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Aug 28 24: Is it a bad idea to move to the USA as a trans person? (+more trans news)

August 28, 2024 /

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?

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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.

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

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

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

Greenville library relocates all books with transgender themes to adult section

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

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

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

Republican offensive risks backfiring with transgender friends, family

Aug 27 24: She was bullied for being trans. This pageant gave her pride. (+more trans news)

August 27, 2024 /

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

UK Trans Youth Department for Education Protest enters 5th day

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

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

Aug 26 24: Transgender News

August 26, 2024 /

It’s time to stop pretending JK Rowling is sticking up for women’s rights.

Republican State Rep. Tex Fischer could be the next candidate affected by the same name-change law Republicans used to challenge three transgender candidates earlier this year.

Exploring the unique ways in which transgender individuals contribute to the arts and STEM fields, highlighting their creativity, resilience, and impact.

“It’s devastating to acknowledge, but there has been an uptick in bullying within the transgender community, and it needs to stop.”

The British Fashion Council has nominated runway model and TikToker Alex Consani for Model of the Year at the Fashion Awards.

Transphobes will do anything to justify their behaviour

“Due to its Eurocentric nature…the word “transgender” does not fully grasp the non-binary gender identities and subcultures in the Indian context. “

‘The Jogappas are biologically born male but identify as women claiming to have been chosen by the goddess Yellamma to be her daughters in their dreams. A Jogappa named Chandappa told us: “Mata [goddess Yellamma] took my body when I was a child. She caught me. I am now a woman because mata is living inside me. She is the greatest woman of all. She is a goddess and now she made me a part of her.”’

DNC criticized for featuring no trans speakers while shying away from trans issues

Mother of trans student speaks out a Florida School Board Meeting

Trans TikToker Jools Lebron in tears after someone else trademarked her viral phrase ‘very demure’

Hand picked positive transgender news:

Photo: Vladimir Vladimirov

Aug 24 24: The latest transgender news

August 25, 2024 /

From the Democratic National Convention to gaming— this trans artist is making history.

Mila Jam’s discography is a celebration of identity, love, and empowerment, themes deeply rooted in her personal experiences. “For me, it starts with some of the cliche topics,” she explains. “How [Black trans women] fit in the world, dating, and self-image.”

‘You have no idea how important it is to feel that someone cares about you’: Inside a pioneering school for transgender students

This article delves into the emotional and financial burdens that transgender women face in meeting societal beauty standards.

The Australian Federal Court called into question the expertise of UK-based TERF activist Helen Joyce in a significant judgment handed down on Friday.

Emilia Pérez, a French musical crime comedy following a trans cartel leader, isn’t out yet, but star Selena Gomez is already celebrating.
https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/film/selena-gomez-shares-tears-of-joy-at-getting-cast-in-trans-musical-film/

Trans youth from ‘Trans Kids Deserve Better’ scaled the NHS England building in SE London to demand “access to gender-affirming healthcare for trans children and young people, protection from discrimination and disrespect..

Dora Richter – the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery survived the Nazi era.

Transgender woman reaches final of Miss Universe Mauritius pageant

Aug 24 24: Nepal’s LGBTQ community celebrates queer and trans people who have died (+ more trans news)

August 24, 2024 /

Nepal’s LGBTQ+ Community Celebrates Pride and Honors Queer and Trans People Who Have Died

Nepal Supreme Court Rules Trans Woman Is a Woman

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Innovation, Strength, and Love: A Glimpse into the 2024 Translife Awards

A temporary ban on the sale or supply of puberty blockers has been extended to cover Northern Ireland.

Trans Kids Deserve Better responds to the ban on puberty blockers by UK government 

Trans men’s existence and accomplishments are often erased from history. Here are just 6 of the many notable trans men in history!

As a trans woman who loves motorcycles, Holden has required gender-affirming care and treatments for an accident in recent years, and received a spate of insurance denials.

Colorado group helps other transgender people escape hostile states, unsafe conditions

Trans people and issues appeared to be directly mentioned by just two speakers during the Democratic National Convention’s main programming slate.

How Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, uses art to support trans people of color

Anti-LGBTQ+ laws in schools are seemingly “negatively impacting the mental health of LGBTQ+ students,” a new survey from the Trevor Project has found.

Remembering Marsha P. Johnson and the importance of protecting Black trans women

Vanity Williams, a 34-Year-Old Black Trans Woman and Nursing Student, Killed in Texas

Aug 18 24: Gender variant male flamingos hatch a chick together (+ other LGBTQ news)

August 18, 2024 /

Curtis and Arthur, two male Chilean flamingos at Paignton Zoo in Devon, are the zoo’s first same-sex pair to “successfully hatch and raise a chick together,” the organization announced Monday.

More transgender and LGBTQ news:

US: Attorneys for state senate candidates Hill and Lee spar over attack ads on transgender issues

This article explores how to recognize, prevent, and overcome loneliness, offering practical advice and heartfelt insights from a transgender woman who’s navigated this difficult terrain.

US: The Supreme Court’s recent ruling has halted critical protections for transgender students, leaving many vulnerable to discrimination.

Colorado GOP sends email attacking transgender candidate

Tentative deal could allow transgender girls to keep playing on girls’ sports teams in N.H.

Rainbow Railroad, a group that provides services worldwide including travel, financial grants and information support to LBGTQ+ people, fielded its highest number of requests for help from LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S in 2023.

“Since the early 2010s, ‘sexuality is a spectrum’ has become a common phrase in the zeitgeist — this hasn’t included trans people. Many assume that all trans women are attracted to cis men while trans men are attracted to cis women.”

Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has revealed that a scene in which he was misgendered in new film Close To You was a “slip of the tongue” by actress Wendy Crewson.

A reporter for PinkNews covered an 8 month old PolitiFact entry about an Instagram video reacting to a lie about transgender people in Palm Springs, California, receiving 900 dollars a month in Universal Basic Income.

Trump again decries two gold medalist Olympic athletes, falsely labeling the female boxers as men

Aug 17 24: Americans believe LGBTQ people should live their lives without fear (+ more trans news)

August 17, 2024 /

The GLAAD 2024 Accelerating Acceptance Study reveals sustained supermajority support for LGBTQ Americans, although there is a slight decline in overall support compared to the previous year.

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The families of two transgender teens in New Hampshire filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new state law that bans them from playing on girls’ sports teams at their public high schools.

Navigating political anxiety: A psychotherapist’s perspective.

An article in City Journal claimed that the American Society for Plastic Surgery became the first to “challenge consensus” on transgender care. A fuller statement shows this is not the case.

British endurance racing car driver Charlie Martin has backed trans inclusion in sports during an appearance on a BBC radio programme alongside outspoken “gender critic” Sharron Davies.

History-making trans actress and Transparent star Alexandra Billings has given her answer to the question of whether trans actors should be turning down transgender roles, as Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer has started doing.

Florida college dumps hundreds of books, many on sexuality, race and feminism

Supreme Court blocks temporary enforcement of expanded protections for transgender students

The ‘demure’ trend went so viral, the TikToker behind the audio can now pay for her transition

A collection of positive transgender related stories here:

Idaho transgender youth gender care travel fund, assistance program launches

Aug 16 24: ‘I’ve had to become my own doctor’: young trans people on life after the Cass review (+other trans news)

August 16, 2024 /

With puberty blockers now banned in much of the UK, those hoping for gender treatment say they have been forced into difficult decisions

After the landmark Cass review into the care of young people questioning their gender this year, puberty blockers have in effect been banned in England, Wales and Scotland for the treatment of under-18s with gender dysphoria.

More on the Cass review here.

In other transgender news:

Article explores the impact of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on bone health in transgender individuals, examining key studies and debunking common myths.

St. Louis rec center to add locker room for transgender users. But funding is stuck at City Hall.

Elon Musk and JK Rowling could be handed five-year prison sentences and fined up to £214,000 if Olympic boxer Imane Khelif wins criminal cyberbullying case.

‘My child has lost some of her human rights’: Tough choices as New Hampshire enacts laws affecting transgender youth

Federal appeals court to rehear transgender deputy’s discrimination lawsuit against Houston County

Doctors and advocates say efforts to ban gender-affirming care and the often inaccurate language lawmakers use to do it exploits most Americans’ relative unfamiliarity with transgender people to push a political agenda.

Data on 3,000 GoFundMe campaigns show how transgender people are crowdfunding gender-affirming care

Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to court on Thursday to press his case against the Biden administration’s workforce protections for transgender employees.

UK: The NHS has set out plans for a review into the safety of adult gender services, in response to detailed concerns raised by the Cass report on gender care for children and young people.

Longlegs director Oz Perkins has choice words for any transphobes

The eggs are asking: do you have to be trans to wear a binder?

Fact Check: JD Vance Falsely Claims Tim Walz Signed Bill To Let State “Kidnap Kids” And “Trans Them”

Eurovision’s first nonbinary winner is ready to be a global force: ‘It’s bigger than me’

https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/nemo-eurovision-interview

US offers the most expensive gender-affirming care in the world. Turkey and Brazil offer the cheapest.

Alabama AG files amicus brief in Idaho’s transgender sport ban case appeal

Aug 15 24 Transvestigation: The conspiracy theory that labels celebrities as trans (+more trans news)

August 15, 2024 /

How “Transvestigation” Crawled Out of the Worst Corners of the Internet Into the Mainstream

Them:

“Transvestigators — lurking in comment sections, Facebook groups, and other dark corners of the internet — make factually baseless conclusions to “uncover” celebrities and public figures they believe are secretly trans, a.k.a. a “transvestigation.” Transvestigators often utilize racist, anti-semitic, and white standards of beauty to out “inverts,” or the celebrities they falsely believe are trans…

“Victims of transvestigation are typically scrutinized for having features that transvestigators deem outside the bounds of a person’s biological sex, like “broad shoulders” and “large noses” on women.”

Transvestigating (video with Matt Bernstein and Contrapoints)

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Making Sense of Debates About Gender-Affirming Care and Trans Youth: a Virtual Talk and Resource Page

“What is less critiqued is that gender critical discourse is built off the back of Catholic second wave feminist beliefs, which in turn were fermented in the wake of Vatican 2.”

The Unexpected Peace of Gender-Affirming Surgery

‘You Threw Me To The Wolves’: Elon Musk’s Trans Daughter Slams Author Of Her Father’s Bio For ‘Most Humiliating Experience Of Her Life’

The queer comedian, actor, and activist Ilana Glazer said that “being pregnant on paper was the most female thing I could ever do, but it actually highlighted both the masculine and feminine inside of me.”

Ugandan LGBTQ activist meets with Pope Francis

Trans woman Dylan Gurley, 20, was found unconscious with multiple stab wounds by police on 23 July in Denton, Texas.

More than 1,000 people attend Trans Folks for Harris Zoom call.

Trans people are explaining why they left the trans community and the reasons are surprising

Actors Elliot Page and Hillary Baack discuss their new film “Close To You,” which is Page’s first feature film since publicly coming out as transgender.

The Cass Review Into Gender Identity Services for Children

J.K. Rowling Goes Silent as Imane Khelif Files Harassment Lawsuit Against Her (& Others)

Aug 14 24: J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in lawsuit filed by Imane Khelif (+more trans news)

August 14, 2024 /

J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk Named in Cyberbullying Lawsuit Filed by Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif After Olympic Win.

The lawsuit was filed against X, which under French law means that it was filed against unknown persons. The complaint nevertheless mentions famously controversial figures, including J. K. Rowling and Elon Musk.  Donald Trump would be part of the investigation. 

Parents of transgender kids may struggle with grief, loss as their children transition

Navigating Nightclub Fashion as a Trans Woman: Finding Your Authentic Style

The internet is obsessed with being demure & it’s all thanks to TikTok’s trans trendsetters

A trans influencer has reclaimed ‘demure,’ and people can’t get enough.

US Trans Survey: Despite experiencing additional challenges in accessing the public square that most take for granted, trans people are a powerful part of the electorate.

Francis Howell board to again take up transgender bathroom, locker room policy

Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein is the debut solo play by transgender playwright and performer Smyth.

Drag Superstar Sasha Velour on ‘Learning to Fly’ in Her New Autobiographical Stage Show and Why She Thinks ‘Troll’ J.K. Rowling Is a ‘Very Dangerous Presence’

The LezVolley tournament, a beloved LGBTQ+ event in Cherry Grove, was abruptly canceled after controversy erupted over the exclusion of a transgender man.

The average life expectancy of trans women in Latin America is no more than 35 years of age, the OAS reports. Three LGBTQ+ immigrants detail their harrowing experiences.

Judge says Maine can forbid discrimination by religious schools that take state tuition money

Do No Harm, a nonprofit organization established in 2022 to combat what it calls ”wokeism” in medicine, has quickly emerged as a formidable force in the anti-transgender movement.

Donald Trump took to the stage this week in Montana for his first rally since Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz to be her running mate. Transgender people were one of his most common targets.

Two adorable same-sex flamingos have hatched an egg at a UK zoo, staff have revealed.

Don Lemon sits down with Sofia Nelson, former transgender classmate and friend of JD Vance, for an emotional interview examining Vance’s moral shift in recent years.

“How I — a trans man — went undercover on a TERF dating site”

“I think most dudes at some point in their lives have played around with costumes that are gender bender,” the former congressman George Santos told TMZ.

I Saw the TV Glow is one of the defining movies of 2024, and has made a huge impact on trans people in particular.

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