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“Rather than the closet being an anachronistic concept I am increasingly feeling that it may be the only safe space left for trans people should the current trajectory continue.”

Transgender women near Rome pray for Pope Francis, celebrate his outreach

Meet MassResistance, the Group Taking Credit for the New Push to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Transgender Troops Prepare for Military Ban

Column: Trump’s latest cruel attempt to ban transgender troops won’t survive without a fight

Trump challenge to Maine’s transgender policy hinges on new read of anti-discrimination law

Iowa just passed one of the most chilling bills ever written. Lets talk about it.

DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

The SAVE Act’s Hidden Consequences for Transgender Americans

Trans Women & Dating: The Deadly Price of the “Deception” Myth

Transgender people like my child just want to live their lives | Letters

Transgender people in North Carolina no longer required to provide proof of surgery to correct birth certificates

Transgender US service members to be removed from military, Pentagon memo shows

Philly schools will continue to allow transgender athletes to participate in sports that match their gender identity

How Project 2025 Tries to Demonize LGBTQI+ People—and Why It’ll Fail

Brianna Titone, Colorado’s first transgender lawmaker, joins Democratic primary for state treasurer

The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin

Letter to Donald Trump from members of congress about life-saving care for transgender young people

New Zealand: One in five trans and non-binary people threatened with physical violence

Groups Helping LGBTQ Victims of Violence Could Face a Catastrophic Loss of Federal Funding

Canada: Civil society organizations are urging the federal government to immediately pause the Safe Third Country Agreement. The agreement allows Canada to return asylum seekers to the United States,, assuming that the U.S. is also a safe destination for refugees.

A trans woman in Kent, UK is celebrated as a female leader in a mural artwork.

«I can tell you why I am trans, just as any other trans person will do the same.»

LGBTQ Identification has Nearly Tripled in 12 Years. Why?

A Silent Epidemic: The Deadly Struggle of Trans Women of Color

U.S. Military Ordered to Identify and Discharge Trans Troops

Zaya Wade is the latest cover girl of Seventeen magazine, and the 2024 Out100 honoree winner opened up about the obsession she and her dad have in common: the hit LGBTQ+ Netflix series Heartstopper!

Dylan Mulvaney says she’s ‘living proof’ that far-right, anti-trans beliefs aren’t true

The trans Americans turning to guns for protection
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Amid growing fears and increasing violence against the transgender community, many transgender Americans are turning to firearms for protection. A Washington Post article highlights the experiences of several transgender individuals who have chosen to arm themselves in response to the rising transphobia and anti-trans legislation, particularly during and after the Trump administration.

May Alejandro Rodriguez, a 21-year-old trans woman, illustrates this shift in mindset. Initially a supporter of gun control, Rodriguez bought her first gun after witnessing the rollback of transgender rights and the surge in hate crimes. She and others in the community are learning firearm safety and self-defense as a means to feel secure.

Indy transgender veterans prepare to lose gender-affirming care

New Zealand: A letter warning of potential legal action against health professionals offering gender affirming care has been sent to more than 20 practices

Nancy Pelosi’s fervent message to the transgender community: We are with you and you’re not alone

Several Nonprofits Overcomply With Trump EOs, Erase Trans People From Websites

How Vera Drew defied Warner Bros and turned the Batman universe trans

A group of 30 state and national organizations has condemned elected officials for posts about a Greely High School student that eventually led to the showdown between Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump.

Marco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US Entry

US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers

Politics, Not Biology, Is Driving Legal Efforts to Classify Sex. Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality, so biology cannot be invoked as a basis for “immutable” legal classifications.

Transgender Youth Have Better Emotional Health after Taking Hormones, New Study Finds

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer process transgender identity data in order to comply with President Trump’s executive order, agency representative Melissa Dibble told STAT on Tuesday.

So there are drag queens in Trump’s Mar-a-Gaza “heaven”?

We suspect this is an anti-Trump video, but that Trump had not been able to detect the irony, and that he therefore reposted it after falling in love with the golden statue and Elon Musk’s money.

“If she wins, the flood of reverse discrimination claims will be like nothing we’ve ever seen,” said Johnny C. Taylor Jr.,…SHRM. “Straight, White people everywhere could be filing.”
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Military Schools Ban “Gender Ideology” Material, Enact Book Bans And Don’t Say Gay Policies

Several Nonprofits Overcomply With Trump EOs, Erase Trans People From Websites

Maine lawmaker censured for posting photos of student she identified as transgender

District of Columbia Trans community removed from National Park Service’s Dupont Circle website

LGBTQ+ Organizations Sue to Stop Trump’s Anti-Trans Orders

Three reasons why Australia is unlikely to follow Trump’s anti-trans campaign

Trans woman battles in court to avoid deportation from U.S.: ‘I’d rather die than go back’

Trump’s passport policy leaves trans, intersex Americans in the lurch

Conservatives Push to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage: ‘Just a Matter of When’

The City of Worcester Is the Latest To Defy Trump by Becoming a Transgender Sanctuary City
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Keto Diet for Transgender Wellness: Benefits, Risks, and Tips

Let’s talk about trans passing privilege

A prominent transgender woman debates Mark Patinkin about trans athletes. What she said

That Alabama anti-transgender law is even worse than you think

Milwaukee Trans Woman Fatally Shot—Loved Ones Demand Justice

The agency overseeing school sports in New Jersey is refusing to change its policy on trans athletes, despite executive orders from President Donald Trump

Texas sues NCAA to demand ‘sex screening’ of student athletes

Gay actor Jonathan Bailey and pop star Jessie Ware are urging parents to be LGBTQ+ allies, as part of a charity drive aimed at combatting the rise in anti-queer rhetoric.

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“Intellectually and Morally Indefensible”: Montana Court Blocks Trans-Exclusionary Law Defining Sex

A Montana court has struck down Senate Bill 458, a law that sought to define sex and gender in a strictly binary and immutable manner based on perceived chromosomal makeup at birth. The bill was challenged by a group of trans, intersex, and Two Spirit Montanans who argued that it violated their civil rights in various aspects of public life, including housing, employment, and healthcare. The court ruled that substituting licensed medical professionals’ opinions with legislators’ beliefs was unconstitutional and that even minority groups deserve protection under the law.

Transgender lawmakers Rep. SJ Howell (photo) and Rep. Zooey Zephyr have argued that the bill would legally misdefine them and effectively write them out of state law.

‘Biologically inaccurate’: Judge blasts Trump policy to ban transgender people from the military

On the Trump-administration’s absurd and unscientific definitions of sex and gender

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Citing ‘Biological Truth,’ Kennedy Issues Guidance Recognizing Only Two Sexes
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RFK Jr. targets transgender protections in one of first moves at HHS
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More Hospitals Resume Trans Care After Trump’s EO Temporarily Blocked In Court [AZ, VA]

‘Manufactured distraction’: House passes transgender sports bill. Most Democrats vote no

Students Establish The National Transgender Leadership Conference Committee to Develop Trans Leadership Across the US.

Civil and human rights groups sue over Trump diversity, transgender orders

Top US health agency updates definitions of female and male in line with Trump order

Second court knocks down Donald Trump’s “cruel” gender-affirming care ban

Almost a month after Target said it was ending some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, the company is facing backlash from customers, the heirs to one of its founders and civil rights activists.

Utah lawmaker moves to restrict transgender adults’ access to gender-affirming care
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Transgender people face more harassment in bathrooms that match their sex assigned at birth: study

Manun Wongmasoh, known as “Noon”, is a 26-year-old Muslim Thai transgender woman and an LGBTI activist. Raised in a religious family in Nakhon Nayok province, central Thailand, Noon was inspired to become a human rights activist to address certain interpretations of Islamic principles that she believed had been misused to discriminate against LGBTI individuals in Thailand. 

The Project 2025 Tracker is tracking how far Trump has come in following up the Project 2025 plan.

Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored

LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified.

Musk & Co are now actively using ridicule and aggressve bullying to silence those who defend civility and democracy. The mob is taking over the US.
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Confronting Trans Erasure: The Fight for Our Survival

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NY: Killing of Transgender Man Is Not Ruled a Hate Crime, Investigators Say
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FIFA Under Fire: Trump’s Transgender Ban Sparks Dilemma

European Civil Society condemns the European Commission’s announcement to withdraw the proposed Directive on anti-discrimination as a betrayal of fundamental rights at a critical moment for democracy and equality in the EU.

On 12 February, the Commission publicly announced its intention to withdraw the proposal for the Equal Treatment Directive. This legislative measure aims to close legal gaps in EU anti-discrimination law. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and EU Treaties prohibit discrimination based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation. However, existing EU anti-discrimination legislation results in a hierarchy of protection where some forms of discrimination are more comprehensively addressed than others. The Equal Treatment Directive sought to harmonise these protections, ensuring a horizontal approach to equality.

Transgender quislings — dealing with people who actively seek to harm

We all have hormones — why are they being weaponized against trans athletes?

“…when she came out as transgender in 2021…she had a realization: ‘I’m a minority now, in a world that is pretty hostile to that minority.’ In 2022, Ms. Kolanowski bought a Glock 43X handgun…”

America has truly lost its soul, Kai McKenzie argues. Trans people find themselves under siege.

Interview with Mia F. Yamamoto, a proud transgender woman who has dedicated her life to uplifting marginalized communities.

Gender critical beliefs propagate terrorism

That anti-transgender law is even worse than you think.
The Alabama Legislature might have opened the door to sex segregation.

Why Protests Always Matter: For Trans People, Instilling Belief Leads to Change

Elon Musk’s father spreads baseless conspiracy theory that Michelle Obama is transgender

More than 400 civil rights groups call on Congress to reject transgender athlete ban

More than 400 LGBTQ and civil rights organizations have urged Congress to reject proposed legislation that would bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. Led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the coalition argues that such a ban would harm women and girls and undermine civil rights for all students.

“Targeting and excluding transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students from participation in school programming, including athletics programs, alongside their cisgender peers is harmful to all students and undermines the learning environment for everyone. If schools mark some students effectively as outcasts, they foster an environment where no student is included and safe.”

The full text of the letter.

Photo: uschools

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Nebraska Legislature to revisit transgender rights debate in 2025 session
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Biden Administration Closing Without Fulfilling Promise to Provide Gender-Affirmation Surgery to Transgender Vets

“I Cannot Imagine Surviving”: Read the Stories of the Trans Women Facing Forced Head Shaving and Medical Detransition in Florida Prisons

Meta quietly removed mentions of LGBTQ-affirming care from public benefits page The company said that they were ‘removed in error’

Village People leave fans furious after confirming Trump inauguration performance

Know Your Rights in 2025 as a Trans Student in California Schools

S.F. Bay Area transgender writers are ready to resist Trump’s transphobia

Incarcerated residents and staff at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center gathered in Chapel A to commemorate the second Transgender Day of Remembrance.

New Jersey Democratic State Senator Sarlo Calls Trans Women Men, Advocates For Sports Ban

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón responds to backlash as she describes receiving vile death threats

Apple’s board of directors have asked shareholders to vote against a proposal to end the tech giant’s diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) programmes.

What Trans People can do as we arrive towards Inauguration Day, and beyond

Is Threads actively trying to censor Transgender World’s link to article about their LGBTQ f up?