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Transgender News October 26

Dads are most susceptible to anti-trans ads. A new toolkit helps them learn to let trans kids shine.

Canada: Transgender rights organizations are raising the alarm over what they say is anti-trans rhetoric coming from the Conservative Party of BC.

Open letter to J.K. Rowling: My humanity is not elitism

When Billionaires Lecture Trans People About Privilege

The Organised Dehumanisation of Dr Upton

There is still time to support Tasmania’s bill banning conversion practices set to be debated this week.

Trans actress Hunter Schafer shares “magical thing about queerness” while promoting biggest role yet

US Politics

Iowa Dem Josh Turek Releases Anti-trans Ad Calling For A Federal Funding Ban On Trans Care

How are trans people in Iowa supposed to be excited to vote for a candidate who releases and ad like this?

Arizona’s Proposition 318 would ban trans students from sports teams and bathrooms that match their gender, across every school and athletic association in the state.

All eyes on WA as voters consider trans athlete initiative
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Enes Kanter Freedom, one of two former NBA players who have sought to enter the 2027 WNBA draft by claiming to be women, invoked several anti-transgender tropes while criticizing the league for declaring him ineligible.

Ballot Measures Will Impact LGBTQ+ Rights in 7 States This Election

Woman in ad who said a Democrat endangers kids pleaded guilty to endangering kids

Missouri’s GOP Has a New Strategy to Ban Abortion—Attack Trans Kids

AOC stands up for transgender Americans (+more trans news)

Ocasio-Cortez Says Democrats Should Stand Up for Trans Americans
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AOC Rebukes Anti-Trans Democrats, Calling Them “Shameful” And “Wrong” For “Scaring So Easily”

What being #intersex may entail.

Joyful noise: Trans choruses are offering safe havens for singers across the U.S.

UK: Trans prison staff “must” disclose identity to manager if they search prisoners under new rules

The BBC was once at the helm of queer TV representation – what happened?

German police raid trans health center over suspected prescription drug trafficking: A ‘violent intrusion’

MoD’s own report warns of ‘adverse impacts’ of new Trans troop segregation policy

Transgender Journalism Faces Growing Threats From AI, Media Cuts and Declining Traffic

Illinois man stands trial for killing of transgender woman Dejanay Stanton

Why No-one Should Be Taking JK Rowling Seriously in 2026

Man accused of killing trans woman to stand trial eight years after fatal shooting

The Gender Police Are Coming, and They’re Bringing Swabs

US Politics

Washington Wants Genital Exams to Keep Trans Girls Out

Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
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Dem Congresswoman Kathy Castor Laughs As She Says She Opposes Trans Inclusion In Sports

Republican Byron Donalds repeatedly misgenders Florida transgender woman who challenges him

The Wyoming company that served as the registered agent for the business listed on controversial transgender flyers mailed to Texas households says it is cutting ties with the organization.

Texas district attorney opens forgery investigation into disputed transgender mailers

Email from man behind transgender athlete ban calls trans Colorado lawmaker slurs

Colorado Medical Groups & Doctors Support Families’ Right to Make Medical Decisions Free from Government Interference

Colorado Voters to Decide on Transgender Sports, Surgery Issues

Bree Taylor May Not Win, but Her Congressional Run Shows Trans People Belong on the Ballot

TWIBS: Moms for Liberty Bullies School Into Harming Trans Kids

Videos

New Ad Calls Out Republicans’ Creepy Obsession with Trans People

Hermaphroditus art often gets filtered through modern assumptions, but the evidence from antiquity tells a different story.

Living Between Crossdressing and Transgender Identity — The Psychological Experience (Video)

This trans woman sold out the lgbtq, now she’s admitting it was a grift

Republican ads are making kids trans now? (+more transgender news)

Conservative Parents Lament That Anti-Trans Ads Are Teaching Their Kids Trans People Exist
They are worried the ads might make their children trans.

Streisand Effect? The GOP’s Constant Attack Ads May Be Teaching Texas Kids the Word “Transgender”

Transphobic right wing parents now believe that the Republican anti-trans ad campaigns make their children trans.

This time the enemy is not “the transgender cult” or “gender ideology”, it is the conservatives themselves.

Both Them and Erin in the Morning report on a post in Reddit’s r/Conservative forum in which a Texas parent complained about the sheer number of commercials attacking James Talarico over his support for transgender rights.

‘We want queer voices’: Chicago transgender filmmakers on the rise of DIY, low-poly movies

“Exclusion is drawn out from this rhetoric because the anti-trans fears are easier to articulate and break down, while the trans inclusion milieu relies on a shades-of-grey texture which can be hard to drill down into.”

Advocates “incredibly relieved” after landmark decision in New Zealand overturns puberty blocker ban

Are there really fewer queer teens than there used to be?

Transphobic elitist billionaire J.K. Rowling claims trans rights activism is “elitist to its core”

Who Owns a Trans Person’s Gender After They Die?

‘Decades of dithering’: Humanists’ fight to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy goes’ on display

Kid Cudi Says He’s Looking for Trans Actors the Same Day He Announces Jean-Michel Basquiat Biopic

Bill for non-binary and intersex recognition opposed by Irish government

We Have Evidence that Passability is the Gateway to Economic Freedom for Trans Women

“Eames’s study is the first to specifically demonstrate that…trans women, and in particular trans women who bear more obvious signs of masculinization, are more likely to be screened out early in the hiring process.”

Trans blacksmith forges connections to her body and community in rural Ohio

US Politics

DCCC Releases Its First Anti-Trans Ad, Supporting SC Democrat Nancy Lacore

Texas trans rights group asks court to expose who’s sending fake flyers to outrage conservatives

Trump Justice Department obscures trans victims of prison sexual abuse while singling out trans perpetrators

Jake Thomas of the Oregon Capital Chronicle talks about how Oregon is quietly letting part of its landmark transgender care mandate go unenforced.

Trump calls Democrat Annie Andrews a bigoted anti-trans slur at South Carolina rally for Darline Graham

Bombshell documentary features 3 male sex workers who claim they were hired by Lindsey Graham

“I’m afraid of dying here”: Trans people report “horrifying” treatment in ICE custody

How to ensure trans issues remain visible online (+ more trans news)

The Threats Facing Transgender News and Analysis (and what we can do about it)

The whole Internet media landscape is changing dramatically, and that has repercussions for media coverage of trans issues as well as transgender content providers. Trans journalists and activists have to adapt to these changes, if they are to serve the LGBTQ community and contribute to the coverage of trans issues.

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When Did Feminism Become So Interested in Other Women’s Genitals?

Australia: NSW Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane is angry about gender-neutral breastfeeding language…

Canadians deserve a prime minister with the political courage to defend 2SLGBTQ+ rights – and the conviction to turn his words into real action.

Los Angeles Reports Rise in Anti-Trans and Homophobic Hate Crimes. Many More May Be Going Unreported

When their trans wife came out, they sought support from others in their shoes. They didn’t find it.

Hunter Schafer calls UK trans bathroom guidance ‘stupid’

“Oscar winner and famously gender-bending performer Tilda Swinton is set to reprise her role as a cross-dressing character named Ella/Max in an off-Broadway production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man at New York City’s Lucille Lortel Theatre in February 2027.”

US Politics

Girls’ cross-country team protests trans teammate as state braces for anti-trans ballot measure

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘dangerous’ push to cut off medical care for transgender prisoners

Republicans Launch $100M Ads Misrepresenting Gender-Transition Care

‘Invasive and extreme’: doctors fight anti-trans measure requiring genital exams for student athletes

‘This Would Be the Opposite of Protecting Girls Sports’: Colorado Residents Concerned as Ballot Measure Leaves Sex Verification Up to Schools

“The fun wasn’t there anymore”: Teen runners say media circus over trans teammate ruined the season

Trans woman denied accurate license despite birth certificate saying she’s female. She’s suing.

The Republican Fixation on Trans Kids Makes All Kids Less Safe

We have a new batch of GOOD transgender news for you here!

Happy Pronouns Day! (+ more trans news)

International Pronouns Day: the importance of respecting pronouns

Pronouns Aren’t Complicated. Respect Apparently Is.

Image from the Rainbow Stores

New Zealand: High Court overturns Government’s puberty blocker restrictions

New Zealand High Court rules puberty blocker ban unlawful

Court Denies Woman Bail Because She Owned a ‘Go Bag’; Sticks Her In Men’s Prison

Kim Petras Wants Everyone to Stop Being “Weird” and “Gross” About Hunter Schafer’s Bottom Surgery

Let’s Not Watch the New Harry Potter Together

LGBTQ+ Religious Archives Network celebrates 25th anniversary

New study reveals surprisingly encouraging shift among trans youth over the past two years

‘Fun, Without Optimism’: A Symposium on Trans Negativity

BBC to launch ‘gender-fluid’ dating show after axing Drag Race UK

Trans Women’s Bodies Are Not Yours to Control or Criticize

The BMA has responded to the NHS Guidance on single-sex services and facilities

How being a drag king influenced the director of queer comedy ‘Trophy Boys’

T. Kaori Kitao, Swarthmore professor emerita of art history and pioneering transgender scholar, has died at 93

US Politics

“Let’s Make Sure You’re Really A Girl”: Dem PAC’s Latest Ad Eviscerates The GOP’s Bathroom Obsession

Supreme Court won’t allow Trump administration restrictions on transgender inmates

The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women’s sports

Why Calling Anti-Trans Hate a “Distraction” Is So Troubling

Who’s targeting LGBTQ+ rights in Ohio? GLAAD lays out the records

Texas trans rights group says text message impersonation campaign sparked hate

A week after mysterious texts about a “transgender student guide” sparked angry calls and threats to an advocacy group that didn’t send the messages, a wave of equally mysterious mailers arrived at Texas homes.

Transgender woman sues Tennessee for refusing to update driver’s license to match birth certificate

Trio Of Polls Spell Disaster For GOP Over Anti-Trans Ads

Pennsylvania school board bans trans athletes despite having none. But who can actually play?

“In fact, individuals with the most negative views of women and gender equality are the most likely to support these bans.”

Iowa Democrat’s new ad takes on anti-trans attacks without throwing transgender people under the bus

Democrats seek answers on EEOC settlement affecting LGBTQ+ workers

How Republicans Manufactured Anti-Trans Backlash to James Talarico

A Republican in your bathroom? New ad highlights GOP’s anti-trans obsession

Transgender News October 20

Are Trans People More Susceptible to Cardiovascular Disease?

UK: Trans kids glue posters onto the Equalities Minister’s office

Annual National Trans Visibility March takes place in Puerto Rico

Transphobia Took The Life Of My Chronically ILL Daughter

NHS Wales admits ‘family concerns’ were considered in decision to pause gender-affirming surgeries

Genderfluid: What it means and how it fits under the trans umbrella

Sexologist celebrated for critical 1930s research after he was long overshadowed by famous boyfriend

Judge praises trans man who spoke out after months of transphobic abuse

Hunter Schafer shares journey to bottom surgery: ‘I’m a woman, I’m a girl’

US Politics

Trump’s State Department Admits to Investigating All Passport Applicants For “Evidence of a Prior Sex Change”

AG Ken Paxton subpeonaed me

Former TX House Speaker Is Latest Republican To Cast Doubt On Anti-Trans Ads, Says They’re “Not Resonating”

Trans people have been fleeing red states. What about those who stay?

Military families warn Congress in dire terms: Attacking our trans kids is costing you troops

Amnesty: Discriminatory, Anti-LGBTQ+ Ballot Measures in Colorado Must Be Rejected

Too young to vote, these LGBTQ+ teens are organizing for a say in their future

Colorado medical groups, fundraising stack up against proposed ban on gender-affirming surgeries for teens

US: Your guide to LGBTQ+ ballot measures in 2026

State Supreme Court affirms anti-trans ballot measure’s allegedly “misleading” language

Trans voters cheer Dem candidate’s “effective” response ad against GOP anti-trans attacks

Kansas’ new ID laws are forcing trans people out of their homes. Some are choosing to stay and fight

What to Know About Voting While Trans or Nonbinary in Michigan

Transgender News October 19

NHS England policy for trans people could have ‘a number of adverse impacts’, report finds

Police raid queer center in Germany
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Hungary: We asked five people involved: Article 33 is a cross for transgender people, it’s time to remove it
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During Hispanic Heritage Month, leaders in the trans community are working to lift up a part of the community they say has long been in the shadows.

“Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Hannah Arendt outlined how it was to live under a regime which framed your body as a problem which needed extreme solutions.”

Students, Teachers and Superintendent rally in Support of Trans Homecoming Queen

Ciiara Baker, a singer who won over all four coaches on The Voice UK, has said music helped her make sense of the “complex” feelings she experienced growing up as a transgender woman.

Transphobia at the British Arc Conference

Queer media faces an uncertain future but history shows how it can endure

Why Queer People Have Always Had a Thing for Monsters

What are the best sources of transgender news and analysis, given that traditional media so often fails in its coverage of transgender issues?

Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh lead the dark new world of Blade Runner 2099

US Politics

The right is pushing its anti-trans fury on the WNBA. Players and fans are loudly pushing back

Michigan school district bans transgender athletes from girls sports

The Nebraska Supreme Court said the Fairness for Girls initiative that seeks to write sex-separate school sports participation rules into the state constitution will appear on the general election ballot.

US: How public opinion on transgender bathroom access shifted between 2016 and 2022

Alabama GOP Chair: Trans Candidates Have “Mental Disorders”

Sex-Rejecting Procedures: A Political Label, Not a Diagnosis

Ted Cruz Goes Off On ‘Left-Wing Transgender’ Witches In Bizarre Midterm Campaign Rant

Transgender News October 17

Tasmanian healthcare providers support conversion therapy ban

An image of a transgender Green Party councillor in Britain has been ​edited to give her more masculine features.

‘It may lead to deaths’ – NHS England criticised for guidance placing Trans people on wards based on ‘biological sex’

How a campaign funded by J. K. Rowling helped reshape British equality law — and how transgender people came to find themselves on the wrong side of a hospital door.

A time capsule of drag excellence: Inside the 90s zine that celebrated drag artists around the world

LGBT People Hunted, Tested and Driven into Hiding in Senegal, HRW Warns

Pro-trans rights activists crash Harry Potter West End red carpet: ‘Boycott J.K. Rowling!’

BBC faces backlash for recent removal of LGBTQ+ content

Good Law Project: EHRC guidance: We’re heading to the Court of Appeal

Supportive Christian father shares how his trans daughter taught him “unconditional love”

What I learned about my trans daughter changed how I vote | Opinion

US Politics

WilCo GOP chair to ask SCOTUS if bathroom photos of transgender people are protected speech

Where’s the Evidence That Trans Patients Are a Hospital Threat?

Alabama Democrats hit back at GOP on affordability: ‘Did transgender people do that?’

Three years after Oregon lawmakers passed a law requiring insurers to cover transgender medical services, state regulators have quietly delayed their efforts to ensure the law is making a difference

Mismatched IDs aren’t stopping trans Kansans from voting

IA-01 Dem Candidate Christina Bohannan Answers Anti-Trans Ad Without Throwing Trans People Under The Bus

‘We are all from Two-Spirit families’: Native community leaders reject Washington’s anti-2SLGBTQIA+ ballot measures

TWIBS: Please Make Pete Hegseth Give a Deposition

Shakespeare’s company, as was the custom, hired apprentice boys to play their female parts.

British health authorities with another transphobic invalidation of trans lives (+more trans news)

Trans people should use hospital spaces according to biological sex, NHS England says

NHS England has introduced new guidance requiring transgender patients to be accommodated on hospital wards according to their sex registered at birth rather than their gender identity.

The policy reverses previous guidance allowing trans people to be placed in wards corresponding to their gender identity. Trans women may therefore be assigned to men’s wards, and trans men to women’s wards. The restrictions also extend to staff toilets and changing facilities.

Trans groups warn NHS ‘single-sex’ wards guidance puts “politics before patient care”

In yet another development in the continuing British War On Trans, the NHS in England has issued guidelines that severely restrict accommodation and spaces for trans patients and trans members of staff #BWOT

Interim Statement: NHS England Single Sex Guidance.

NHS England Restricts Transgender Patients’ Access to Hospital Wards, Sparking Outrage

BBC Sparks Backlash After Announcing New JK Rowling Documentary

History-making trans actress Ana Lupez dies at 82 after blazing trails for queer performers

Florida drag queen sells bricks from removed rainbow crosswalk to help save Pride celebrations

UK: Religious charities could continue promoting homophobia under new watchdog powers, campaigners warn

US Politics

Texas School Kills ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ After Girl Cast As Seymour, Citing Anti-LGBTQ+ Law

A Washington State Ballot Measure Would Make Every Girl on a Girls’ School Team Get Her Sex Medically Verified – and It Doesn’t Say Who Pays.

Trump admin demands medical organizations explain why they support for trans care

How a Union Is Fighting for Trans Rights at University of Washington

Colorado ballot measure could leave schools to verify students’ sex, raising fears of forced genital exams

BRO PAC Rescinds Endorsement of Julia Brim-Edwards for Multnomah County Chair (Oregon)

James Talarico hasn’t said he’s opposed to the Equality Act.

Republicans attacked James Talarico over ‘God is nonbinary.’ He says Charlie Kirk made the same point

Appeals court revives Virginia school boards’ suits against Trump administration over transgender policy threats

Trans advocates, GOP rep want answers after Texans get texts impersonating group

Republican challenges his party’s obsession with trans people: “It’s just not resonating”

RFK Jr Demands Medical Orgs Capitulate on Youth Trans Care

“Lost his goddamn mind”: Trump claims Minnesota is kidnapping kids & forcing them to transition

“Adult Human Female” is not in the dictionary

Transgender News October 15

Transgender preschool teacher was fired after he got pregnant, lawsuit says

Capital Pride Alliance’s Ryan Bos warns that shrinking sponsorships, rising costs, and political hostility threaten the LGBTQ+ organizations that serve communities year-round.

Bangladesh think tank excludes trans activist from diversity panel amid pressure

Purple Shirts Won’t Stop Bullying, But Accountability Might

Queer media is queer survival: Why I exclusively publish my rawest stories in LGBTQ+ publications

Liz Eden, the Trans Woman Behind ‘Dog Day Afternoon,’ Finally Tells Her Own Story

US Politics

Pete Hegseth may have to testify under oath about his anti-trans slurs. A federal judge put the DOJ on notice

Kyrsten Sinema is reportedly promoting an anti-trans Republican in the midterm elections

2026 Midterm Elections Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts

Trans volleyball star Tifanny Abreu faces a ban. She just won a championship with the final spike.

Water Is Wet: Anti-Trans Attack on WNBA Was “Pushed for Clicks,” Almost Exclusively on X

Hochul defends gender-neutral bathroom policies, Blakeman spews transphobia in gubernatorial debate

How a Union Is Fighting for Trans Rights at University of Washington

New Ron DeSantis law defunded an LGBTQ+ museum. Its CEO has pledged to fight back.

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