Category: Trans News (Page 4 of 13)

“Using the CRISPR technique, it’s possible to genetically modify mosquitoes by disabling a gene in females, so that their proboscis turns male, making them unable to pierce human skin.”

In other words: Scientists give mosquitos gender dysphoria in order to stop them from biting.

A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive targeting doublesex causes complete population suppression in caged Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

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This article explores setting intentions, embracing your authentic self, and offers strategies to overcome challenges unique to the transgender experience.

Something transformative is happening at the Museum of Transology (MoT). Its rapidly expanding collection of protest placards is helping to fuel the burgeoning trans rights movement.

The Supreme Court’s new term brings a landmark case on transgender rights, challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Supreme Court begins fall term with major gender affirming care case on the docket

In a Post-Bud Light World, How Running Away from the LGBTQ Community Could Impact Companies’ Bottom Line

Meet the transgender pastor who says the Bible ‘wasn’t written for 2024’

NYT Battleground Poll: Swing State Voters Believe Society Should Accept Trans People As Their Gender

Why the Fight for Trans Rights Never Gets Easier – or Less Vital

Roz Keith, Ally-Founder of Michigan-Based “Stand with Trans,” Kicks-Off Transgender Empowerment Month by Going “Beyond the Binary”

Trans people are “imposing their ideologies on everyone” by wanting to be included in sport, according to Melania Trump.

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90% of trans kids get support from parents but half face bullying at school, new report finds

2024 Report on the Experiences of Parents of Transgender and Non-binary Children

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Parents’ protest of transgender teen stirs painful memories
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Amid forfeits and anti-trans furor, San Jose State women’s volleyball plays and loses

Two large state agencies are ignoring judges’ orders to change the sex listed on driver’s licenses and birth certificates for transgender Texans, prompting LGBTQ advocates to threaten legal action.

Spain’s first transgender soccer team debuts in men’s league
Spain’s Fenix FC. A team consisting entirely of transgender men.

Spain’s first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men’s league

Lesbian software developer seeks to preserve lost LGBTQ history

One of N.J.’s largest school districts dropped its transgender policy with no public debate

GOP candidate in Del. House race expresses LGBTQ support

Musk Donated $50M To Anti-Trans Ads In 2022; Now His Pac Is Partnering With TPUSA. (And this man has a transgender daughter).

Windows into South Western middle school’s gender-inclusive restrooms boarded up

In Appalachia, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Trans Goth With a Banjo

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1,000 transgender politicians are running Sunday in every one of Brazil’s 26 states, according to the nation’s electoral court

Photo: Benny Briolly, center, a transgender woman running for city council, canvases with supporters and members of her campaign team in Morro do Estado, in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. (AP/Hannah-Kathryn Valles)

Record-setting number of transgender candidates risk their lives in Brazil

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JK Rowling among devotees of Scotland’s fastest growing religion – ‘Believers in Biology’

Top E.U. court rules that member states must recognize gender identity changes

“The European Union’s top court ruled Friday that member states must recognize legal changes to gender identity processed elsewhere within the E.U., in a case with far-reaching implications for transgender people across Europe.”

Jamestown’s state senator Dawn Euer has been recognized for protecting healthcare providers in Rhode Island from being punished for offering transgender and reproductive healthcare services.

As the United Conservative Party moves forward with controversial transphobic legislation first announced in January, many across Alberta are concerned.

Barbers Give Free Gender-Affirming Haircuts To Youth In Louisville, Kentucky

South Western’s elected school board approved spending $8,700 to cut windows so passersby can look into the so-called “gender-identity” student bathrooms.

The University of Missouri will pay $27,500 into two trust funds after settling a lawsuit with the family of a transgender boy.

Ted Cruz is spending $6.7 million on ads that depict his opponent as a threat to girl’s sports. Republicans may not see a return on their investment.

The Facts on Anti-Trans Ads: Years in, Anti-Trans Attacks Remain a Political Loser

NHS Trans Care Officials Speak At Anti-Trans Hate Group SEGM’s Conference

Florida Families File Brief Against Arbitrary Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth

Transgender employee harassed on first day of work and fired the next day, EEOC claims

This vintage clip reminds us what trans people had to go through before we had visibility

The fantastic TikTok account @dollhistory is a catalogue of clips from this bygone era of representation, and while many of the clips aren’t the easiest to watch, they’re incredibly illuminating. 

Here’s a new selection of transgender news headlines from around the world. Come back for new stories every day of the week except Sunday.

US: NIH Grant To Fund Game-based Curriculum On Transgender Health Equity

N.J. Democrat Sue Altman perfectly defends trans athletes: ‘We have to respect people’

US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

Last month, Texas stopped processing drivers license gender changes, even with a court order. Now, a letter shows they may begin reverting valid licenses for trans people who previously changed it.

A short documentary goes behind the scenes with the Montana state representative Zooey Zephyr as she fights for trans medical care and makes a momentous decision in her own life.

In a recent interview, Donald Trump claimed that schools are prioritizing the teaching of “transgender” issues over traditional subjects like reading, writing, and math.

This fan theory about a Simpsons character has trans folks jumping for joy

Giggle for Girls founder appeals finding that app discriminated against transgender woman

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez has spoken about her debut album 33, saying that the work “healed the trauma I never addressed” as “a person of colour, a person who’s trans and a woman”.

Trump ad attacking Harris on trans rights for inmates features image of Rachel Levine, former Pa. physician general

Lauren Boebert tries – & completely fails – to raise money for a supposed victim of trans rights

US: Voting while trans: here’s what you need to know

Hitmaker Sam Smith has teamed up with trans folk icon Beverly Glenn-Copeland for a remake of the latter’s “Ever New”

Donald Trump’s claims that schools prioritize “transgender ideology” over academics lack evidence and stoke harmful misconceptions.

In an interview, Donald Trump claimed that schools are prioritizing the teaching of “transgender” issues over traditional subjects like reading, writing, and math. He exaggerated the focus on transgender topics in education, suggesting they have become the primary subject in schools, a claim not supported by evidence. This rhetoric reflects his broader stance on education reform, as he advocates for a return to fundamental subjects and reducing discussions around gender identity in classrooms.

Donald Trump has once again made a totally unfounded claim about the US school system as a means of pushing right-wing, anti-transgender narratives.

Donald Trump on Monday suggested “transgender” is the principal subject now taught in schools. 

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This article addresses the common struggle of overthinking uncontrollable situations, especially within the transgender community.

Missouri: Former caseworker testifies in defense of Missouri transgender health care ban

Bow divided over pink armband protest focused on transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ sports

Tim Walz’s state became a ‘trans refuge.’ Here’s what that means and how it happened

‘Once she was Jan, I never thought of her as anything other than a woman’: Jan Morris remembered by her son

Kellie-Jay Keen posts Neo-Nazi Slogan, during court case about whether she hosted a Nazi event

How anti-queer campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen failed to get an Australian visa.

Wyoming becomes third school to cancel game against women’s volleyball team with transgender player

Athens: A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a transgender woman.

Volleyball: BSU backing out of match against San Jose State is likely rooted in transphobia

Liz Truss’ fake ‘underground transgender mafia’ quote goes viral

Opinion: I’m a trans parent. Here’s what I tell adults who worry when kids are gender-nonconforming

How transgender people are accessing gender health care services in rural mid-Wales

The U.S. Supreme Court launches its new nine-month term on Monday with several major cases already on its schedule – involving guns, transgender rights, online pornography and more 

A Virginia school board agreed to pay a former high school teacher more than $500,000 in a legal settlement after he was fired for not using the pronouns of a transgender student in 2018.
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Some feminists and academics have claimed that trans people supposedly “reinforce” gender, gender stereotypes, or “the gender system” more generally. Julia Serano responds.

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Teen Vogue exclusively presents the annual GLAAD 20 Under 20 list honoring outstanding LGBTQ youth.

“Every year, GLAAD conducts a nationwide search for queer youth advocating, organizing, performing, and all around shining in a world that seems hell-bent on dimming their light. Even in the face of book bans, legislative attacks on their healthcare, or an entertainment industry still learning to embrace queer narratives, LGBTQ youth are not only surviving, but thriving.”

The number of people identifying as LGBTQ+ continues to grow in the US, according to the latest research.

“More than one in five Gen Z adults – those between the ages of 18 to 26 – identified as LGBTQ+, while one in 10 millennials – 27 to 42 year olds – also identifying as LGBTQ+”

A Florida mom risked her job so her trans daughter could play girls’ sports. She won’t abandon that fight

Fans of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days season seven are unhappy about the way trans participant Faith is being treated by her boyfriend, Loren.

The right’s attack on trans rights is a useful dodge for its anti-abortion stand

Texas GOP uses photo of trans man forced to compete against girls in ‘boys competing with girls’ mailer

Elon Musk has again shared false information about trans people, this time after reposting a post on X about male and female pelvises.

Trans woman Natasha Reddington-Romanov, missing for more than a week, has been found dead in the River Thames.

Transgender and gender diverse individuals encounter significant obstacles in accessing cancer screening and prevention services, leading to under-detection and increased cancer risks. 

Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: September 2024 Edition

How to know if transition, HRT, and even surgery is right for you

Va. school board to pay $575K to fired teacher who refused to use transgender student’s pronouns

The BMA says it will “retain a neutral position on the Cass Review” recommendations after a vote by its council earlier this week.

Transgender asylum seekers find hope through SF LGBT Asylum Project

How the Far-Right Leverages Detransitioners Against Transgender Healthcare

District of ColumbiaTrans employee awarded $930,000 in lawsuit against D.C. McDonald’s

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 star Amanda Tori Meating has explained how being on the show helped to affirm her trans identity.

Discover how pets can offer invaluable emotional companionship and stability during the transition journey for transgender individuals.

Her family has deep roots in New Hampshire. But to protect her trans daughter, she says, they had to leave.

GOP state officials are so mad that doctors support trans healthcare that they’re intimidating them

Styling Hoodies: From Comfort to Chic for Transgender Individuals

A lawsuit filed by San Jose State University volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser has sparked heated debate over transgender athletes in collegiate sports.

Facial Feminisation, Liposuction and the Hope of Change.

A trans man’s critique of gay culture

Sarah McBride’s historic run for Congress was decades in the making

India: The Union Health Ministry’s new SOP for transgender people outlines the procedures for pre-hormonal therapy and gender assignment surgery, emphasizing the need for mental health assessments and certifications.

A Missouri court is hearing a lawsuit challenging the state’s 2023 law that restricts gender-affirming care for minors

Brenna Bird joins other Republican AGs to threaten the American Academy of Pediatrics over its support for transgender young people

A transgender volleyball player was forcibly outed by Reduxx and then a team captain at San Jose State University. Now, Boise State University has forfeited their match against them

Robin McGinness, an accomplished Baltimore-based transfemme baritone and gender nonconforming performer, learned how to navigate and carve out a career in opera.

Activists urge the World Bank not to resume lending to Uganda.
Country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act signed in 2023.

Comparison of machine learning models for the prediction of hypertension in transgender patients undergoing gynecologic surgery

Rosie Duffield: What has the former Labour MP said about trans people and trans rights?

New Zealand: The war over puberty blockers

Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

When it comes to supporting trans folks, is all allyship good allyship, or does motivation matter? A teenager out for revenge has a trans subreddit debating the answer.

Becoming a political symbol: Transgender Idahoans on the realities of anti-trans health care laws

Transgender Syrian refugee is forced to live in airport after Canadian immigration official made shocking claims about her

Carving out Transgender Rights in New Indian Labour Codes

A comic book about a transgender Muslim superhero fighting a creature known only as a Blood Golem.
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Everything That Happened In Anti-Trans Legislation This Week: September 20-27

London: Fears for missing trans woman last seen in Soho

Texas AG sues Biden administration so he can discriminate against trans kids

How to Have Sex With Trans Women, According to Transfemme People

How to Have Sex With Transmasc People, According to Transmasc People

4 trans Catholic women call meeting pope a step toward healing and inclusion. (Some misgendering!)

Belarus transgender rights organization says authorities detained over 15 LGBTQ+ individuals

LGBTQ+ Community Faces Elevated Dementia and Depression Risks

States that passed anti-transgender laws aimed at minors saw suicide attempts by transgender and gender nonconforming teenagers increase by as much as 72% in the following years.

Groundbreaking Study: Anti-trans State Laws Increased Suicide Attempts By 72%

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During politically uncertain times, transgender individuals often face heightened stress and anxiety, especially when their rights are under attack. This article explores how spiritual practices—such as meditation, nature connection, and prayer—can build resilience, offering comfort and grounding during election cycles.

Over 30 celebrities join auction to put LGBTQ+ books in classrooms. Pride and Less Prejudice’s auction features items donated by Janelle Monáe, Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Berk, and many more.

Omaha State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh says DHHS regulations discriminate against trans youth, obstruct access to healthcare

Megyn Kelly has called out the highest paid female CEO in the US for being trans

Dragon Age: The Veilguard looks set to include customisable top surgery scars for trans players when it is released next month.

Will Ferrell: “If the trans community is a threat to you, I think it stems from not being confident or safe with yourself.”

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled in favor of an Indiana Department of Corrections inmate from Evansville, who is seeking gender affirming surgery.

Pinky Devi, the newly elected chief transgender leader in Banda town, called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ensure the safety of the transgender community.

Middle school math teacher Huang Ming-chen has become the first transgender teacher to be awarded by Taiwan’s education ministry in recognition of a 38-year career dedicated to creating a safe teaching environment for her students.

Lindsey Graham’s transphobia out of the closet questioning judicial nominee

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