Critics claim trans people ‘defy biology’. New research suggests otherwise

//Many anti-trans arguments rely on a belief that gender diversity is entirely socially determined.This myth is frequently weaponised to frame trans identities as optional or reversible. Too often, this becomes a justification for hostile public attitudes and for stripping basic legal protections from trans people.

The belief that being trans is purely a social phenomenon also provides a rationale for harmful identity change and suppression practices (also known as conversion therapy).Every major Australian and United States medical association has condemned these practices…..

Our findings provide a crucial correction to this harmful public discourse. They confirm that genes and their related biological pathways play a role in shaping gender identity.//

Looking Back on Gloria Steinem’s Turn Toward Transgender Rights

South Australia’s Parliament has decisively rejected a One Nation bill seeking to criminalise gender-affirming healthcare for minors. (Blocked in some countries)

A new civil society coalition has been launched in response to the growing influence of anti-rights and far-right movements in South Africa and across the continent

Trans people need a politics of ordinary life

Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton is ‘standing with trans people’ by boycotting HBO’s Harry Potter

Invisible Historie: Rsight-wing forces tried to stop these archivists from preserving LGBTQ+ history. They failed.

US Politics

Trump DOJ tried to force California to ban trans girls from sports. A judge said no

Federal Judge Rules Trump Cannot Force Schools To Exclude Trans Athletes In California

Texas A&M students could soon lose courses on LGBTQ+ people, women, and race

Pentagon abruptly pulls the rules for Pete Hegseth’s ‘High T’ testosterone-fueled military

Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in campaigns in Georgia, other states

“Vivian Jenna Wilson knows what’s at stake for the LGBTQ+ community. With the fast-approaching midterms, the famous transgender model is using her platform to showcase her unapologetic queerness at a pivotal moment in history”

What happens when a blue state votes on trans sports?

21 States Sue Federal Government To Block Anti-Trans Under-19 Medicaid Ban

After years of protests by trans advocates in New York, State Attorney General Letitia James has joined an ongoing lawsuit in defense of trans youth healthcare.

A Vanderbilt University employee is suing the school for alleged discrimination after the university denied insurance coverage for gender-affirming procedures.