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What we’re learning about being trans from the 2022 US Transgender Survey

The National Center for Public Policy Research uses shareholder proposals to pressure corporate America to ditch diversity, equity and inclusion.

Billie Butler, Ken Hilton battle for NH House seat amid anti-transgender attacks

As Bellingham readies anti-discrimination measure, transgender activists explain the need

Shea Couleé confirms Marvel’s Ironheart character’s ‘drag queen’ past with official first look

Trump Promises Harsher ICE Crackdowns, Blaming “Transgender For Everybody”

Transgender Representation Shrinks on TV: ‘We’re Being Pushed Out of Every Aspect of Public Life’
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Helen Joyce wonders why all the doctors disagree with her

JK Rowling is directly funding transphobic efforts (video)

Trump anti-trans EO used to deny health care to Democrats, unmarried vets

UK Parliament Sides with Anti-Trans Activists in Apology

The first ‘Big Gay Brunch’ will be held at the renowned Actors’ Church in Covent Garden, London in celebration of Pride in London next month.

Judge deems Trump’s National Institutes of Health grant cuts illegal

Trans rights are under attack. These trans elders say they ‘aren’t afraid’

Appeals court upholds transgender student’s right to bathroom access in Mukwonago Area School District

Why Do At Least Six Anti-LGBTQ Hate Groups Have Special Consultative Status Inside The United Nations?

The Biggest Threat Against Gender-Affirming Care In the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Was Just Removed

Maine Senate defeats proposal to ban transgender girls from female sports

Jules Gill-Peterson doesn’t want to fight for trans joy. She wants to fight for what trans people really need: resources, hormones, and surgery. 

Kate Nash Releases Anti-TERF Protest Song “GERM” Condemning Transphobia: Stream

Kate Nash has released a protest song titled GERM, which directly condemns transphobia and misogyny in the UK. She is clearly addressing the toxic hate of British “gender critical” TERFs (i.e. so-called “trans-exclusionary radical feminists” like JK Rowling.)

Video over at YouTube (NSFW)

The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is seeking input on its Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, especially in light of the recent High Court ruling on the definition of “sex” in equality law.

Nebraska governor signs controversial bill restricting transgender athletes in schools

Army circulates guidelines for expelling transgender troops from military

California track-and-field championships draw limited protest over trans student’s participation

The Transsexual Shadow: Spectacle and Absence in ‘Naked Gun 33 1/3’

When Support Becomes Suspect: NHS Guidance and the Policing of Parental Care for Trans Youth

Trans Inclusion in Healthcare and Sports Are Under Attack in California — Officials Blame Newsom and Trump

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

Calif. Central Valley lawmakers call for removal of transgender athlete from upcoming CIF girls finals

Transgender People May Soon Be Barred From Using Federal Funds for Gender-Affirming Care

Celebrity Parents Who Support Their Trans and Nonbinary Kids: Gabrielle Union, Marlon Wayans, More

The University of Kansas is facing a lawsuit from one of its transgender students. Alvarez is suing for restricting media communications, retaliation against using his First Amendment rights and violation of providing due process.

Set in the Mexican town of Tepoztlán, Niñxs follows Karla, a 15-year-old transgender girl, on her journey of self-discovery while navigating adolescence and societal gender prejudices.

Ninth Circuit Court Rules a Spa’s Anti-Trans Ban is Not Protected By the First Amendment

Penn Medicine no longer offering gender-affirming procedures for people under 19

How Ace Ventura Mocked a Trans Woman: Lois Einhorn Deserved Better

Data Privacy For Trans People In The U.K. Could Be At Risk

Trans actors Juliet Mylan and Ethan Feider talk about the risks and rewards of queer theater and their roles for Salt & Sage in Gillette’s “Tears and Glitter” and “Mimetic Desire.”

Why did Alabama families drop their challenge to an anti-transgender law?

‘Visibly, vocally and unapologetically’: Sonoma County Pride hosts first-ever transgender rally

Khelif required to take sex test for World Boxing fights

Hysterectomy Complication Rates in Trans Men Studied

Hunter Schafer Rumored as Zelda, Bigots Cry “Too Woke”

A Clippings Scrapbook: Obscenity Laws, The Comstock Act, and the Complicated Legacy of Virginia Prince

Here’s What Rosie O’Donnell Had To Say When Her 12-Year-Old Child Came Out To Her As Nonbinary

“These Colors Don’t Run”: HRC Launches Defiant Protest Campaign For Pride

Lloyds Bank has pledged to support its transgender staff following the Supreme Court’s ruling that trans women are not legally women. 

Andrew Walton, Lloyds’s chief corporate affairs director, responded to the ruling just hours after it was announced, saying the company would ‘listen and support’ any employees who may be affected. 

In a message seen by the Telegraph to Lloyds’s Rainbow network, which is the bank’s internal group for LGBTQ+ people, offering them ‘a note of support…on what I know will be an unsettling day following the UK Supreme Court decision’. 

He added: ‘Please know that we cherish and celebrate you and we remain committed to inclusivity. If you’re a line manager, please be mindful of the potential impact on members of your team and be available to them. We are here to listen and support.’ 

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced it will not implement a specific policy on the eligibility of transgender athletes for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

Trans inclusive protesters have taken to the streets of the UK this weekend showing that overwhelming the UK public is in no mood of gender critical beliefs.

Books: ‘Pronoun Trouble’ reminds us that punctuation matters.
‘They’ has been a shape-shifter for more than 700 years

Theater‘: Bad Books’ a timely look at censorship in local library.
Influencer vs. conservative parent in Round House production.

Thousands of protesters took to London to rally against the Supreme Court’s trans ruling after an “emergency” protest was called by organisers.

The Illinois High School Association has defied President Donald Trump’s order to ban transgender athletes from competing in female sports.

Judges pauses Trump policy restricting transgender passport choices, finding it’s rooted in ‘irrational prejudice’

Despite full parental support, Mississippi’s highest court has ruled that a transgender teen cannot legally change his name.

UK Ruling Sparks Nationwide Protest for Trans Equality

Threat of Arrest: Politics Against Existence

How Ayushman Bharat fails India’s transgender population

UK petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards

‘Cancer gave me courage to admit I am transgender’

LGBTQ people find confidence and community in self-defense classes

How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart
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The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether public schools can refuse to give parents the right to pull kids from lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books.
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Operation Caged Bird exposes Naval Academy students to titles by Maya Angelou and other authors targeted under Trump administration directives to wipe out references to race and equity in federal agencies.
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Anti-Trans Activist Hadley Freeman Thinks UK Court Win Means People Have To Be Her Friend

Maine banned transgender discrimination 20 years ago. Few noticed — until now.
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…Maine is one of 22 states that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and one of 23 states that has laws or policies allowing transgender athletes to participate in sports consistent with their gender identities, according to MAP.

“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