Category: Trans News (Page 19 of 24)

The Australian Federal Court has ruled in favor of transgender woman Roxanne Tickle, finding that she was indirectly discriminated against by the social media platform Giggle for Girls

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-federal-court-finds-in-favor

A transgender woman from Australia has won a discrimination case against a women-only social media app, after she was denied access on the basis of being male.

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ev1v7r4po

Roxanne Tickle’s win in the federal court is a historic victory for transgender women

• https://theconversation.com/roxanne-tickles-win-in-the-federal-court-is-a-historic-victory-for-transgender-women-237309

Australian TERF kicked out of French Hostel for Transphobia

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/hostelworld-supports-terf-in-complaint

More transgender news

‘It’s about an 11-year-old girl who loves tennis’: Judge rules transgender student can play on girls team amid lawsuit in Hanover

• https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/hanover-county/its-about-an-11-year-old-girl-who-loves-tennis-judge-rules-transgender-student-can-play-on-girls-team-amid-lawsuit-in-hanover

A transgender music critic explores the change in their singing voice after taking testosterone.

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/arts/music/opera-voice-on-testosterone.html

Court Ordered Gender Changes Ignored In TX; Drivers License Changes Blocked In MO, MT

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/court-ordered-gender-changes-ignored

“The LGB Alliance has started a new online chat service to help LGB kids questioning their identities, explicitly aimed at stopping gender non-conforming young people from being told that they may be trans. “

• https://rejserin.medium.com/lgbtqi-data-security-and-the-lgb-alliance-f598c5c513b8

Films for Transgender History Month

• https://www.kpbs.org/news/2024/08/22/films-for-transgender-history-month

A recent ruling by an Arizona federal judge has marked a significant step forward for transgender rights, allowing individuals to amend their birth certificates without undergoing surgery.

• https://www.transvitae.com/arizona-court-rules-trans-birth-certificates-without-surgery

Parenting Beyond the Gender Binary

LGBTQ+ asylum seekers detail harsh conditions and abuse in ICE custody

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/ice-custody-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-report

In a recent Instagram post, UK guys’ magazine LAD Bible posted an interview with the UK’s leading GRS surgeon Dr. James Bellringer concerning Rowling’s years-long anti-trans tirade.

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/jk-rowling-just-got-dragged-from-the-most-unlikely-of-places

Hunter Schafer just debuted her first animation piece

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/hunter-schafer-just-debuted-her-first-animation-piece

Two books to read when your child comes out as trans

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/22/two-books-to-read-when-your-child-comes-out-as-trans/

Alex Consani makes history as the first trans woman to be nominated for Model Of The Year

• https://diva-magazine.com/2024/08/22/alex-consani-model-of-the-year/

Jools Lebron & Other Trans Women Shouldn’t Have to Go Viral to Receive Gender-Affirming Care

Republican controlled states harass trans people by stopping them from having the right gender marker on state ID cards.

Missouri has quietly enacted a policy change that makes it far more difficult for transgender individuals to update the gender marker on their state-issued IDs.

• https://www.transvitae.com/missouris-new-gender-marker-policy-a-step-backward-for-transgender-rights

Missouri makes it harder for transgender people to change gender marker on IDs

• https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article291228640.html#storylink=cpy

Transgender Texans are no longer able to update the sex marker listed on their state driver’s licenses, even if they have officially updated their birth certificates or other legal document

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-quietly-issued-a-policy-to-stop-trans-texans-from-updating-their-gender-on-state-drivers-licenses_n_66c66a28e4b01c59f9de00bc
• https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-08-21/texas-transgender-trans-drivers-license-change-update-policy

It is not about trans people as such. “It is the eradication of this plurality that is the agenda, as it explicitly seeks to stop people from being themselves for the sake of a small minority who feel uncomfortable.”

• https://rejserin.medium.com/trans-people-are-not-an-agenda-1ff904cbca8f

In other transgender news:

From overpriced medications to insurance gaps, this article delves into the financial and emotional toll on transgender individuals, offering practical advice and lower-cost alternatives.

• https://www.transvitae.com/the-hidden-costs-of-transition-the-pink-tax-on-trans-care

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

• https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/texas-a-m-trans-health-care

A panel of three judges with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday repeatedly questioned the state of Idaho’s decision to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors.

• https://www.knkx.org/government/2024-08-21/idaho-asks-9th-circuit-to-lift-injunction-on-transgender-care-ban

DeSantis-Backed Anti-Trans School Board Candidates Get Crushed In Florida. Only six of 23 candidates won their election.

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/desantis-backed-anti-trans-school

‘Mormon Land’: How new church policies make trans members invisible and could push them to leave

• https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/21/mormon-land-podcast-impact-new

• Archive: https://archive.is/H79ZB#selection-257.0-257.96

A coalition of LGBTQ leaders addressed the second meeting of the LGBTQ Caucus at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center on Wednesday.

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/21/lgbtq-leaders-dnc-chair-address-lgbtq-caucus-meeting-at-democratic-convention/

A survey by a Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) student found transgender individuals are reported to have healthier romantic relationships.

• https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/transgender-people-have-healthier-romantic-connections-bc-survey-finds-7496158

Tim Walz rebuffs Trump and Vance’s anti-LGBTQ attacks in convention speech

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/22/walz-rebuffs-trump-and-vances-anti-lgbtq-attacks-in-electrifying-convention-speech/

LGBTQ Dems celebrate likely election of first openly transgender person to Congress

How a cross-country road trip brought Will Ferrell closer to his trans bestie Harper Steele.

• https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/will-ferrell-harper-steele-netflix-documentary?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

The complexities of Hormone Replacement Therapy. This guide offers transgender individuals a compassionate and practical approach to explaining HRT to loved ones, dispelling myths and fostering understanding.

• https://www.transvitae.com/hrt-explained-how-to-talk-to-family-about-your-transition

A Greenville County Library System committee voted to remove books recommended for ages 13 to 17 with transgender characters or themes to the adult section.

• https://eu.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2024/08/20/greenville-library-committee-votes-to-relocate-transgender-books/74860615007

‘We knew we had to get out’: This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/20/metro/new-hampshire-family-moves-out-of-state-after-facing-anti-transgender-legislation

• Archive: https://archive.is/eAqZb#selection-1679.0-1679.114

Ms. Billie Cooper, longtime San Francisco transgender activist looks back on the Tenderloin’s history.

• https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/longtime-san-francisco-transgender-activist-ms-billie-coooper-tenderloin-history

Before traveling to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention as an honored guest of the National LGBTQ+ Task Force Action Fund, trans activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy talked to the Washington Blade.

• https://www.losangelesblade.com/2024/08/19/miss-major-is-committed-to-defeating-trump-electing-harris/

“As a trans woman who has dated pretty much since the moment she came out I can assure you that while dating can be problematic, the reality is that coming out is not the death knell of intimacy, passion, and fulfilling relationships.”

• https://rejserin.medium.com/trans-women-enjoy-sex-too-3527d644a26e

Missouri residents now must provide proof of gender-affirmation surgery or a court order to update their gender on driver’s licenses following a Revenue Department policy change.

• https://apnews.com/article/missouri-transgender-id-identification-04363b8f7ca67596e2433d4d5cf7bc26

State College is now a trans sanctuary city. Here’s what that means for the LGBTQ community

• https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article291191740.html#storylink=cpy

Though most of her posts about Khelif appear untouched, the social media tracker Social Blade noted that JK Rowling has deleted at least 28 posts since August 11, 2024. Khelif’s attorney filed her legal complaint on August 9.

• https://insidethemagic.net/2024/08/jk-rowling-deleting-posts-after-being-named-in-imane-khelif-lawsuit-jc1/

‘History often happens one step at a time’: Delaware Sen. Sarah McBride is witnessing history — while making it herself

• https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-sarah-mcbride-dnc-congress-election-2024/

Closing the legal gaps: Advancing transgender justice in Pakistan

• https://tribune.com.pk/story/2489773/closing-the-legal-gaps-advancing-transgender-justice-in-pakistan

Williams: In Chesterfield, transgender fearmongering is the real threat to students

• https://richmond.com/opinion/column/transgender-students-family-foundation-chesterfield-fearmongering/article_af848858-5f09-11ef-b77f-8f28d18306c9.html

• Archive: https://archive.is/n005a#selection-3161.0-3161.83

A federal judge says a Virginia school district can’t block a transgender student from playing on a girls’ middle school tennis team while her lawsuit against the Hanover County school board proceeds.

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/08/19/virginia-transgender-student-tennis-hanover/

• Archive: https://archive.is/qMKMG

“The following seven resources are what I’m calling “Trans-Torials”—visually delightful guides to some of the very, very most basic and common questions and misconceptions that people have about being trans right now.”

• https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/trans-torials

Article offers crucial guidance for parents on how to advocate for their transgender child’s rights within the school system.

• https://www.transvitae.com/advocating-transgender-childs-rights-school

Trans social media star Dylan Mulvaney has reacted to “reverse transvestigators” who have convinced themselves she was born a cis woman.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/19/dylan-mulvaney-hilariously-reacts-to-reverse-transvestigators-who-think-she-was-born-a-cis-woman

@dylanmulvaney

This was a ride

♬ original sound – Dylan Mulvaney

Elliot Page and Dominic Savage hope new trans drama can ‘change hearts and minds’

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/19/elliot-page-dominic-savage-close-to-you-interview

Did the Supreme Court just overrule one of its most important LGBTQ rights decisions?

• https://www.vox.com/scotus/367636/supreme-court-lgbtq-abandon-bostock-louisiana-education-title-ix

Trans indie singer-songwriter Freddie Lewis has dropped the music video for his new single “Sundays”, and fans are already calling it incredible.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/19/rising-trans-indie-artist-freddie-lewis-new-single-sundays

“In the broadest sense, Kirchick argues that the gay-rights movement has achieved its goals and now the organizations behind it should be dissolved. “

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/heres-everything-wrong-with-that-james-kirchick-atlantic-piece

Sigourney Weaver is hugely supportive of her non-binary child Shar. Shar Simpson is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the Digital Storytelling Lab at Columbia University School of the Arts.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/19/sigourney-weavers-non-binary-child-shar-simpson

Ron DeSantis gave Ashley Brundage, a trans Democrat, an award. Now she’s challenging GOP power.

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/ron-desantis-gave-ashley-brundage-a-trans-democrat-an-award-now-shes-challenging-gop-power

The Sound of Silence? J.K. Rowling Has Not Tweeted in 12 Blissful Days

• https://www.them.us/story/jk-rowling-twitter-x-stopped-posting-imane-khelif-lawsuit

This Mom Is Speaking Out About A New Law That’s Forcing Her To Take Her Kid Out Of State For Medical Care.

• https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/ohio-house-bill-68

Updates to the handbook used by lay leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints features new guidance on the participation of transgender individuals, including instructions around restroom use.

• https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/08/19/lds-church-updates-transgender

Federal Judge Rules Trans Teen Can Play Soccer Just In Time For Her To Attend First Practice

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/federal-judge-rules-trans-teen-can

A historic anti-discrimination ruling in favor of a transgender sheriff’s deputy has been voided by one of the most conservative federal courts in the nation.

• https://www.advocate.com/news/georgia-gender-affirming-care-health-insurance-lawsuit

As the 2024 election heats up, LGBTQ+ rights are front and center, and the differences between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris couldn’t be more striking.

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/donald-trump-vs-kamala-harris-on-lgbtq-rights-a-side-by-side-comparison

Article explores the profound realization of male privilege through the eyes of a transgender woman.

• https://www.transvitae.com/understanding-male-privilege-through-the-eyes-of-a-transgender-woman

Blake Lively called out again for repeatedly using ‘problematic’ transgender slur in resurfaced interviews: “I hope to have a few girls one day. If not girls, they better be trannies. Because I have some amazing shoes and bags and stories that need to be appreciated.”

• https://pagesix.com/2024/08/18/entertainment/blake-lively-called-out-for-repeatedly-using-transgender-slur
• https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/blake-lively-using-transgender-slur-during-old-interviews-resurfaces-online-amid-it-ends-with-us-drama-netizens-react-1340450

Kansas settles a high-profile discrimination lawsuit, paying $50,000 to a former Highway Patrol employee who claims she was fired for coming out as transgender.

• https://www.transvitae.com/kansas-settles-discrimination-lawsuit-transgender

Judge to decide whether transgender N.H. teen can play on her school’s soccer team

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/18/metro/parker-tirrell-nh-transgender-girl-soccer-judge-sports-trans-law

• Archive: https://archive.is/h4EXY#selection-1671.0-1671.82

Victoria Police participates in illegal discrimination against transgender people.

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/victoria-police-participates-in-illegal

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev did not veto the new anti-LGBTI law banning any kind of educational programmes on ‘non-traditional sexual orientation’ in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists to veto it.

• https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/bulgarian-president-oks-new-anti-lgbti-law-defying-council-of-europe-call/

“In a bombshell leak from @PinkNewsStaff on X, Pink News’ CEO Benjamin Cohen has been recorded signalling his intent to abandon the trans community to instead focus on being an “entertainment powerhouse”.”

• https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/breaking-pinknews-refuses-to-cover

Decades before Stonewall, Fire Island was an oasis of queer culture, offering seaside escape for artists, writers, performers, and stars from the everyday grind of New York life.

• https://www.huckmag.com/article/celebrating-fire-islands-fabled-invasion-of-the-pines

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.

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flamingo-dads-hatch-chick-together_n_66c0babae4b00547468b4b2e
• Archive: https://archive.is/GE6r3#selection-1475.0-1475.56
• See also: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/paignton-zoo-amazed-same-sex-124023928.html

More transgender and LGBTQ news:

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

• https://www.whqr.org/local/2024-08-17/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.

• https://www.transvitae.com/overcoming-loneliness-a-guide-for-the-transgender-community

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

• https://www.transvitae.com/supreme-court-blocks-biden-administrations-new-protections-for-transgender-students

Colorado GOP sends email attacking transgender candidate

• https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/colorado-republican-party-transphobic-email-gop-cleave-simpson-vivian-smotherman/73-138bf37a-ad1e-4eac-b6ae-3f0e52a2e75c

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

• https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/17/metro/transgender-trans-girls-student-athletes-sports-nh-lawsuit-state-law

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.

• https://www.newsweek.com/lgbtq-gay-rights-america-us-1938496

“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.”

• https://www.autostraddle.com/trans-lesbians-on-their-journeys

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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/16/elliot-page-misgendered-on-set-of-new-film-close-to-you-umbrellla-academy

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.

• https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/no-ubi-for-trans-people

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

• https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-imane-khelif-li-yuting-57afb62e90968c06277118135e47e759

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.

• https://trans-express.lgbt/post/759048292338384896/lgbtq-acceptance-remains-very-high-in-us
• https://glaad.org/accelerating-acceptance-2024-report-findings/

More transgender news

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.

• https://apnews.com/article/transgender-teens-lawsuit-new-hampshire-girls-sports-8412707bbb308e2f6770c720768d8e02

Navigating political anxiety: A psychotherapist’s perspective.

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/16/navigating-political-anxiety/

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.

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-asps-did-not-break-consensus

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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/16/racing-driver-charlie-martin-says-trans-athletes-are-not-a-threat-in-face-off-with-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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/16/alexandra-billings-perfect-response-hunter-schafer-trans-roles

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

• https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/florida-new-college-books-removed-lgbtq-race-women-rcna166912

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

• https://www.out.com/celebs/tiktoker-jools-lebron-demure-trend-funding-transition

A collection of positive transgender related stories here:

• https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/crossdreamlife/good-transgender-news-t4919-s350.html

Idaho transgender youth gender care travel fund, assistance program launches

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.

• https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/ive-had-to-become-my-own-doctor-trans-young-people-on-life-after-the-cass-review

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.

• https://www.transvitae.com/transgender-bone-health-hrt-effects-and-myths-debunked

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

• https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-rec-center-to-add-locker-room-for-transgender-users-but-funding-is-stuck/article_4cc97ef8-3d3a-11ef-a93a-8757afa8de2e.html

• Archive: https://archive.is/eeM80#selection-3545.0-3545.97

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.

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13742909/Elon-Musk-JK-Rowling-prison-sentences-fined-Olympic-boxer-Imane-Khelif-cyberbullying.html

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

• https://www.concordmonitor.com/Transgender-youth-sports-bill-Pembroke-NH-Impact-56371849

• Archive: https://archive.is/5Q8n6#selection-301.1-301.117

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

• https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/warner-robins/federal-appeals-court-rehear-transgender-deputies-lawsuit-against-houston-county/93-3ef60281-78ee-461b-8952-68fa9ec0235e

• Archive: https://archive.is/qQ9xE#selection-1343.0-1343.98

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.

• https://rollcall.com/2024/08/15/trans-care-debate-influenced-by-misinformation-doctors-say

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

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/gofundme-gender-affirming-trans-19651864.php

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.

• https://apnews.com/article/kansas-highway-patrol-transgender-employee-discrimination-lawsuit-6f90dde80a96d4423ed983629fe6712d

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

• https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/15/paxton-transgender-protections-federal-lawsuit

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.

• https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/nhs-plans-review-of-adult-gender-services-following-cass-criticisms

Longlegs director Oz Perkins has choice words for any transphobes

• https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/film/longlegs-director-oz-perkins-has-choice-words-for-any-transphobes

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

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/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”

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-jd-vance-falsely-claims

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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/15/us-offers-the-most-expensive-gender-affirming-care-in-the-world-but-where-is-the-cheapest

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

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.”

• https://www.them.us/story/what-does-transvestigation-anti-trans-conspiracy-theory
• See also: A Wild Investigation of Transvestigators, the People Who Think Celebs Are All Trans https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-wild-investigation-of-transvestigators-the-people-who-think-celebs-are-all-trans/
• Top illustration: Conspiracy Watch

Transvestigating (video with Matt Bernstein and Contrapoints)

More transgender news

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

• https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-debates-about-gender

“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.”

• https://rejserin.medium.com/intersectional-transphobia-b9495b51b3cc

The Unexpected Peace of Gender-Affirming Surgery

• https://genderidentitytoday.com/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’

• https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/you-threw-me-wolves-elon-musks-trans-daughter-slams-author-her-fathers-bio-most-1726238

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.”

• https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/actor-ilana-glazer-says-her-pregnancy-helped-her-embrace-being-nonbinary/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

Ugandan LGBTQ activist meets with Pope Francis

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/14/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.

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/trans-woman-dylan-gurley-20-killed-in-texas

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

• https://19thnews.org/2024/08/kamala-harris-trans-voters-call

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

• https://www.intomore.com/culture/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.

• https://www.nbcnews.com/video/elliot-page-and-hillary-baack-discuss-what-drew-them-to-close-to-you-film-217174085509

The Cass Review Into Gender Identity Services for Children

• https://gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-review-into-gender-identity

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

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. 

• https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/jk-rowling-elon-musk-imane-khelif-lawsuit-1236105185

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

• https://www.kjzz.org/kjzz-news/2024-08-13/parents-of-transgender-kids-may-struggle-with-grief-loss-as-their-children-transition

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

• https://www.transvitae.com/nightclub-fashion-trans-woman

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

• https://www.out.com/celebs/demure-viral-trend-trans-tiktok-origins-explained

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

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/08/13/tiktok-demure-mindful-jools-lebron/
• Archive: https://archive.ph/5iT3x

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.

• https://ustranssurvey.org/report/public-life/

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

• https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/francis-howell-board-to-again-take-up-transgender-bathroom-locker-room-policy/article_e27ef00e-58d8-11ef-a829-4f70569bfc6d.html

• Archive: https://archive.ph/oYwXW#selection-3545.0-3545.78

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

• https://playbill.com/article/cruel-britannia-after-frankenstein

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’

• https://variety.com/2024/legit/podcasts/drag-queen-sasha-velour-stage-show-lady-gaga-j-k-rowling-1236100197

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

• https://www.transvitae.com/trans-exclusion-sparks-outrage-lezvolley-tournament-canceled

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.

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/lgbtq-immigrants-latin-america-asylum-seekers-rcna166287

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

• https://apnews.com/article/maine-religious-school-tuition-reimbursement-7842144269fab6ad13740c758c784658

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.

• https://www.advocate.com/politics/leonard-leo-danger-transgender-kids

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.

• https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/seeing-falling-poll-numbers-trump

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

• https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/13/flamingos-hatched-egg-very-gay

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”

• https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/08/13/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.

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-santos-jd-vance-drag-photos_n_66bb78c9e4b0768018b71046

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

• https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/film/i-saw-the-tv-glow-is-coming-to-streaming-and-trans-folks-are-rejoicing