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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic hate bill passes the US House of Representatives

In a highly contentious vote on December 17, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would impose federal felony penalties on healthcare providers who offer gender-affirming medical care to transgender minors, marking the first time a national trans youth healthcare ban has cleared a chamber of Congress.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sweeping anti-trans care bill passes House

MTG’s Felony National Youth Trans Ban Passes House; 3 Dems Vote For It, 4 GOP Vote Against It

Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’

ACLU Condemns House Passage of Bill to Criminalize Transgender Health Care

Leading American medical organizations condemn Trump’s anti-trans bills

Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections

Court blocks Michigan ban on conversion therapy on free speech grounds

Texas: How cutting transgender instruction at Texas medical schools undermines health groups’ recommendations

Families Bring Legal Challenge Against Yale, CCMC For Capitulating To Trump On Trans Youth Care

Fact Check: Peru no longer classifies transgender people as mentally ill

Rights group challenges trans-inclusive swimming policy at Hampstead Heath

Sarah McBride says GOP should protect Americans’ health coverage, not criminalize trans kids’ medical care

“They Are Obsessed With Trans People:” Rep. Sarah McBride Rails Against GOP’s Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes

Ken Paxton opens tip line for violations of new transgender bathroom law

Texas introduces tip-off system to encourage reporting of trans people in bathrooms

Amnesty: Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted

LGBTQ Democrats say they’re ready to fight to win in 2026

Exhausted But Still Here: Why This Year Took So Much

Victory in New Zealand, For Now—Injunction Brings Puberty Blocker Ban to a Screeching Halt

Six key takeaways from Trump’s speech to the nation, including ‘transgender for everybody’

Inside the Trans-Welcoming World of Cosplay

Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists

A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “Antifa-aligned extremists,” including those promoting “radical gender ideology.”

Memo here.

Trump-administration wants to establish cash reward system for reporting transgender activists as terrorists

Skate Canada says it will no longer host major events in Alberta following a review of the province’s legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women’s sport.

Skate Canada halts major events in Alberta over transgender law

Drag Story Hour, where drag performers read to kids, has weathered attacks and threats over the years. In Denver, a volunteer “parasol patrol” provides security to families attending Drag Story Hour.

Some families flee Kansas as gender-affirming care ban for minors takes effect

Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections

A Growing Number of Republican States Are Trying to Identify Trans Residents. That’s a Problem.

Texas Appears to Be Collecting a List of Trans People That Request Gender Marker Changes

Leading American medical organizations condemn Trump’s anti-trans bills

American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association oppose H.R. 3492 and H.R. 498.

New Zealand: Puberty blockers ban enforcement halted by High Court injunction to allow for judicial review

New Zealand: Ban banned, temporarily: Transgender health group chalks up round-one puberty blocker win
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After backlash, NorCal’s largest hospital pauses plan to cut care for trans kids

From debate in Westminster: ..”this debate must be about real people, not headlines in The Times or the Daily Mail, not culture war soundbites, not the opinions of Donald Trump or J. K. Rowling, and certainly not whatever bile is being pushed out by transphobic trolls on social media.” Rachel Taylor.

India: The Lucknow Police Commissionerate on Tuesday organised a one-day special awareness and capacity-building programme on transgender rights at the Reserve Police Lines.

Groundbreaking HIV-prevention med won’t harm trans people’s hormone therapy

Glam 6ft5in model kicked out of women’s toilets after being mistaken for a man
Transphobic site.

US librarians tackle ‘manufactured crisis’ of book bans to protect LGBTQ+ rights

Civil rights attorney Iris Halpern describes the surge in bans as a “manufactured crisis” orchestrated by conservative groups like Moms for Liberty, which pressure local authorities to censor materials. Nationally, hundreds of challenges have been recorded, mostly against books about race, sexual health, and gender identity. At the same time, librarians such as Suzette Baker and Erin Spivey are collaborating with the ACLU and lawmakers, helping pass protections like California’s Freedom to Read Act and framing libraries as crucial democratic spaces where everyone deserves access to information. 

Entire Library Board Dissolved Over One Picture Book About a Trans Kid

Photo from 1933 Berlin Nazi book burning attacking LGBTQ books.

UK: Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
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Anti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In Flames

Understanding Transmisogyny, Part Five: Natalism, Nativism, Nationalism

Darts Champ Noa-Lynn van Leuven Opens Up on “Incredibly Painful” Weight of Transphobia

Why you should spare a thought for young trans people this Christmas

Kim Petras claps back at Nicki Minaj’s transphobic tirade

‘I’m a trans woman, I would literally rather pee myself in public than enter the men’s toilets’

The Fallout games were way ahead of their time when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation

Why Trans People Are Expected to Educate Before They’re Human

Maine survey shows trans students face double the threats and violence as their peers

New York: Transgender Resident Faced Discrimination, Assault In City Homeless Shelters: Lawsuit

Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold

Dan Crenshaw’s Trans Youth Medicaid Ban Added To This Week’s Congressional Calendar

11 times Donald Trump has randomly brought up his ‘transgender for everybody’ obsession

Texas Bans Four Trans Women From Capitol After Restroom Protest

The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver’s licenses to help.

Enforcement of Texas’ ‘bathroom bill’ draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies

A trans woman’s cancer symptoms were almost missed — until gender affirming care saved her life

Oslo Pride has made this uplifting video about LGBTQ acceptance and support.

LGBTQ allies can make a huge difference by just showing how they feel.

“Trygg” is the Norwegian word for “safe”.

Public should heed forthcoming rules on single-sex spaces, says UK equalities chief

The new boss of EHRC tries to have it both ways: Allow trans people to use public toilets and ban them at the same time. Apartheid light?

UK: The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission says some facilities could easily be adapted to ensure ‘everyone has access to the services they need’
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‘I’m trans and scared to date as Ireland becomes more transphobic’
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Students who protested transgender athlete at Oregon track championship drop lawsuit against OSAA

Petition: Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK

Supreme Court decision does not require Trans+ bathroom ban, Scottish court says

Library board ousted after voting to keep children’s book about trans boy

Austin City Council approves plan for gender-inclusive restrooms

House Republicans haggle on trans rights while Trump insults history-making woman

Trans migrants are adrift in Trump’s America

Comedian Robin Ince quits BBC as his support for trans rights ‘became problematic’

Watch the heartwarming moment a trans woman comes out to her grandma

Trans Kids Attacked on Health Care and Freedom of Association

Gender-critical women banned from city council over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ launch legal action

Heated Rivalry star Harrison Browne unpacks coming out as trans and historic hockey career

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Ireland: HSE says National Gender Service does not have authority to close waiting list to new patients

Ireland: LGBTQ+ Coalition Statement on the Closure of the National Gender Service’s waitlist

Five jokes with a former conservative journalist, now a trans comedian
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Recent L.A. County report reveals record number of hate crimes against transgender and nonbinary community members

Congress adds ban on Trans Women in academy sports to defense bill

Enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill” draws challenges as colleges, cities implement new policies

The EHRC does not value the voices of trans folk enough to record the minutes, FOI reveals

Protesters demonstrate against trans girls ban on joining Girl Guides

Hundreds gather outside Girlguiding HQ to demand trans ban is reversed: ‘Adults debate, children bleed’

Wes Streeting calls for ‘cross-party consensus’ on gender identity ahead of puberty blocker trial

Why “I Don’t Hate Trans People, But…” Is Never Neutral

“Genuinely What The Hell Happened To Her”— Nicki Minaj’s Response To Gavin Newsom’s Comments About Trans Kids Is Going Viral
Transphobia.

Nicki Minaj and Elon Musk slam Gavin Newsom for ‘trans kids’ comment

10 Transgender Art Creatives Whose Work You Should Follow

PWHL Player Attempts To Apologize For Transphobic Social Media Post

California: Transgender Health & Wellness Center files complaint against county over discrimination

Freedom-of-speech conflicts regarding gender identity have generated some recent national news in Oklahoma and Texas. 

Gavin Newsom said Democrats need to be more ‘culturally normal.’ Let’s unpack that.

” I’m writing to voice my strong opposition to H.R. 3492, which would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming care to transgender young people, and H.R. 498, which would prohibit Medicaid funding of gender-affirming care.”

New Florida Bill Would Make It Illegal To Fire Transphobes

Who is Harrison Browne? Everything you need to know about the trans hockey star in Heated Rivalry

Joint Statement from Labour LGBTQ+, SDLP LGBT+ & Labour Women Ireland Condemning UK Labour party ban on trans women from attending its conference

Raipur: A decade after India last witnessed a major national sporting platform for transgender athletes, Raipur is set to script a new chapter in inclusion and equality.

Two female athletes dropped a lawsuit they had filed alleging that the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) discriminated against them for protesting transgender competition in women’s sports.

Lambda Legal: A Hopeful End-of-Year Message to the Trans, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex Community

Understand the LGBTQIA+ news: Employment tribunal ruling says Supreme Court decision doesn’t require Trans+ people to be segregated
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DOJ seeks to join lawsuit against Loudoun County over trans student in locker room

Trans model Alex Consani teams up with YSL for major new campaign

Has Gavin Newsom really signed the most pro-trans bills of any governor?

Criminalizing Youth Care and the Fallout for Trans Adults

Proposed Federal Felony for Transgender Youth Care Advances

There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men

Musk revives ‘woke mind virus’ claim in clash with Newsom’s team over his estranged trans daughter

Netflix to release powerful drama ‘Queen of Coal’, which follows Argentinian trans miner Carla Antonella Rodríguez

Laverne Cox announces release of new memoir “Transcendent”

The UK Peggie ruling concluded that the supreme court judgment did not make it inherently unlawful for a trans female to use a female changing room at work.

Barrister reiterates trans ‘exclusion is not mandatory’ after discrimination case outcome

Two advocacy groups fighting the Alberta government on its transgender laws say they’re looking to keep one of their challenges alive by changing their argument in court.

Legislators in Alberta have used an override to erode foundational human rights protections, banning trans youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy, surveil students’ names and pronouns at schools, and ban trans girls from amateur sports.

What To Know About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Felony National Trans Youth Care Ban, Which Will Receive A House Vote

Historian Neil J. Young said for generations, bathrooms have been a proxy for political fights “on almost every major issue in American life.”

A Missouri Bathroom Bill Would Allow Trans People To File Discrimination Complaints Against Private Businesses Over Their Own Bathroom Use. Yes, Really.

Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet

Protests are set to take place across the UK this weekend over Girlguiding’s widely-slammed decision to completely ban trans girls from becoming members.

 Texas Department of Public Safety said troopers issued criminal trespass warnings to four transgender women after a Dec. 6 rally inside the Texas Capitol.

Ireland: Transgender care waiting list to close due to resourcing concerns

Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)

Gender critical campaigners demand puberty blockers trial be scrapped

Civil Rights Case Targets Minnesota Over Trans Youth Safety

Trump Rules Force Cancer Registries To ‘Erase’ Trans Patients From Public Health Data

Northwestern deal raises questions about future of transgender care and rights

India: Madras high court has directed the Union govt to explain why guidelines have not been amended to fulfill the statutory obligation under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, allowing transgenders to adopt.

Olympics decision on gender eligibility to come in early 2026

She Assessed 5,000+ Trans Adults: “Here Are the Patterns No One Talks About (And Why You’re Stuck)”

Trans Guy Reacting to Trans Memes

RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care

Senate Republicans Want Democrats to Trade Americans’ Healthcare for Permanent Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Care

Photo of transphobic Republican senators Bill Cassidy (left) and Mike Crapo (right) | Images: Wikimedia Commons

Scottish tribunal ruling on nurse dismissed claiming harassment by her former employer and a trans woman

Tribunal Clears Trans Doctor as Nurse Wins Limited Claim

Georgia officials appeal ruling that blocked ban on gender-affirming care in state prisons 

Asia has seen notable progress in legal gender recognition without mandatory surgeries. 

GA Cop Guilty of Transphobia… So What?

Pornhub sees sharp rise in trans and femboy demand amid growing anti-trans views

Federal Court Strikes Down Georgia’s Ban on GAC for Incarcerated Trans People

Georgia Ordered To Continue Hormone Therapy For Transgender Inmates

Can West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide

A new analysis found that 80% of 45 anti-trans groups in the U.S. have received funding from fossil fuel companies or billionaires, including Shell and Anschutz.

D.C. appeals court keeps Trump’s transgender military ban in place despite one judge’s blistering dissent

Trans kids lose lifeline: NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care

West Middle student alleges Carroll Schools sided with trans boy in locker room complaint
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West Virginia Medicaid Transgender Care Ban Re-Argued at Fourth Circuit After Supreme Court Remand
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Trump administration ended a crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youths. L.A. County wants to launch its own

Democrats Must Reject The Premise Of Trans Healthcare Bans In Republican Healthcare Offer

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Transgender health advocates see long fight to keep children’s medical records private

Women’s Organisations “pressured” and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats

Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge

Partying through the panic: How transgender university students are dealing with the pressure

Justice Department sues Virginia school board over transgender restroom policy

The anti-trans movement is sadly going to outlive Trump’s presidency

Georgia officials appeal ruling that blocked ban on gender-affirming care in state prisons 

Congress moves to ban trans women from military academy sports

Sandie Peggie’s claims against trans doctor dismissed but NHS Fife did harass her, tribunal rules

Instagram slammed for deletion of queer accounts: ‘Erasure, not moderation’

‘People such as Mrs. Nash, however, challenge the binary notion that all frontiers-era “cross-dressers” were men pretending to be women, or women pretending to be men.’

On legendary drag queen and trans woman Rachel Harlow. Originally a drag queen from South Philly, she first appeared in the 1968 documentary The Queen.

How do you make Hormones? A Life Lived Trans Podcast