Month: October 2025 (Page 2 of 2)

Newsom Breaks Anti-Trans Streak, Signs a Slew of Trans Protections Into Law

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently approved multiple measures supportive of transgender people. Among them we find AB 727, which mandates that public schools and colleges publish the Trevor Project’s LGBTQ+ suicide hotline.

Another new law allows transgender individuals to request a year-long supply of hormone therapy. Court proceedings of all trans people are to be confidential. It will be easier trans adults to change their names.

AB 82 outlaws online targeting of gender-affirming care providers and patients by making it illegal to post or share their photos or information with the intent of stoking violence.

California shores up protections on transgender people amid White House attacks

After questioning inclusion of transgender athletes, Newsom signs bill to study inequalities in youth sports

ACLU battles fresh attempt to reinstate Trump’s discriminatory trans passport rules

As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani’s Latest Ad Shows Real Support

Anti-trans activists strip off at a school board meeting – but their protest is a flop

Elliot Page shares his ‘joy’ at working with Christopher Nolan again following his transition

Green leader Zack Polanski praised for ‘refreshing’ response to Piers Morgan’s trans questions

Survey finds LGBTQ+ adults have taken steps to become less visible given political climate

Westland’s Jacquie Grant poised to become NZ’s second transgender mayor

BBC ‘pauses’ transgender diversity training after Supreme Court ruling

Visible and Invisible: Report on Trans People and Safe Spaces in the Church of Norway

Siobhan McCarthy’s new college comedy She’s The He pokes fun at ‘absurd’ trans bathroom bans

The Trump Administration’s New Policy Against Passports With ‘X’ Gender Markers Also Affects State IDs. That Matters.

AOC assures trans kids they’re not to blame for anything: “You are fine just the way you are”

The outdated trans study still doing damage

Swimming Australia moves to shut down Mollie O’Callaghan ‘fake quotes’ about transgender athlete

My cultural awakening: ‘Kate Bush helped me come out as a trans woman’

Delhi to roll out ‘Saheli’ smart cards for women, transgender passengers on Bhai Dooj

Kubbra Sait Reacts To Trolls Criticising Transgender Role In Sacred Games: Took It With Laugh 

Newton: Guest Essay: Our support for transgender students is unwavering

Australia: NT Chief Minister Finocchiaro bans transgender women in female prisons

Delhi High Court Raps Authorities For Not Providing Reservation To Transgender Persons In Public Employment
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The War on Rainbow Crosswalks Comes to Texas

Nurses Face Misconduct Probe After Raising Concerns Over Transgender Changing Room Policy at NHS Hospital

Virginia: A federal judge granted a pause of student suspensions amid a court case over a locker room incident between boys and a transgender student.

‘We’ll be moving’: Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

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Does a Low Dose of Feminizing HRT really work?

Iran Lures Transgender Foreigners for Surgery but Forces Operations on Locals
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Iran offers transgender foreigners surgery but forces operations on locals

While homosexuality remains harshly penalized in Iran – even by death – the government encourages and subsidizes gender-affirming procedures for those who identify as transgender. It now seeks to turn that medical infrastructure into a revenue stream amid economic strain from sanctions.

The push for medical tourism sits uneasily next to the coercive history of transgender surgery in Iran. For decades, the regime has pressured gay and gender-nonconforming individuals into surgery, under threat of punishment or execution.

Megan Thee Stallion ‘honored’ to be Trevor Project’s Mental Health Champion

‘Discriminatory And Unlawful Executive Orders’: State AGs Take Aim at Trump Edicts

Surrey UK: MP fails to support transgender suicidal constituent

UK government won’t intervene in Mastercard adult content censorship row

26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county

R.I. judge blocks Trump’s restrictions on HHS, HUD grants

Long-running UK soap Hollyoaks recasts fan-favourite trans role with trans actor

Peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review

Trans advocate Jasmine McKenzie is building a lifeline for Black and trans Floridians who often can’t safely access disaster services from FEMA or religious organizations. 

Former Austin author’s book ‘Pretty’ wins Lambda Literary Award for transgender nonfiction

The Randolph County Public Library will keep a children’s book about what it means to be transgender on its shelves, following a community member’s request that it be removed or relocated.

Trans activists vandalise feminist conference

Minnesota tells Trump administration it won’t respond now to demands over transgender athletes

Rainbows but also clouds as NC town hosts Pride Fest amid Trump administration’s anti-trans push

A mother and her transgender daughter on what Coming Out Day really means

Viral posts falsely claimed that Australian swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan threatened to boycott the 2028 Olympics if Lia Thomas competed. O’Callaghan never made such a statement.

National Coming Out Day: For many LGBTQ+ refugees, coming out isn’t a choice

‘[He] Helped Me … Hate Myself’: Conversion Therapy Survivors Speak Out

A political ad from Zohran Mamdani, a major Democratic politician, exclusively defending trans rights.

Fascist News

Texas governor calls for removal of rainbow crosswalks, calling them a safety issue

MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

Kansas schools say they had no formal complaints about gender policies before investigation

GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debate

“It is not about protecting women’s sports, rather, it is an exercise in purification based on the false notion that sport is fair by its very nature.”

Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Colorado’s ban on harmful ‘conversion therapy’

A Supreme Court case is challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. Kaley Chiles, a Christian talk therapist, argues the law violates her First Amendment rights by restricting speech.

The justices, particularly the conservative majority, appeared skeptical of the state’s position, suggesting the ban may constitute viewpoint discrimination. The case could impact similar laws in over 20 states and reshape how speech is regulated in healthcare settings.

Conversion therapy is widely discredited by major medical organizations for being ineffective and harmful, especially to minors.

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ kids

Inside the ruling on Nassau County’s ban on trans athletes on women’s sports teams

Wikipedia on Misinformation about violence by transgender people

How PFLAG is changing hearts as the Supreme Court considers conversion therapy bans

For nearly 30 years, the “Play The Game” conferences have provided a forum to dissect the most pressing and complex issues in sports. This year, it’s tackled the issue of trans athletes.

A New York judge has upheld a ban on transgender female athletes competing at public facilities on Long Island.

“Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He’s Just Falling for Trump’s Demagoguery.”

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasn’t signed other trans protections

Trump’s Justice Department Wants to Violate Your Family’s Right to Privacy

What Maine advocates learned this year in the fight for trans rights

Was Trump always against LGBTQ+ rights? Everything in his past says no.

Virginia: Not only are Earle-Sears’s anti-trans attacks failing to land, but voters actually prefer Spanberger’s (D) stance on transgender rights by a wide margin.

How LGBTQ+ people are stepping up to run for school board seats on the front lines of America’s culture wars

Anti-trans queer journalist Bari Weiss named editor in chief of CBS News

Judge upholds Nassau’s ban on transgender athletes using county facilities, dismissing suits by AG, NYCLU
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I asked Chase Strangio how to stand up for trans people. It’s easier than you think. | Opinion

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry”

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

LSU student alleges anti-transgender discrimination after her protest arrest 

Trump’s rush to end gender-affirming care for trans people will have broad repercussions
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Cass Review full of ‘stigma and misinformation’ and should not guide trans youth care, say experts

Trans adults in the UK are waiting a third of their life for an NHS gender-clinic appointment

Rainbow Railroad rescues LGBTQ people at risk around the world

Bowen Yang’s SNL wardrobe malfunction didn’t stop him from roasting J.K. Rowling

Uruguay Diversity March puts new, left-wing government to the test

A new poll in the Virginia gubernatorial race shows that voters there don’t think that transgender rights issues are all that important in that race.

“This was the batboy, and her name was Cindy Marie Umphries.”

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

Will the US Supreme Court allow for bigoted and harmful conversion “therapy”?

Supreme Court to Hear Case On Conversion Therapy Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear Chiles v. Salazar, a high-stakes case challenging Colorado’s law that bans licensed therapists from providing conversion therapy to minors. The plaintiff, Kaley Chiles, argues that the ban violates her First Amendment free speech rights by restricting her ability to counsel clients in line with her pseudo-christian beliefs. 

Colorado contends that the law regulates professional conduct, not protected speech, because conversion therapy is widely discredited and has been linked to harmful outcomes.

How this week’s Supreme Court case on conversion therapy could impact the regulation of medicine

Supreme Court Prepares To Decide If Therapists Can Practice Conversion Therapy

Big Brother contestant Zelah has been praised for how he reacted after being ‘accidentally outed’ as transgender by Housemate Jenny.

Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Colorado Faces Speech Test at the Supreme Court.

Decades-old ‘conversion therapy’ resurfaces in today’s trans youth healthcare debate

Transgender woman asked by Niagara police officer for ‘deadname’ files Ontario human rights complaint

“It’s terrible”: Pete Buttigieg denounces attempts to drop the T from LGBTQ+

Black Trans Woman Tiara Jackson Killed in Charlotte Hotel

A Trans Woman’s Reckoning With Cruelty, Privilege And Selfhood

The woman behind the Dancehall Queen of Switzerland

Homophobic and transphobic African bishops may cause a split in the Anglican Christian community.

Adult Trans Care Under Fire: ‘Devastating’ Impacts for Those Who Lose Access
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Anti-Trans Campaign Against Spanberger In Virginia Gov Race Is Failing. New Poll Shows Why: People Don’t Care.

Four stories reveal just some the discrimination trans people deal with every single day of our lives

Lily Rood: Words in support of queer and trans youth thriving, from a fundraiser keynote.

I’m the 🇨🇦 Lawyer Trying To Set a Precedent for 🇺🇸 Trans Asylum Seekers, AMA

Who is Bari Weiss, the right-wing anti-trans queer woman being given the keys to CBS News?

NYCLU challenging Massapequa district’s transgender bathroom policy
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Meloni’s Italy looks to restrict talk of LBGTQ+ sexuality in schools

Calgary students stage widespread school walkout to protest Alberta’s transgender laws

Judge Denies Venue Change in Pauly Likens Murder Case

Kansas Supreme Court Delivers Big Win For Driver’s License Gender Markers

The Complexities of Trans Gun Ownership

Adult Trans Care Under Fire: ‘Devastating’ Impacts for Those Who Lose Access
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Boy George leaps to ‘fire horse’ Emma Watson’s defence and calls JK Rowling a ‘wood snake’

Fascist News

Administration confronts yet another state with 10-day ultimatum over trans athletes

Elon Musk Says “Good” To Rep. Tim Burchett’s Proposal To Question Netflix About ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’ 

Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues: What You Need to Know

Republicans double down on trans issues as a wedge with independent voters

Anti-trans Republican John Reid accused of running NSFW racist fetish Tumblr blog

Kash Patel fires FBI agent trainee for displaying gay pride flag

Marsha P. Johnson Institute announces new executive director

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Revealing the Lost Stories of the Transgender Venus | Ancient Transgender History

The Manufactured Outrage Behind Elon Musk’s Anti-Trans Netflix Boycott

Republicans Are Definitely Envious Of Gay & Trans People

Texas Universities Are Now Banning Professors From Even Acknowledging Trans People Exist

Texas universities – particularly within the Texas Tech University System – are implementing sweeping restrictions that effectively ban professors from acknowledging the existence of transgender people in classrooms. These informal, often unwritten directives prohibit discussion of transgender, non-binary, and intersex identities, the use of chosen names or pronouns, and even the display of pride flags or safe space stickers. 

I’m an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching ‘only male and female’?

Religious Institutions Clash with Transgender Rights in Court

Champion runner Caster Semenya ending legal fight against sex eligibility rules, lawyer tells AP

Kansas special session on trans law would be ‘more important than redistricting’

Trans kids in SoCal face more roadblocks in gender-affirming care following a summer of closures and restrictions.

‘Where am I safe?’: UK court ruling leaves trans people’s lives in turmoil

When military recruiters visit, colleges must support trans students

Judge orders Arizona to make transgender birth-certificate changes easier to get

After 2-year ban, trans Kansans will get to change gender on driver’s licenses

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Newsom threatens to cut state funding to universities that sign Trump’s political compact

Hasan Piker: Trans people would not be safer under a Kamala Harris administration

We could all learn a thing about debunking anti-trans myths from Big Brother’s Sam

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Trump’s Crackdown on Trans Rights (w/ Laverne Cox)

The Quest for Sisterhood (as a gender fluid guy)

Michigan’s House Bill 4938 would not only ban any depiction of a trans person presenting as their gender, but any written description, with up to 25 years in prison for any service provider caught violating sad ban.

Trans Rights at the Center of Government Shutdown

Trump government shutdown: Trans people urge Democrats not to allow anti-trans measures to pass

Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: “Continuing Resolutions” And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Watch Sarah McBride troll absent Republicans hours ahead of another Trump government shutdown

Federal court rules that Indiana may require biological sexes to be listed on birth certificates, denying the ACLU’s request to stop stripping transgender Hoosiers (Native Americans) of the ability to update their gender markers.

Federal officials say that the Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State High School League both violated Title IX with their policy on transgender athletes, in a Tuesday announcement.

Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: “Continuing Resolutions” And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Transgender woman says man harassed her on Jersey Shore nude beach

Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing gender-affirming surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets

N.C. waterfront restaurant mass shooting suspect was obsessed with anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theories

Sarah McBride: Trump’s trans ban ‘weakens’ US military

Robert F Kennedy Jr is coming under fire from a number of US states for threatening to cut funding over sex-education programmes that mention trans and non-binary people.

‘Bathroom ban’ would define Labour’s legacy, trans group warns at conference

The Sims fans worried about future of LGBTQ+ content after EA’s Saudi buyout

Meet the transgender Marine Corps vet running for Congress in Pennsylvania

‘The Gay Harlem Renaissance’ exhibit spotlights queer Black artists who shaped history