Month: June 2026 (Page 2 of 3)

For Women Scotland once more rollback trans rights

Who corporate sponsors cropped out of the image of queer Pride

US: Only 1 percent of likely voters name LGBTQ+ issues as their top concern, but most still prefer candidates who support LGBTQ+ rights over those who oppose them, a new Data for Progress poll finds.

“Girlhood is the reason I have security in a masculine queer adulthood”

A social media ban may negatively impact the most vulnerable young people – such as queer and disabled youth – by isolating them from communities they may have built online.

‘You belong here’: A letter of love to the transgender community from a mother

Facial recognition tech is coming to a queer bar near you — if it’s not already there

Here’s The Thing They Won’t Tell You About Giving Your Trans Kid Hormone Shots (Pro-trans article)

Uncloseted Media Earns Four National Journalism Awards, Tying With The New York Times in NLGJA Honors

HRC recognizes NYC Health + Hospitals as LGBTQ healthcare equality leader‘

At 16, I couldn’t find a trans Muslim role model – so, I survived long enough to become one’

Ngizwe Mchunu Found Guilty of LGBTQ+ Hate Speech in Landmark South African Court Case

Arrest Made in Killing of Louisiana Trans Woman Marlow Trottie

US Politics

Battle ramps up over WA ballot measure to bar transgender students from girls’ sports

Baltimore transgender-led organization calls for city official’s resignation

NY legislature passes bill replacing ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘gestating parent’ and ‘non-gestating parent’

Bella Bautista makes history in Georgia as first transgender woman to win a primary

Opinions: My trans daughter thrived in Chicago public schools

Made In Heaven’s Trinetra On Her Trans Identity: ‘Couldn’t Be The Boyfriend To My Girlfriend’

Dr Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju is an Indian doctor, actress, content creator and transgender rights advocate. As an actress, she is best known for playing Meher Chaudhry in Amazon Prime Video’s Made in Heaven season 2, a role noted for bringing a trans woman character into a major Indian streaming drama.

The video presents her journey in particular and discusses gender variance in general.

Rapid Growth and Evolving Trends in Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: A National Analysis of 807 Procedures

The Stonewall Community Foundation, a New York City-based organization which raises money and funds LGBTQ initiatives, honored several leaders and brought in more than $500,000 at its annual Vision Awards gala on June 11.

Why are some African countries adopting anti-queer laws?

Under the Lens: State Violence and the LGBTQI+ Struggle in Pakistan

Milly Alcock says Supergirl ‘doesn’t live inside the binary’ of gender expectations

NJ nonprofit combats anti-transgender messaging through film

Australia: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s speech to the National Press Club has been condemned for its targeting of migrants, transgender Australians, new parents and public broadcasters.

Andy Burnham, potential labour PM, has voiced some support for the transgender community but retracted his support for trans people being allowed to use single-sex facilities after a UK Supreme Court decision.

Transgender Beauty Influencer Briel Adams-Wheatley and Husband Adam Celebrate 5th Anniversary with Backyard Wedding

US Politics

Young Republicans mock cisgender candidate for Congress over likeness to Dylan Mulvaney

New Oklahoma law disrupts gender-affirming care for transgender adults

Federal Prisons Must Provide Hormones Sought by Trans Inmates
Archive

The US Government Is Engaged In A Modern Red Scare, And WPATH Is Its Latest Target

FTC Sues WPATH in Major Attack on Trans Healthcare

New York: N.Y. governor’s race presents stark contrast on LGBTQ rights

Angry constituents school transphobic Democrat who misgendered colleague in front of everyone

Doctors refuse care to trans youth even after court order. They’re afraid of the Trump admin.

A search for a safe haven from toxic political rhetoric has brought an American minister and his family halfway across the world to Dunedin.

Chicago family’s journey sparks movement focused on understanding transgender, non-binary youth

I’m a 14-year-old trans athlete. No one should face the vicious attacks I have faced

From prejudice to harm – current policies targeting trans people follow a clear pattern of escalation
Science paper by Jaime Veale:
“Trans eliminationism: An Ideology Escalation Framework for understanding recent trans health policies”

Man harasses father in Alabama for helping his young daughters in ladies’ room

Thailand Will Host a “Tom” Pageant for Trans Men and Masc Lesbians

Netherlands Bans LGBTQ+ Conversion Therapy in Historic Rights Victory

The Lie that Would Not Die: On Michelle Obama and Transmisogynoir

Alabama pastor demands anti-trans banners after Pride Month display goes up in Mobile

A trans woman complained about suffering in jail. Days later, guards found her dead.

US Politics

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and four states accused a nonprofit focused on transgender health of making misleading statements about the benefits of gender-affirming treatments for young people in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Idaho trans bathroom ban still forcing its way into law despite partial block

Trans prisoners’ medical care remains protected after a flurry of court rulings on Wednesday

Trump admin sues world’s leading trans medical group, alleging financial blackmail of parents

“The Urinary Tract of America. 18 hours, 5 states, and the neverending quest to fulfill one of biology’s most basic needs”

Trump sparked fury like no other when he removed Stonewall’s Pride flag. Here’s why it hit so hard.

Anti-Trans Health Secretary RFK Jr. Once Allegedly Put Snake in Pool Full of Kids

Conservatives outraged that a governor appointed a trans rights supporter to an LGBTQ+ board

A Lush Pride Display of a Tiger With Top Surgery Scars Sparks Right-Wing Outrage

The artwork went viral after Chelmsford City Council highlighted Pride displays. Transphobes accused Lush of promoting surgery to young people. Ringsell, who has undergone top surgery, defended the mural as a celebration of trans people and of learning to take pride in one’s scars.

“Fascism starts to fester when a nation is at an inflection point, where the media whips up unsubstantiated fears, and minorities are seen as the root cause of all social ills.”

Trans fight club, self-defense classes build confidence and community

Indigenous Trans Women Find Sanctuary on Colombia’s Coffee Farms

Backlash to SF Giants players’ Pride Night protest coming from all corners now

TransLucent Letter to the EHRC June 14th 2026

Alabama: Birmingham Community Mourns Kalena “Peaches” Croskey, Trans Woman Found Dead in City Jail Cell

How the NHS is dismantling all of transgender related healthcare

US Politics

Federal Court Order Means Idaho Trans People Must Use Single-User Facilities When Available Or Could Face Arrest

Colorado: Children’s Hospital doctors refuse to provide gender-affirming care to trans youth, fearing criminal charges

Federal court blocks Idaho law criminalizing restroom use by transgender people

Attorney General Rob Bonta leads a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing the U.S. DOJ’s attempt to obtain health information about adolescents who have received gender-affirming care at Stanford Children’s Hospital.

Intersex Teacher in Florida Says School Fired Him Based on Belief He Was Trans

Anti-LGBTQ+ Muslims tried to go to a GOP convention. Christian conservatives bullied them to tears.

This anti-trans law didn’t need to pass to shut down classroom discussions

Children’s Hospital Colorado resumes trans care — but says no doctors will provide it

Germany: States Push to Weaken Transgender Self-Determination

Stop being afraid of trans bodies

Church billboard opposes Bill to define woman and man

‘I’m setting myself free from shame’: Laverne Cox on her brutal childhood and life as a trans woman in Trump’s America

NHS Attacks Care For Trans Youth, Despite All Evidence Supporting It

You Will Never Be Original: The Truth About YWNBAW

The Hidden Pressure Inside the Trans Community
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Josh Hokit Says Michelle Obama ‘Is a Man’ After UFC Freedom 250 Win

Female-Only App Founder Launches New Court Fight After Trans Inclusion Ruling
Contains transphobic remarks.

The Indian Supreme Court on Monday stayed further proceedings before the high courts on petitions challenging the provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.

Kerala’s Congress-led UDE government launched the ‘Priyadarshini’ scheme, offering free bus travel for cis women and transgender persons on ordinary KSRTC services.

Transgender people ‘feel under siege’, Wales’ Deputy First Minister says

US Politics

American doctors want their leading lobby to drop its nice guy routine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Nancy Pelosi refused to remove trans rights from landmark Hate Crimes Act despite pressure

Trump wants to boot trans people from a lifesaving program. Queer health groups are fighting back.

Videos

When + How Did You Know? – Vivian Wilson and Logan Giannascoli

“I Asked ChatGPT Who’s Winning The Trans Debate… Here’s What I Found”

ATTAGIRL! (2026) | Award-Winning Short Film
The film is about taking power, refusing respectability and allowing trans and queer women to be larger-than-life action characters.

Inside the all-masc lesbian revue electrifying L.A. nightlife

The UK’s EHRC draft guidance is not workable

Trans inclusive philosophical belief

New Zealand: Demonstrators say they won’t rest until Bill to define woman and man is stopped

New setback for Lyle Shelton in Drag Storytime vilification case

The Rise and Fall of Microsoft’s Pro-LGBTQ Stance

How to Shop Without Dysphoria Taking the Joy Out of It

Several organisations and digital rights groups in the Netherlands have launched legal action against Meta, accusing the tech giant of unlawfully censoring queer communities through the mass removal of LGBTQI+ Instagram accounts.

NSW Government invest to expand Rainbow Families LGBTQIA+ antenatal programs

US Politics

A federal judge ruled Friday that she has no authority to reinstate a Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired for unfurling a transgender pride flag at the El Capitan rock formation last year.

Judge halts Trump administration’s rewriting of history with a ‘white-out pen’

Colorado Springs school district D-20 to require permission for name changes, removes book with transgender narrative

Maine judge upholds block of anti-trans initiative on November ballot

Trump admin eliminates health care programs for LGBTQ+ veterans

Virginia school accused of failing to protect trans teen from planned attack

Sheriff’s deputy settles landmark transgender rights case against Georgia county
Archive

Fat Trans People Are Done Being Invisible

Transgender Goalkeeper Isaac Ranson is Finally Unbound with Minnesota Aurora FC

27 Famous People Who’ve Come Out As Nonbinary Or Gender-Fluid

Rainbow Hospitality has produced a report outlining why the 2026 EHRC Draft Code is both unworkable and harmful to every person living in England, Wales, and Scotland.

SEGM paid a Canadian university to commission research against top surgery. Now that study is a weapon.

German group slams White House’s LGBTQ rights record ahead of World Cup

School suspends art professor after student complains about queer-related assignment

‘Broadway is Trans’ fundraiser draws theater stars

Republicans Cannot Stop Generating Images of James Talarico as a Woman

Ed Davey criticised by brother on LinkedIn over Lib Dem trans rights challenge to single-sex guidance

US Politics

Hakeem Jeffries vows that House Democrats will stand with trans Americans ‘always and forever’

Trump administration confirms it’s restoring LGBTQ+ youth crisis line it eliminated last year

The internet has turned Rep. Nancy Mace’s humiliating election loss into comedy gold

Doctors ask judge to halt Trump policy targeting trans people living with HIV

Maine judge upholds decision to keep transgender sports question off 2026 ballot

US House Dems urge Congress to increase protections for trans and diverse students

Three progressive superintendents defended their policies for parental involvement and transgender inclusion during a congressional hearing Wednesday

Federal judge declines to block DOJ efforts nationwide to obtain trans youth medical records

Rising anti-LGBTQ+ censorship efforts pull directly from the playbooks of modern authoritarian leaders

The 1998 film documenting the killing of a transgender Nebraska man renewed a debate about hate facing LGBTQ people. An in-progress follow-up will trace its aftermath.

New Zealand: Radio station Newstalk ZB has been ordered to broadcast a statement censuring its flagship drive show after a broadcast mocked former Green Party MP Benjamin Doyle, who is non-binary.

These brands deserted Pride Month. It could cost them.

UK: Police Chiefs face legal challenge over trans guidance on strip searches

Oxford free-speech row deepens as 117 academics back reinstatement of cancelled gender-law lectures

Meta starts Pride Month shutting down LGBTQIA+ hockey clubs Instagram

Would Andy Cohen cast a trans woman on Real Housewives?

An 18-year-old cut his ankle monitor & murdered a trans woman. He’s going away for a very long time.

Vandals tore their Pride flag in two. Activists turned it into a surprising symbol of resilience.

Lilly Wachowski’s Favorite Part of Making Bound Was “All the Eggs” She Cracked

Disability Rights UK rejects EHRC toilet guidance and backs trans rights

Trans Woman Sues High School for Failing to Protect Her from Violent Bullies

Growing Up as a Trans Woman in a World Without Transgender Labels

Budapest’s mayor faced criminal charges for organizing Pride. They were just dropped.

US Politics

Trans Congresswoman McBride Wishes Nancy Mace “Happy Pride” After Mace Finishes 5th In Primary

My trans daughter found safety at school—Congress wants to take that away

Zohran Mamdani’s Pride Month message to LGBTQ+ New Yorkers: We’ll protect you from Trump

For some parents of trans kids, leaving America no longer feels unthinkable

Niece of MLK Jr spouts anti-trans rhetoric when asked about Trump slush fund

Oregon resists court order for housing trans prisoners amid federal pressure

US judge rejects ‘unprecedented’ bid to block DOJ transgender health subpoenas nationwide

Idaho says it can use DNA testing to enforce anti-trans bathroom ban