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