Month: August 2026 (Page 2 of 3)

Feminist, human rights and democracy organizations call on all sectors of society to reject anti-gender politics in all its forms

“It is important not to fall into the agnotological trap of thinking that “science” can be divorced from the people conducting the research because all research is conducted with a human in the loop.”

Portland Mom Sues School for Trespassing Her and Teaching Inclusivity

The fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractor

Tasmanian schools inquiry finds LGBTQIA+ students and staff face ‘inadequate’ protections

Trans vet forced to ride electric trike to provide for disabled daughter after state revoked license

UN experts warn UK equality ‘guidance’ on single-sex services could ‘institutionalise discrimination’ against trans people

Robin Ince becomes first patron of trans advocacy group TransActual

On JK Rowling’s role in the transphobic social media ecosystem. (Bluesky)
As web page.

World-renowned visual activist and photographer Prof. Zanele Muholi presents Brave Beauties: Stories of Identity, Visibility & Courage at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg from 20 August to 24 September 2026.

US Politics

New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information

“The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new final rule restricts federal funding for medically necessary healthcare for transgender minors…It’s despicable.”

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles no longer accepts a form allowing transgender Ohioans to change the gender listed on their driver’s license or state ID.

Giovonni Santiago helped create the VA’s first transgender-specific clinic. A decade later, he is watching the government dismantle the system that made its care possible.

Conservative library’s ban of LGBTQ flags backfires as it now faces calls to nix BIBLE from shelves over gory deaths

Anti-Trans Activists In Uproar Over Trans Music Teacher In North Carolina, Propose Gender Dress Code For School Employees

Nevada Woman Goes Viral For Her Pitch Perfect Speech After Noticing MAGA School Board Trustee’s Anti-Trans Shirt

Appeals court allows Trump DOJ investigation of transgender telehealth provider to resume

🩵🤍🩷 We have some real GOOOOOD transgender news for you!

LGBTI organizations calls on Portugal’s Parliament to reject three bills that would dismantle the 2018 self-determination law, reintroduce medical gatekeeping, ban gender-affirming care for minors, and erase protections for intersex children.

When Americans Understand Child Development, They Support Trans Youth. (Keyword When)

BBC online regulation must work for trans audiences too

Who Is Petra Parker? Everything We Know About the Transfemme Spiderverse Sensation

She’s been showing up on my timeline for days, I had to draw Petra Parker ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9y4fAUEThy

— • Ian • (@ianarcanj0) August 16, 2026

Affirming teachers can have the biggest impact on trans kids’ success in school, new study finds

Russian LGBT Network shuts down after court rules it “extremist”

Is Trans Loneliness Causing an Epidemic of AI Use in Our Community?

US Politics

Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club — until conservative backlash hit

Hostile school policies are keeping transgender students out of class

Federal Court Restores Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Many Trans Adults in Massive Win

‘High T’ Pete Hegseth hurls anti-trans slur at Iowa State Fair campaign stop while Iran war rages on

WNBA says fans shouldn’t have been told to cover shirts about trans athletes

WNBA Apologizes to Fans Who Were Asked to Cover Pro- and Anti-Trans Shirts. So… They’re Both Allowed?

GOP candidate to replace Ron DeSantis is making trans rights the main focus of his campaign

White House targets gender-affirming care funding, states fight back

A Texas University Becomes a Petri Dish for a Conservative Overhaul
(Paywall?)

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has stopped accepting the professionally-certified form that transgender Ohioans have long used to update the gender marker on their driver’s license or state ID
Archive

Democrats Are Trying to Disqualify Trans Candidates. Here’s How.

Democrat Jonah Wheeler Targets ‘Gender Ideology’ in New Video

Open Letter to Dr. Amy Acton: Leave No Transgender Child Behind

Trump cannot strip Obamacare protections from trans people’s healthcare, judge rules

The Trump Administration Launches a New Angle of Attack Against Trans Healthcare

Court allows Trump administration to access trans patients’ records

White House trusted a transgender CIA briefer with the most sensitive secrets until her identity went public

Julia Curlee briefed presidents and became the White House’s senior career intelligence official. Then a far-right campaign targeted her for being transgender.

Trans CIA analyst explains how Laura Loomer got her fired from her job briefing Trump officials

“The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.”
By Julia Curlee (The Atlantic, Paywall?)

Photo:Julia Curlee on Air Force One with the President’s Daily Brief in 2018 (The Atlantic)

Brazil’s new volleyball ban could end trans star’s career in a world first

Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional

Russia censors LGBT topics from Pope Francis autobiography

Inside the Christian ministry accused of disguising conversion therapy as celibacy

30 LGBTQ+ celebs and allies join campaign supporting UK LGBTQ+ youth

Trans Pride Brighton secures £121,278 grant to safeguard community centre for next five years

How the U.S. and Argentina are using similar but different authoritarian weapons against transgender people

Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they ‘feel safest’

High school creates new Pride symbol after tearing down Pride flags

US Politics

“We’re in the middle of a trans genocide,” bi comedienne Margaret Cho says

Evangelical Pastor Turned Trans Politician Talks Plans for Elected Office

Republican Byron Donalds attacks Democrat David Jolly over trans rights in Florida governor’s race

Lawrence transgender woman gets her driver’s license back after the state invalidated it; judge says she’s likely to prevail on her claims
Archive

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield cheered a Friday ruling by the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts that found gender-affirming care must still be covered under the Affordable Care Act.

Roger Marshall and Ty Masterson quiver in fear as Kansas faces its greatest threat ever: drag queens

Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US

Philippines: The Makabayan bloc is seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported attacks on transgender people

The progress trans media representation has made since ‘Ace Ventura’ is being wiped out

Trans+ life in the UK is more than concerning – what next? (Podcast)

Delaware Bar Discriminated Against Trans Woman, Then Retaliated After She Spoke Out, Commission Finds

UK: Point of Pride has opened applications for its Thrive Fund, which helps trans people with expenses not covered by the organization’s other programs.

Why is Sophie Cunningham’s name banned on Reddit? WNBA controversy and transgender sports debate explained
We have many posts with her name in the title, so this can’t be true.

‘Reaching 50 is a success story’: how one trans woman survived HIV and stigma in Latin America

‘The life expectancy of a transgender woman in the region is estimated to be 35 years. “I am 50 years old.”‘

US Politics

‘What are we going to do?’ The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump’s Medicaid move

Seattle Sets Aside $300K for Transgender Relocation Aid

What trans youth need from Connecticut leaders now

Videos

This Guy Is the Final Boss for Transphobes

The Transphobes Made A Movie (and it’s as bad as you think)

Justice Court blocks Argentina’s ban on gender affirming care for minors

Australia: Nominations for the 2026 Trans Visibility Awards close Monday

A Trans Woman Was Stabbed in Her Sleep—Then Misgendered in the Official Account

The Transgender Job Application Dilemma: To Disclose or Not?

South Africa: Opinion | Beyond Rainbow Policies: Why Universities Are Failing Trans and Gender Diverse Students

A mosque built by a transgender person raises questions about faith and belonging in Pakistan

Canada. Demand grows for gender-affirming voice surgery, but access remains limited
Archived

Australia: One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

Young transmascs find a home in Homme football club.

Photographer Indi Setyawan captures an alternative vision of boyhood, inspired by 90s gay youth photography and the fantasy of American college culture

US Politics

Fox News tried to dunk on the WNBA. While the network talks about Caitlin Clark and the trans panic, the league’s popularity is soaring

‘Don’t See an Issue’: Geno Auriemma Breaks Silence on Trans Athlete Debate Weeks After Sophie Cunningham’s Comments

Skip Bayless uses Caitlyn Jenner’s take to justify a trans athletes ban in the WNBA

Transgender athletes are a red herring

Trans Big Brother star Zelah Glasson fronts LGBT Foundation’s nationwide ‘Hope Starts Here’ campaign

GB News investigated by regulator again, after thousands complain about anti-LGBTQIA+ slurs

Constructing a transgender philosophy of science

Indonesia’s Transgender Community Is Facing Growing Repression

Transgender Visibility Breaks Myths and Inspires Youth

My Transgender Eyes Were Opened by the Penetrating Line of a Poem

‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Loki’ Directors Say They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia: ‘Absolutely F—ing Not’

Canadian director refused to work on new Harry Potter show over ‘transphobia’

US Politics

How will legal challenges fare against CMS rule on gender-affirming care?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District issued an opinion in QueerDoc, PLLC v. Department of Justice

Appeals court revives DOJ subpoena to gender-affirming care provider

Bogus Trump Administration ‘Report’ Launders Reheated Anti-Trans Rhetoric to Attack Transition Medical Care

Vance presses Justice Department to investigate hospitals over transgender care

JD Vance demands that the DOJ investigate hospitals caring for transgender patients

More than a year after trying to force University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to hand over the records of youth receiving transgender healthcare, the U.S. Department of Justice has abandoned its efforts

What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All
Archive

Ex-Congressional Candidate Alice Wade Says Dem Colleague Told Her She “Stood No Chance” Because She’s Trans

Trans activist confronts Dem AG in fiery public protest: “Clinics are dropping like flies!”

“Go Woke, Go Broke” Starting to Choke: Companies That Kept DEI Under Trump 2.0 Fared Just as Well

Caitlyn Jenner has praised two former NBA players who mockingly declared themselves eligible for the WNBA by claiming to identify as women.

In a new profile for British Vogue, the star of Moulin Rouge Nicole Kidman said that she learned her makeup directly from trans women.
Vogue article here.

“I’ve said it before but I used to go to trans clubs. That’s where I learnt to do my hair and make-up. I would sit down as a little freckled-faced red-headed girl and they would make me beautiful.”

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Male criminals to be kept in female jails under Burnham’s plan to tackle prison overcrowding

‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ Review: A Ukrainian Trans Man and His Wife Face Excruciating Choices in a Sensitive, Sensuous Drama

Viral Post by Anti-Trans Activists Claims WPATH “Conceded” on Standards of Care

Trans Advocacy was asked by members to write to Amnesty International UK over the withdrawal of its reports on the UK’s anti-rights movement and its subsequent apology to gender-critical organisations.

Fellas, Is It Trans To Be a Pregnant Woman? Anne Hathaway’s Haters Say Yes

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US Politics

Trump, Medicaid and LGBTQ+ rights: He calls them ‘barbaric surgeries,’ critics say he’s ‘terrorizing trans youth’

WNBA Strongly Denounces “Bad-Faith Efforts” of Cis Men Claiming to Be Trans to Join

Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts urges New York to fund trans care for minors

Washington poised to elect its first openly trans legislator

Massachusetts AG struggles to explain why she won’t sue hospitals abandoning trans kids in heated exchange

The WNBA ‘felt like a lifeline’ for LGBTQ+ fans. Anti-trans attacks are testing that refuge.

Family of transgender girl who sued her coaches and Sacramento State deserved better | Opinion

Two washed-up NBA players are using trans people as punchlines in a pathetic political stunt

Barred From Housing Them With Men, the Trump Administration is Now Moving Trans Women to a Segregated Prison Unit Designed to Make Them Suffer

Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota Senate primary with unapologetic defense of trans rights

Trump Issues “Finalized” Anti-Trans Medicaid Rule, But Human Rights Groups Say There’s Still Time

Trump admin rejects The Trevor Project from restored LGBTQ+ 988 crisis lifeline it helped build

As With Many Other Issues, Americans Out of Step With Science on Trans Athletes

Laverne Cox reacts to fan backlash after dating a MAGA cop: ‘I can be held accountable’

Activist behind anti-trans campaign accuses reporter of misquoting her, then it backfires

Juju Nadeau, Trans 21-Year-Old Killed in Maine, Remembered as “An Angel Sent Here to Make Things Better”

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‘I’m tougher and more confident since signing up for my trans rugby team’

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Santa Fe Opera presents new opera about pioneering transgender artist

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US Politics

Virginia congressman’s meeting with transgender Democrats erupts into profanity. Then he walked out

Seattle considers $300K boost for groups serving LGBTQ+ people displaced by red-state bigotry

Mass. vows support for trans kids as Trump bans Medicaid funds

Medicaid to Halt Coverage of Transgender Youth Healthcare

What it’s like inside Eloy’s detention center as a trans woman

Flanagan beats Craig in Minn. Senate primary after winning key LGBTQ endorsements

Police Called on Trans Men Using Women’s Restroom As Required By Kansas Law

The Kansas “Compliance Crew” action exposes the contradiction at the heart of anti-trans bathroom laws. Men are forced to use women’s bathrooms.

Bearded Trans Men Entered Women’s Restrooms Across Kansas to Expose Its Bathroom Law

Photo: kscompliancecrew.org

Detrans.ai claims to help people explore gender dysphoria with “balance.” Instead, it cites reactionary talking points and debunked science to question trans identity.

UK politician who implemented transphobic policies now complains about homophobia

A transgender woman from the US who sought asylum in the Netherlands has returned home after her application bid failed and she suffered serious intimidation at the Ter Apel refugee centre.

Transgender girl sues coaches, Sac State over discrimination on youth rowing team

Influencer and podcaster Drew Afualo has responded after a past video garnered backlash due to its discussion of trans womanhood.

Nottingham campaign signs up 100 businesses to back trans inclusion

Bottom Surgery Is a Choice, Not a Membership Requirement

Chappell Roan to host two-day fundraiser for trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities

Chappell Roan has just announced a fundraiser in aid of trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities through her non-profit The Midwest Princess Project.

142 feminist organizations sign manifesto pledging solidarity with trans community

A Joint Manifesto for Transfeminist Solidarity

US Politics

Trump’s Patriot Games chose a New Hampshire girl to represent Maine after anti-trans audition video

A dispute over who should be allowed inside a women’s-only spa where clients are nude has moved from Lynnwood to the U.S. Supreme Court, where a petition was filed today asking the justices to weigh in.

In New Assault on Trans Youth Care, Trump Administration Bars Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Necessary Health Care

Trump’s new Medicaid rule strips care from low-income families of transgender youth

New Trump Administration Rule Aims to Erase Trans People from Many Areas of Public Life

A transgender Coast Guard veteran and Trans Law Help Wisconsin are challenging a state law requiring surgery before some transgender people can correct the sex marker on their birth certificates.

Lady Ballers Is Proof That Conservatives Love Making Up Anti-Trans Scenarios in the WNBA

Australia: Census asks about gender and sexual orientation for first time to help fill LGBTQ+ community data gaps

For the first time, Australians aged 16 and over are being asked optional questions about sexual orientation and gender, alongside a question on sex recorded at birth.

This matters because communities that are not counted are too easily ignored in health policy, housing, education, aged care and mental health services.

On the increasing use of morality to deny transgender people their place in normative society

A Rehoboth-area bar and its owner were found to have violated Delaware’s anti-discrimination law for a second time.

Harry Potter star tries to separate JK Rowling from the franchise and people are fuming

Bel Powley Says She “Strongly Disagrees” With J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Despite Taking Role in Harry Potter Reboot

Australia: Help the intersex population be counted on the Census in the future

UK: Broadcast regulator Ofcom has launched investigations into anti-LGBTQ+ attacks on GB News following complaints by Good Law Project and 15,000 members of the public.

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Craig, refuses to endorse ‘guidance’ restricting trans access to public facilities

UK: Police officer sacked and added to ‘barred list’ after making anti-trans comments

Trans pregnancy drama by Kolkata filmmaker to premiere at 2026 Toronto International Film Festival

Edinburgh Council condemns EHRC single-sex code in new report
Archive

Dylan Mulvaney surprises LGBTQ+ young adults at Provincetown fundraiser

Take Back the Flag: The Suffragettes Belong to All Women

US Politics

Trans woman says ‘hypocrite’ Lindsey Graham paid her for sex. She’s calling out his anti-trans legacy

Federal appeals court blocks ruling for housing trans women in Oregon prisons

Two ex-NBA players turn transgender identity into a stunt. The WNBA is responding

Trump administration abandons legal appeal for trans kids’ medical records

In a narrow bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected an amendment that would have permanently written President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban into federal law.

Ken Paxton forced a children’s hospital to open a “detransition clinic.” Here’s what it will offer.

Humboldt County, California: Advocates Urge Open Door to Reinstate Youth Gender-Affirming Care After Health Center Cuts Key Treatment