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Transgender News May 25

May 26, 2026 / Jack Molay

Trans women, abortions, immigrants: canaries in our cultural coalmines

A new study by researchers at Southern Oregon University and Rutgers University found that transgender adolescents who received hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, were less likely to run away from home

Body of Missing Trans College Student Murry Foust Found by Search Party

Australian children’s book author Scott Stuart has launched a campaign inviting people to send supportive letters of love and solidarity to the transgender community to help “drown out” rising transphobia.

“Making Maya” (working title), is a U.K. co-production drawn from the life of Maya Arputham, a transgender prosecutor in Britain, navigating the barriers of one of its most traditional institutions.

“As our rights are stripped away and transphobic hatred spreads, I wonder whether our focus on euphoria was a mistake”

Brighton performer shares cleft and transgender journey

US Politics

Allegheny County Council President Pat Catena resigned Friday morning. He had accused Democratic nominee Brittany Bloam for being “supported by an extreme left group that advocates for transgender athletes in our sports.”

Cerberus has their go-bag ready. Adrian is prepared to move at a moment’s notice. Debra Guckenheimer has already fled the US with her nonbinary children. The GOP transgender assault is driving people from their homes – and their country.

Trump Brings Transgender Sports Into Unrelated Political Rally

Trump Taunts Heckler During His Anti-Trans Rant As Security Drags Them Away

New York is weighing new protections as access to gender-affirming care faces federal uncertainty.

Trans rights supporters rally in Seattle, march on City Hall
Archive

Transgender News May 13

May 13, 2026 / Jack Molay

After Student Outcry, Turning Point USA Cancels UW Event Featuring Anti-Trans Speaker

A transgender Taco Bell crew member says her supervisor and coworkers called her “nacho man” and pushed her into quitting.

A Canadian trans woman laments as she watches cruelty cross the 49th parallel and call itself “protecting children”

Russian woman sentenced to forced labour over gay K-Pop fan fiction

In October last year, TransActual made a submission to GANHRI’s Sub-Committee on Accreditation, regarding the EHRC’s U-turn on the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act.

America’s broken pipeline of mental healthcare for trans youth

I Built a Viking Man To Hide My True Transgender Self

US Politics

NYU Langone hit with US subpoena seeking info on minors receiving gender-affirming care

Ohio Republican introduces yet ANOTHER anti-trans bill, this time targeting adult insurance coverage

California Attorney General Bonta Joined a Coalition of 21 Attorneys General Opposing Another Baseless Attempt by Trump Administration to Access Medical Records on Gender-Affirming Care

Signature dispute could derail Maine’s anti-trans ballot initiative

Trump admin anti-trans snitch site targeted Canadian doctors

Trans rights group says some U.S. students denied care at McGill clinic due to Trump executive order

Advocates call on NC to reintroduce bathroom restrictions for transgender people
Archive

A new crop of state laws are ‘leveraging criminalization as a tactic against trans people’

R.I. judge slams DOJ’s ‘fishing expedition’ in case seeking medical records of transgender youth

Remember those state ballot initiatives banning same-sex marriage? Conservatives are now using that playbook to target transgender rights.

Trump is Trying to Make a List of Trans Kids. His Administration Hasn’t Said Why.

Transgender News May 8

May 8, 2026 / Jack Molay

Forty Years Before I Came Out as Trans, My Mother Gave Me the Gift of Empathy

Trans Youth Who Want Hormone Therapy But Can’t Get It Face Twice Suicide Risk, Says National Survey

Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare
Link to transphobic site.
See also comment by Sophie Molly

To burn out or to fade away? Trans+ romance throughout history

Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next

My Daughter Got A New Haircut. I’m Shocked By The Things Strangers Now Say To Her.

LGBTQ people, weed, and mental health: what you need to know

Please Help Us Decipher Dave Chappelle’s Latest Justification for Anti-Trans Jokes

“It’s very common for those acting on behalf of the ruling class to attempt to divide the LGBT community to make us easier to attack”

She’s The He brings gender-swapping teen comedies into the present

US Politics

Ohio bill would restrict public insurance coverage for transgender surgeries

Trump administration moves to drop its appeal in legal fight against CHOP to get medical records of transgender children

The Law Allows Smith College to Admit Transgender Students. Could Trump’s Attack Work Anyway?

Are Anti-Trans Measures Being Used as Republican “Ballot Candy”?

Doctors In This Red State Now Have To Give The Government Detailed Information About Their Trans Patients

The Trump administration’s new security directive frames “radically pro-transgender” groups as potential domestic threats while omitting any mention of right-wing extremism.

Lawsuit accuses Trump DOJ of stripping anti-rape protections from trans prisoners

Colorado quickly rewrites & passes new conversion therapy ban to get around Supreme Court ruling

Ohio Republicans are trying to strip transgender adults of health insurance coverage

Transgender News April 28

April 28, 2026 / Jack Molay

Common claim that most transgender youth renounce that identity is not supported by statistics, VCU research finds

“there is an assumption external to the community that trans healthcare is a nice to have optional extra rather than life affirming care that alleviates suffering.”

Minnesota town honors one of America’s earliest rural Pride movements with new monument

Fears sale of Tasmanian hospital puts gender affirming care and womens health at risk

Advocacy group Parents of Trans Kids Speak Out is calling for urgent action in Queensland following the Australian Human Rights Commission’s release of the Equal Identities report.

Villano Antillano Says Anti-Trans Movement Is on Its Last Legs

Some women have penises, and some men have vaginas

Two more Women’s Institute branches vote to close over trans ban

Hate Group Affiliated Academics Face Outcry at Medical Conference

A queer transgender researcher reads the “LGB Drop the T” argument against the historical record.

Marina Summers Will Be First Trans Woman to Host Miss Universe Philippines

US Politics

After failing in Senate, Josh Hawley urges House to ban funding for trans youth healthcare

Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Trump Admin Proposes New Rule to Eliminate LGBTQ+ Housing Discrimination Protections, Force Homeless Shelters to House Trans Women with Men

A special election in the district home to the Stonewall Inn is raising big questions about LGBTQ+ representation, political values, and who gets to speak for queer New Yorkers.

Texas Tech University bans teaching, researching LGBTQ+ topics

A fight for transgender inclusion in high school sports comes to Oakland

Transgender News April 27

April 27, 2026 / Jack Molay

Trump’s ATF accused of trying to ‘intimidate’ transgender gun owners after LGBTQ+ clubs see ‘explosive’ growth

Queer horror fans, a new Australian horror film is turning heads and stomachs with its confronting take on gay conversion therapy.

Public support for transgender women in sports dropped significantly between 2019 and 2024

Transgender Composer’s Music Brings Life, Joy, and Faith to Her Catholic Parish

Operation Lifeboat exists to meet transgender Kansans where they are.

Anine Hartmann and Frende Lorentzen have published an opinion piece today where they ask whether the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten is importing anti-trans hate, helping a Britsh anti-trans activist.
Google translation

Being transgender defines its own loneliness.

US Politics

Pa. senators passed a transgender female athlete ban. Will the House take it up?

Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2026

A proposal to bar transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports in Washington has failed for the second year in a row

Transgender News April 22

April 22, 2026 / Jack Molay

T4T Wrestling, a spiritual successor to the now-defunct T Boy Wrestling spearheaded by multi-time QWI Award-winning pro wrestler Kidd Bandit, now has a start date.

Trump’s HHS Report Co-Author Is Headlining a Trans Youth Care Panel At Preeminent Pediatric Academic Conference

Detectives seek information on person of interest in 2020 murder of transgender woman in Pompano Beach

Six years of Lyle Shelton suggesting I’m a danger to children because I’m a drag queen

Transmasc People Have “Chasers,” Too — And It’s Important to Understand Why

Miss Universe Puerto Rico names second transgender contestant

What can science fiction tell us about sex-change and the transsexual experience?

Laverne Cox sees her new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” as a warning against “dehumanization” — including of transgender people.

How to navigate the femme vs masc discourse as a queer woman

US Politics

U.S. Sends Plane to Cuba to Get Child in Transgender Custody Case
Archive

Missouri Republicans advance bill to police trans people’s bathroom access

Washington state: Statewide proposal on trans athlete participation in girls sports fails for second time

Pa. Senate Republicans — again — push forward transgender female athlete ban

Human Rights Campaign targets battleground districts during broader reckoning over LGBTQ+ rights

In Victory for Voters, the SAVE America Act Fails in the Senate

State strikes down Massapequa, Locust Valley school transgender bathroom policies
Archive

DOJ announces its latest criminal target. It’s a nonprofit group that tracks right-wing extremists

Donald Trump met with stunning silence after bragging about banning transgender athletes to college champions

Gov. Janet Mills on Friday denounced a push to keep transgender girls out of girls’ school sports

Courts deliver two trans rights victories — sort of — from out west

New York: State education commissioner orders LI districts to allow transgender students facility access

Trans KC residents say Missouri’s ‘bathroom bill’ would unfairly target them

Trump Is Making Federal Prison Even More Dangerous for Transgender Inmates
Archive

NY: State annuls Massapequa, Locust Valley districts transgender bathroom policies

California: Know Your Rights: LGBTQ+ Rights in Response to Federal Attacks

Transgender News April 7

April 7, 2026 / Jack Molay

Fact Check: New Finnish “Study” Does Not Prove “Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes”

Ra’il l’Nasah Kiam, YourSlipisShowing, and the Erasure of Black Trans Organizing

To Disclose or Not: Sharing Gender Identity at Work

Snooker Bans Trans Women from Women’s Tournaments Worldwide

“A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed divorcing “gay” from “queer” people reinforces a hierarchy of belonging that privileges proximity to straightness, rewards conformity, and marginalizes anyone who cannot or will not meet its terms”

Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird Slam Olympic Committee’s “Hateful” Ban on Trans Women

Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian author & father of 10 indicted for alleged child sex abus e

LGBTQ and in the closet: Putting up a free anonymous email account

Colombia’s Highest Ranking Catholic Official Washed the Feet of Trans Sex Workers

Three trans women confront Clavicular during his livestream: ‘We’re the OG looksmaxxers!’

Clavicular met a couple of transgender women who kept telling him they were the original looksmaxxers and that he’s copying them.

“You know that Trans women are like he OG looksmaxxers, I do the peptides, i’m on reta… You’re copying us” pic.twitter.com/bwKzNd6lnf
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) April 6, 2026

US Politics

Iowa can restrict LGBTQ+ books and topics at schools, appellate court rules

Children’s Minnesota resumes Gender Health program after court ruling

The coming blue-state battles over trans athletes

Protestors Gather to Oppose Idaho Bathroom Ban

The Trump-Vance administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget would codify the expanded global gag rule and eliminate funding for LGBTQ-specific programs in global health initiatives.

Trump administration undoes civil rights settlements that found discrimination against trans students

As Trump administration rolls back LGBTQ+ protections, some flock to Peoria for a reprieve

Trump administration undoes civil rights settlements that found discrimination against trans students

The Supreme Court’s conversion therapy ruling is being misunderstood. The justices focused on how the law was written, not the science behind conversion therapy.

Federal judge rebuffs Trump administration push to restrict gender-affirming care for minors

Donations surge for Tennessee librarian fired by conservative board over LGBTQ+ books

Transgender News February 4

February 4, 2026 / Jack Molay

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons said doctors should delay gender-related surgeries until age 19
Archive

‘American Teenager’ tour brings stories of trans youth to cities across Georgia

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

Transgender women might have more muscle mass than cisgender women one to three years after hormone therapy, but their physical fitness is comparable, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The Ongoing Fight Against Queensland’s Trans Youth Healthcare Ban

Opacity: FOI practice and governance at the EHRC

Hollyoaks star pitched cross-dressing story himself for important reason

US politics

Idaho bill to ban local protections against LGBTQ+ discrimination heads to House

Indiana advances bill that would ‘mandate discrimination’ against trans people, ACLU warns

More State Lawmakers Threaten Transgender Job Bias Ban Repeals

Nebraska Bathroom Bill, Youth Gender-Affirming Care Ban Likely To Fail Amid Opposition From Deciding Republican Vote

Maryland4th Circuit dismisses lawsuit against Montgomery County schools’ pronoun policy

Julia Serano: Should Democrats Moderate on Transgender and LGBTQ Issues?

Videos

Why Are People So Afraid of Drag? (Video)

The Way of Eros in (one) Trans Person’s Experience

Discussion over at CDL.

America is WOKE AF (Some good news!)

Anti-trans provisions stripped from US funding bills (and more trans news)

January 21, 2026 / Jack Molay

Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills

All anti-transgender provisions stripped from House and Senate funding bills

Kesha, Grimes and more rally around Kim Petras as she demands to be dropped by label

Why Trans Advocates Cannot Afford Political Disengagement

Australia: The only protection LGBTQIA+ people gained from the new federal hate laws

Australia: Urgent Meeting Called After Mardi Gras Accused Of Not Supporting Trans Community

Dragon’s Den star suggests ‘pervert’ men pretend to be trans to access female spaces

The Greenland lesson for LGBTQ people

How the NHS became the battleground in the trans debate facing workplaces

US

Ousted under Trump’s trans military ban, retired Space Force Col. Bree Fram launches bid for Congress

Fight to protect transgender health care to be among new governor’s first tests

In Colorado, the Options for Ari, a Transgender Teen, Begin to Disappear
Archive

Wisconsin teen finds new care after hospitals stop gender-affirming treatment for minors

Manufactured Outrage: Trans Athlete Complaint Reveals Coordinated Attack on Michigan Student

Metro-east family asks for tolerance after suicide of transgender child

Dept. of Education Attacks Middle School For Supposedly Letting Trans Student Onto Co-Ed Cheer Squad

Study Finds U.S. Support for Transgender Rights Under 50%

Dept. of Education Attacks Middle School For Supposedly Letting Trans Student Onto Co-Ed Cheer Squad

Dylan Mulvaney cooly responds to backlash over Six the Musical casting: ‘This is a miracle’

From Play Dates to Protest: Rainbow Families Chart a Trans Evolution

Videos

A rumour has been spreading that the FBI is mailing trans activists threatening letters, demanding that they remove their work from the internet. This is false!

Transgender News January 14

January 14, 2026 / Jack Molay

Three of the world’s top trans healthcare organisations have expressed “significant ethical concerns” regarding the UK Government’s upcoming puberty blockers trial.

Who is Garden Rescue star and trans ally Lee Burkhill?

Why Trans Visibility in Comedy Is Still So One-Sided

Trans People are Wargamers Whether the Fandom Likes it or Not

The US

Children’s Wisconsin, UW Health stop providing gender-affirming treatments for minors

Alliance Defending Freedom’s Cruel History with Conversion Therapy

Once-revered trans activist Ruby Corado gets prison time in fraud case
Archive

Democratic-led US states sue over HHS grant conditions targeting transgender people

Honoring 50 queer, trans women with inaugural ‘Carrying Change’ awards

Elon Musk threatened to sue Ashley St. Clair for custody of their infant son after she voiced support for transgender people.

US Supreme Court

Supreme Court appears likely to uphold transgender athlete bans

Conservative Supreme Court Justices Seem Ready To Let Trans Athlete Bans Stand

Supreme Court appears skeptical of challenges to bans on trans athletes
Archive

7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports

SCOTUS likely to allow state trans sports bans, but a changed tone could signal a narrow ruling

Conservative Californians ask SCOTUS to allow forced outing of transgender students

Videos

Transition Talks e1: Surgery, Hormones, and MtF Trans Planning | Transgender Zone with Victoria Rose

DC Comics New “Trans Rep” Is An Absolute Trainwreck

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