Nail Health for Transgender Women: Tips for Strength and Care

California: In tight Inland Empire race, first transgender candidate could oust first Republican Latina

How an Edmonton camp provides a safe space for transgender children

21 Yale Philosophers File Amicus Brief on Case about Medical Care for Transgender Minors

What I saw at the Moms for Liberty summit: a diminished and desperate group

Transgender woman says she was unable to receive ‘basic healthcare’ at Dublin hospital after gender surgery. (Archive)

‘This is just the start’: Shikhandi, Maharashtra’s first transgender Dhol Tasha Pathak, looks to make its mark. (A Dhol Tasha Pathak is a traditional drum ensemble from Maharashtra, India)

Fact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender people

J.K. Rowling went after trans Paralympian sprinter Valentina Petrillo — and failed

‘I Don’t Feel Safe.’ Trans Texans Worry After ID Policy Change

Legendary trans Hollyoaks actress Annie Wallace ‘very upset’ to be leaving the long-running soap

Did this truscum trans woman sell out her community for a Porsche?

People Are Literally Sobbing Over Will Ferrell’s Documentary About Discovering His Good Friend Is Trans

Top photo: The Gender Spectrum Collection

Fact-checking JD Vance’s Attacks on Tim Walz Over a Transgender Sanctuary Law in Minnesota

New York Times: ” Since Mr. Walz was picked as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, conservative groups, including the Alliance Defending Freedom …have claimed that the Minnesota state authorities can terminate the parental rights of parents who prevent their children from receiving gender-affirming care…PolitiFact, citing legal experts and family law practitioners in Minnesota, concluded that the law ‘does not authorize the government to take custody of children whose parents don’t consent to them getting gender-affirming care.'”

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Transgender civil servants report alarming rise in bullying, harassment and discrimination

Trans folks are asking: What do you do if you waited ‘too long’ to transition?

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho’s law banning hormone therapy for transgender inmates, allowing treatments to continue while a lawsuit proceeds.

LGBTQ advocacy group calls on Pueblo School District 60 to protect transgender students in new policy

Top Arizona Republicans can’t dodge transgender sports ban questions

Families Split Apart: Families Fleeing Anti-Trans Laws File Amicus In Supreme Court Case

A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its high school girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team has taken its case to a federal appeals court.

India Willoughby: “Here’s the facts under @UKLabour @wesstreeting if you are trans. This isn’t melodrama – how it now actually is in the UK”

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Transgender Policy Draft Being Revamped To Make It More Effective.

Wells Fargo launches Transgender Persons Hiring Program in India

Attack on Massachusetts transgender teen being investigated as possible hate crime

Pope Finds Fervent Fans Among Indonesia’s Transgender Community (Archive)

On how mindless transphobia can cause a young person’s death.

Red Hot presents TRANSA: a spiritual journey to celebrate trans people

Sade‘s first new song in more than six years will be released in November when her track “Young Lion” appears on the TRAИƧA benefit album from the Red Hot organization. Her song is about her transgender son Izaak (photo).

The collection’s first single, a cover of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” from Lauren Auder and former Prince & the Revolution members Wendy & Lisa, is out now.

A New ‘Red Hot’ Album Tackles a Hot Topic: Transgender Awareness (Archived)

The Rolling Stone has the album track list. (Archived)

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A Trans Woman in Taiwan Won Legal Recognition After Four Years in Court

A 16-year-old transgender boy, Jayden Tkaczyk, was brutally attacked by a group of teenagers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, leaving him with fractures and nerve damage.

Major Conservative Super Pac Releases First Anti-Trans Ads, Rehashing Failed Strategy

The Transgender Topless Dancer Who Went to War with Prison Authorities

Opinion: Take it from a nonbinary professor: Don’t make students state their pronouns on Day One

Transgender people in Idaho Department of Correction custody can get hormone therapy – for now

Federal Court Halts Idaho’s Ban on Transgender Inmate Treatments

Dozens of Republicans file amicus brief against Tennessee’s transgender care ban

NZ: New advice about when to prescribe “puberty blockers” has been kept sealed, months after health officials asked to release the updated best practice guidelines.

Former students share why Tim Walz being an ally to LGBTQ+ teens in the ’90s meant so much

Trump claimed that trans kids go to school for gender-affirming surgery—but that’s not true

Trans folks are asking: can a job force you to use your deadname?

Into the Woods with 150 Trans Men

Transgender students are more likely to seek help from teachers and not from their parents, new study finds

• https://www.medindia.net/news/transgender-kids-often-seek-support-from-their-school-teachers-216988-1.htm

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A comprehensive list of articles and videos on the transphobic pseudoscience of “autogynephilia.”

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Orange CountyOrange County Program Trains Businesses to Welcome Transgender Workers

• https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/08/28/cultural-competency-training-program-organge-county/

Article explores how solo day trips can help transgender individuals overcome loneliness and reconnect with their passions.

• https://www.transvitae.com/finding-joy-alone-day-trips-for-transgender-self-discovery

Gender Liberation March organizer Raquel Willis emphasizes the importance of bodily autonomy and self-determination.

The Gender Revolutionary Principles of Raquel Willis

India: Ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir polls, members of the transgender community demand reservation for them in the legislative assembly.

• https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/transgender-community-rallies-in-jammu-demands-assembly-seat-reservation-124083100724_1.html

Let us fix that headline: First transgender manager ignites row by signing transgender goalkeeper for women’s team

• https://sports.yahoo.com/first-transgender-manager-ignites-controversy-161339258.html?guccounter=1

Remembering the 1960s Bar That Became a Refuge for Honolulu’s Māhū Community

• https://www.them.us/story/the-glade-honolulu-drag-cabaret-mahu-trans-history

What Isn’t a Woman? (Sports & Sex). Video by Caelan Conrad.

Black trans singer, actress, songwriter, and activist Mila Jam just revealed on Instagram that she voiced and gave her likeness to the first Black trans woman play a character in a Triple-A video game.

• https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/gaming/black-trans-artist-mila-jam-just-made-playstation-history

Another transgender athlete in N.H. allowed back on girls’ team, as school board defies new law

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/30/metro/maelle-jacques-kearsarge-school-defies-transgender-sports/
• Archive: https://archive.is/lBsEj#selection-1723.0-1723.95

Netflix’s new series Kaos features a trans-masculine romance storyline which the actor behind it hopes will provide vital representation for transgender viewers.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/30/netflix-kaos-trans-romance

Top 5 shows featuring transgender leads you should watch

Women’s college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder’s will from 1900

• https://apnews.com/article/sweet-briar-college-transgender-students-694398c5cf910212924e9bb71b38787e

On September 14 the streets of Washington, D.C. will be flooded with protestors turning out for the Gender Liberation March.

• https://www.advocate.com/election/gender-liberation-march-dc

USA Paralympic volleyball star Monique Matthews a champion for trans visibility

• https://www.outsports.com/2024/8/30/24100796/paralympics-volleyball-monique-matthews-usa-team-lgbtq

Right wing fanatics continue their attacks against trans people in the US

A Charleston transgender man and families across South Carolina are suing the state to overturn a new law restricting gender-affirming healthcare.

• https://www.transvitae.com/south-carolina-transgender-man-leads-lawsuit-against-harmful-health-ban

A School District’s allowing students to keep their gender identity private does not violate parents’ constitutional rights, New Hampshire Supreme Court says

• https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-08-30/nh-supreme-court-upholds-manchester-school-policy-on-transgender-students

Valley advocates react to transgender Texans being blocked from changing their sex on their driver’s license

• https://www.krgv.com/news/valley-advocates-react-to-transgender-texans-being-blocked-from-changing-their-sex-on-their-driver-s-license

Transgender South Carolinians file federal lawsuit against H.4624

• https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2024/08/29/transgender-south-carolinians-file-federal-lawsuit-against-h-4624/75002659007/

Anti-trans laws may complicate access to the ballot for trans voters

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/ballot-access-barriers-trans-voters-states-id-laws/

Georgia Senate Republicans push to further restrict trans women in sports

• https://apnews.com/article/georgia-transgender-women-sports-swimming-0de61f750d82925bd12b3bfe95a8bb99

PoliticsTrump recycles anti-trans right-wing talking points at Moms for Liberty Summit

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/30/trump-recycles-anti-trans-right-wing-talking-points-at-moms-for-liberty-summit/

Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services

• https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2024-08-30/queer-students-look-for-alternatives-after-texas-a-m-ends-transgender-health-care-services

Instead of Ignoring Trans Rights at DNC, Dems Should’ve Vowed to Protect Them

• https://truthout.org/articles/instead-of-ignoring-trans-rights-at-dnc-dems-shouldve-vowed-to-protect-them/

US: Department of Health and Human Services Appeals Nationwide Pause on Trans Health Protection Rule

• https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-appeals-nationwide-pause-on-trans-health-protection-rule

Enough of the oppression olympics, Jessica Kellgren-Fozard argues, who also unmasks LGBT people who betray trans people. (video)

Moving to another city as a transgender individual: This guide offers practical advice on navigating LGBTQ+ spaces, finding trans-specific communities, and making meaningful connections.

• https://www.transvitae.com/making-friends-in-a-new-city-a-trans-persons-guide-to-expanding-social-circles

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Fear, frustration linger on anniversary of Missouri laws targeting transgender youths

• https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2024/08/28/missouri-anti-transgender-laws-went-into-effect-1-year-ago/74957817007

Karla Sofía Gascón plays a drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery in a performance that wowed Cannes. Is the academy next?

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/movies/karla-sofia-gascon-emilia-perez-oscar.html

• Archive: https://archive.ph/31OJk

In Close To You, Elliot Page plays Sam, a transgender man living in Toronto making the journey to the small town where he grew up for his father’s birthday.

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/elliot-page-proves-he-is-a-force-in-first-film-since-transitioning/ar-AA1pDDD6

Suzy Izzard stars in Jeff Goldblum’s Netflix series Kaos.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/30/kaos-netflix-reviews

Coroner recommends increasing funding immediately for Victorian Transgender Health & Training Australian GP’s in GAHT

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/victorian-coroner-recommends-increasing

New Hampshire’s legislature, called the General Court, has passed a flurry of anti-trans bills last month, some of which have been signed into law.

• https://thepetershep.substack.com/p/the-transphobic-assault-on-new-hampshire

Three days at a safe place for LGBTQ kids in Texas: ‘I want to exist’

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/texas-lgbtq-camp-19608004.php

Alabama: U.S. Circuit Judge claimed the decision means parents only have the right to get medical treatments for their children that were “in existence as of 1868.”

• https://www.al.com/politics/2024/08/wrong-and-dangerous-dissenting-judges-slam-ruling-on-alabamas-transgender-minors-law.html

Australia: Six Labor MPs including assistant minister Ged Kearney want their government to change its decision not to include gender identity and sexuality in the census.

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-29/labor-faces-lgbtq-census-backlash/104288430

‘Normalising’ surgeries still conducted on intersex kids despite human rights concerns

• https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/normalising-surgeries-still-being-conducted-on-intersex-children-despite-human-rights-concerns

Barack Obama’s post about Kamala Harris has trans folks wondering something

• https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/memes/barack-obamas-post-about-kamala-harris-has-trans-folks-wondering-something

Trans folks are asking: Is it a bad idea to move to the USA as a trans person?

Trans rights in America are far from perfect, with a record number of more than 600 anti-trans bills in consideration so far in 2024 — 45 of which have already been passed. Still, is living in the United States better for trans people than, say, living in the United Kingdom?

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/trans-folks-are-asking-is-it-a-bad-idea-to-move-to-the-usa-as-a-trans-person

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The LDS Church’s latest policy updates have introduced stringent restrictions on transgender members, barring them from key roles and activities.

• https://www.transvitae.com/lds-churchs-new-anti-trans-rules-spark-outrage-and-fear

Today’s battles over issues like gender nonconformity and reproductive rights have antecedents that have been lost or suppressed.

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/09/02/fierce-desires-a-new-history-of-sex-and-sexuality-in-america-rebecca-l-davis-book-review

• Archive: https://archive.is/x8i1d

Ashley Brundage could become the first openly transgender person to hold elected office in Florida.

• https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/state-house-district-transgender-ashley-brundage-karen-gonzalez-pittman/67-535c242f-25fa-4446-98d8-b4b0ecb2ccf4

• Archive: https://archive.is/hbyBS#selection-1901.14-1901.174

Not very demure: TikTok creator faces a legal battle over her own catchphrase

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/27/demure-mindful-tiktok-lawsuit
• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/28/very-demure-trademark-update/

Greenville library relocates all books with transgender themes to adult section

• https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2024/08/26/greenville-library-will-relocate-ya-books-with-transgender-themes/74951869007

Jack Daniel’s have cut their commitments to diversity, after conservative influencer Robby Starbuck threatened to make the company his next target.

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/jack-daniels-caves-to-conservative-influencer-cuts-diversity-initiatives

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum on the very popular 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.

• https://www.out.com/film/channing-tatum-zoe-kravitz-paris-is-burning-praise-criterion-video-watch

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

While other countries have become increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ+ people, Tonga’s laws stand in contrast to a long tradition of fakaleiti.

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/26/tonga-trans-pageant-lgbt-rights

• Archive: https://archive.is/YJeCx

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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson was one of 332 players who played at the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) pre-qualifying last week.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/26/transgender-golfer-hailey-davidson

Transgender students more likely than cisgender peers to seek support from school staff, study finds

• https://phys.org/news/2024-08-transgender-students-cisgender-peers-school.html

Alex Consani, a 21-year-old trailblazing model, has made history as the first out trans woman to be nominated for Model of the Year at the 2024 BFC Fashion Awards

• https://www.transvitae.com/alex-consani-trans-woman-nominated-for-bfc-model-of-the-year

How anti-trans policies in Project 2025 could impact all families

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/project-2025-anti-trans-policies-impact-families

Duke University faculty must stop advocating for anti-gay and anti-transgender laws

• https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/08/082624-taylor-coleman-trans-rights

Blue and red states were putting period products in schools — then came the anti-trans backlash

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/period-products-schools-anti-trans-backlash

The BBC has recently hired a reporter with explicit anti-transgender bias to cover Gender & Identity issues.

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/bbc-hires-gender-and-identity-correspondent

Florida is allowed to restrict transgender health care, appeals court rules

• https://www.advocate.com/health/florida-anti-trans-law-upheld

Trump Judge Rules Deadnaming Trans Students Teaches “Tolerance” In Bizarre Opinion

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/judge-rules-teacher-deadnaming-trans

UK Trans Youth Department for Education Protest enters 5th day

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/uk-trans-youth-department-of-education

Australia’s 2026 Census will once again overlook LGBTQ+ people

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/27/australian-census-lgbt

Trans folks are asking: Why are people so mad when femboys come out as trans?

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/trans-folks-are-asking-why-are-people-so-mad-when-femboys-come-out-as-trans