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
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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