal Condemns Trump Administration’s Illegal Exclusion of Gender-Affirming Care from Government Employee Health Benefits

Transgender Louisianians on Medicaid being denied coverage for gender-affirming care

Sport NZ urged government not to scrap transgender inclusive community sport guidelines

They refused to say ‘they/them’ on religious grounds. Then they were fired

Union pressures Kaiser Permanente to restart surgeries for trans youth

Ann Summers ‘proudly’ confirms that trans women are welcome to use its bra fitting services

It is not known whether the Trump plans to lift sanctions against Ugandans responsible for human rights abuses against LGBTQ people and other groups as part of an agreement to accept migrants deported from the U.S.

The First City-Funded Trans Homeless Shelter Wasn’t In New York, it Was in San Francisco

I’m a trans woman who went for a bra fitting in M&S – and the world didn’t end

“Last week I was fired from my dream job as a permanent park ranger with the NPS for practicing my First Amendment right.” On the trans flag on El Capitan.

The UK is Outlawing Trans People

More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows
Report here.

This UCLA’s Williams Institute study, the most comprehensive of its kind, draws from federal surveys and state health data collected between 2021 and 2023. It highlights that 1% of Americans aged 13 and older identify as trans, with younger generations—especially those aged 18 to 24—far more likely to do so than older adults (2.72% vs. 0.42% for those between 35 and 64).

Of the 2.1 million trans adults, 32.7% are trans women, 34.2% trans men and 33.1% are non-binary.

1 in 30 U.S. Teens Identify as Transgender—But That Data May Soon Disappear

‘Hoops’ Docuseries Chronicles Fight For Transgender Rights In Sport

Alaska medical board set to vote on restricting treatment of transgender minors

Trans judge takes UK to Supreme court over biological sex ruling

Trump admin set to yank funds for Virginia schools over transgender policies

I’m a Trans Girl in Elementary School—My Family and Teacher Support Me

Judge orders DOJ to give more info on subpoenas targeting trans minors’ medical care

DOJ tells hospitals to turn over information on medical care for trans youth

Government’s demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors’ notes, texts

Jennifer Lopez stars in first trailer for queer movie musical Kiss of the Spider Woman

Why “biological sex” is not real. “…bodies and reproduction are material realities; your thoughts about that material reality are just that: thoughts.”

Trump Admin Bans Coverage For Trans Govt Employees, Mandates Conversion Therapy Coverage

LGBTQ groups denounce takeover of D.C. police – except for one

Nicola Sturgeon has suggested that author JK Rowling should be subjected to “more scrutiny” over her views on trans issues. 

Florida threatens to blast rainbow crosswalks away if city governments won’t do it

New Batman video game lets players wear a rainbow suit from the comics – and people are pressed

Trans youth as consistent in their identity as cis youth, study shows

New science: Transgender youth are as stable in their gender identity as their cisgender peers

“We have presented a detailed quantitative portrait of gender identity and sexual orientation over time in a sample of over 900 North American youths studied between 2013 and early 2024. 

Gender identity tended to be a stable trait across development for the vast majority of youths (>80.0%), including those who were supported in a social gender transition during childhood.

These early‐identifying transgender youths were no more or less likely to show gender change than their siblings or an unrelated comparison group of youths who were recruited into the study as cisgender children.” 

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Transgender lawmaker says Democratic Party doesn’t know how to respond to anti-trans attacks

Broad Trans Bathroom Ban Passes Texas Senate in Special Session

‘There’s a specific target on my head’: Transgender teen grapples with UPMC care cuts

Trans Archer Faces Backlash After Saying She Loves “Winning Against Cis Women” Out Of “Spite”

Yes, Gavin Newsom is funny. That doesn’t erase his attacks on trans rights.

Married couples still excluded under Japan’s transgender law

Delaware AG urges Nemours to reconsider gender-affirming care restrictions

ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody

Can You Wish Ill on J.K. Rowling On Bluesky?

Anger at male cheerleaders reveals what conservatives really think about women

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has urged the US Supreme Court to uphold the state’s law banning conversion therapy on LGBTQ+ children

Organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy

Organisers have cancelled an annual literary prize created to promote LGBTQ+ writing, following a row about comments by one of the nominated authors, BBC reports..

John Boyne (photo), best known for writing The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was longlisted for the Polari Prize earlier this month for his latest novel Earth.

However, some other nominated authors asked to be removed from the longlist, objecting to an article Boyne wrote defending JK Rowling’s stance on trans issues and women’s rights. More than 800 figures in the publishing industry also signed an open letter criticising his nomination.

The Polari Prize’s organisers have now said it would not be awarded this year but they hoped it would return in 2026.

San Francisco’s Transgender District launches $100K Riot Fund amid federal cuts

NC: He became governor supporting trans rights. Now, it’s seen as a liability. North Carolina’s Roy Cooper shows how the politics of trans rights have shifted.
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At 8, she spoke up for trans rights in Texas. Now her family is fleeing the state.

Workshop for LGBTQ+ service members and veterans aims to provide resources, support amid Trump’s transgender troops ban
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Four More Virginia School Districts Defy Trump, Reject Trans Bathroom Ban Demand

Oklahoma to test teachers from New York, California to guard against ‘radical leftist ideology’

Old Betrayals and New as N.C. Dems Pass Anti-Trans Laws

Park ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite’s El Capitan

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan accuses JK Rowling of failing to defend him after he was cancelled over gender critical views.
(Link to transphobic site)

 Debuting on YouTube back on October 15, 2024, “Transfolk” is a show about trans people, written by trans people, and starring trans people, which portrays them going about the daily lives in a small coastal town.

How Operation Mincemeat turned gender-bending history into Broadway gold.

Yesterday’s News

UK’s first transgender judge seeks rehearing of supreme court case on biological sex

Suspects in Texas ICE shooting tied to trans, anti-fascist activism
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Reddit discussion

Researchers Find Flaws in How Surveys Count Trans People

Surviving and Thriving: How Couples Face Transition Together

Jinkx: “Well, everyone, this is how it goes. Abraham Lincoln is now a trans woman, and that’s all there is to it. Since lawmakers get to rewrite history, why can’t I?”

Breaking Barriers: Karnataka’s First Transgender Heavy Vehicle Driver

Nepal’s transgender sex workers face violence and exploitation in legal vacuum

India: Application forms for Odisha govt exams to have transgender category

How Do Young Adolescents Express Gender Identity? National Study Offers New Insights

JK Rowling Scheme TANKS As Boycott Demand Reveals Insane Hypocrisy (video)

How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

Anti-transgender activist Kirralie Smith loses appeal against apprehended violence order

Why these transgender people told their stories at the Texas Capitol

Feds Target Virginia Districts Over Transgender Policies

Preparing Your Mindset for Gender-Affirming Surgery

Nottingham Against Transphobia hold die-in in city centre: ‘The reality we live’

Why transgender health care needs urgent reform and inclusive practices

‘Fantasy’ director Kukla details casting transgender lead role in Sarajevo title: “They can authentically convey it”

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Air Force veteran stripped of retirement under Trump’s transgender purge

New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they’re discharged

‘Fear and contempt:’ BC nurse’s trans comments cost her $94K and a suspension

Trans handball player to be banned from the Olympics despite representing Australia for 8 years

Transgender Runner Sues Swarthmore, NCAA Over Ban

Legacy Middle School parents sue district over trans student’s inclusion in sex-ed course

Education Dept. says it’ll pull funding from five Virginia districts over gender policies

New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they’re discharged

Colorado couple with trans child flee US for New Zealand: ‘We knew we had to get out’

The Bathroom Incident They Said Would Not Happen Happened

AI, Creativity, and Controversy in the Transgender Community

Virgin Active says changing rooms ‘designated by biological sex’

More LGBTQ+ people want to marry than ever before, research finds

Rosa Machuca: Fiancée of murdered trans woman slams police for deadnaming her

Caller Says Trans Medicine Isn’t Science – Gets SCHOOLED by Hosts | Arden Hart & Luxander

UK Supreme Court trans ruling based on ‘significant errors’, legal expert argues

A recently-published analysis of the FWS v Scottish Ministers ruling argued that Supreme Court justices were “unduly optimistic” in assuming that its judgement wouldn’t cause problems for trans people.

The article by Dr. Claire Bradley critically examines the UK Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland (FWS) v Scottish Ministers, arguing it was wrongly decided due to a flawed legal foundation. The case originated from a challenge to statutory guidance issued under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018, which aimed to improve female representation but included transgender women in its definition of “woman.” FWS contended this redefinition exceeded the Scottish Government’s authority.

Bradley argues the Supreme Court’s reliance on the repealed 1975 Sex Discrimination Act was inappropriate, especially given the Equality Act 2010 and its 2008 amendments, which were influenced by EU law. She highlights that EU law remained applicable during the UK’s transition period in 2020, and the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement required courts to interpret domestic law in line with EU principles.

Provincetown Carnival parade 2025 led by veterans suing over transgender military ban

Loudoun County Public Schools Defies Trump, Votes Not To Ban Trans Kids From Bathrooms

“I Compiled and Mapped All Trans-Related Prison Policies In The US. I Came Away Completely Disgusted At Our Prison System.”

LA Times Today: End of transgender care at Children’s Hospital L.A. signals nationwide shift under Trump

Minnesota Teen Files Gender Discrimination Charge Against Buffalo Wild Wings

Volleyball player sues California university that revoked her scholarship for being trans

Fiancée of murdered transgender woman speaks about her loved one’s life

Alyson Stoner, the former Disney star, unpacked a lot in their debut memoir, Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything — though not their nonbinary identity.

Meet trans vet, husband, and dad, Clayton McCallister

Vikings under fire over male cheerleaders.

Male cheerleaders are mixed up with trans men now? This was always about policing gender stereotypes.

The Transphobic Conspiracy Theory on TikTok

Years before the Stonewall rebellion, this lesser-known San Francisco riot ignited a tradition of queer resistance.

Multiple state officials in Florida spent days harassing a school system superintendent over a trans man’s memoir.

The Transgender Film Center (TFC) is launching the second year of the Career Development Lab, a 12-week fellowship designed to fast-track the careers of transgender and nonbinary filmmakers in film and television.

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

Charlotte LGBTQ groups condemn Atrium ending gender-affirming meds for youths

Loudoun County schools voted to maintain their gender policy, allowing transgender students to use facilities matching their identity, despite Education Department demands for change.
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Indiana: Birth certificate changes for seven transgender Hoosiers are in limbo

Taiwan: LGBTQ+ rights advocates launches petition to abolish a rule requiring transgender people to show proof of genital surgery to change their legal gender, requesting the government to act immediately.

California: Kern County Board of Education bans transgender athletes from girls’ sports

SC school must let transgender teen use boys’ bathroom, federal court orders

A federal judge ruled that a Florida law prohibiting teachers from using their preferred pronouns if they don’t align with their sex is discriminatory.

Ukraine: Kidnapped LGBTQ Ukrainian children must not be forgotten

Meet MJ Bassett, Red Sonja‘s trans director who gave the iconic female warrior a heart

Debunking transphobia. Must see video on the interaction between pseudo-science and transphobia. (Video)

Overview of the video Debunking Transphobia.

Marc Maron declares war on anti-trans comedians

Maine’s human rights agency says it won’t take action against two school districts siding with President Donald Trump in his fight with Democratic Gov. Janet Mills over transgender student policies.

NHS Sussex acknowledge “increased risk of suicidal ideation” and “negative impact” on patient experience due to WellBN investigation

UCLA Rejects Trump Demands To Capitulate To Anti-Trans Policies—For Now

In honor of Transgender History Month, a new book is shining a light on the rich history of San Francisco’s Transgender District. Lauren Toms reports.

Minnesota Fencing eliminates ALL WOMEN’s events to protest new anti-trans policy

GOP senator’s bill to make all porn a federal crime advances to committee

Iowa: Urbandale school board rejects gender ID policy change
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Author, activist traces over a century of transgender history in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

Trump Just Took a Major Step Toward a Nightmare Scenario for Trans Americans Under the Guise of “Public Safety.” 

Scotland: “Male” rapists should “probably” lose the right to choose their gender, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Transgender Bodies are the Battleground: Backlash, Threat, and the Future of Queer Rights in the United States

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse in aftermath of supreme court ruling
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‘Changing lives’: Black Trans Travel Fund pushes forward amid Trump’s anti-trans attacks

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

UK-based  LGBTQ+ Polari Prize called out for honouring self-described ‘TERF’

Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism

I Transed The Daily Wire – They’re Mad

Right wing extremist Farage Blasted for Being Woke by JK Rowling. He is not transphobic enough.