US: Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: July 2024 Edition
In July, Rhode Island improved in risk for transgender people while Louisiana deteriorated.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans-legislative-risk-assessment-3dc

Taylor would not just disappear’: Friends and family of trans woman missing in the Bahamas speak out.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/friends-and-family-of-trans-woman-missing-in-the-bahamas-speak-out-214630981646?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

Taylor Casey’s friends and family called on government officials to prioritize her case and highlighted the lack of resources often given to missing cases of people and color and LGBTQ+ people.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/07/11/taylor-casey-missing-bahamas?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity
Archive: https://archive.is/bWrZx

US: Laws targeting gender-affirming care have uprooted thousands. But places that are more supportive can also be more expensive.

Archived: https://archive.is/SIwR4

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/business/economy/lgbtq-moving-cost.html

Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine’s recent report challenges the UK’s Cass Review on gender-affirming care, accusing it of misrepresenting data and drawing unsupported conclusions.

https://www.transvitae.com/yale-report-challenges-cass-review-gender-affirming-care

Filmmaker brings into focus life of pioneering transgender, women’s rights neuroscientist Ben Barres.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2024/07/11/stanford-ben-barres-film-ask-the-question-annexon.html
Archive: https://archive.is/ZJZuV#selection-953.0-953.100

US: Nonbinary representation in government is on the rise with a record number of out elected officials

https://www.advocate.com/politics/lgbtq-elected-officials-record-nonbinary?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution to bar discrimination over “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” will appear on the ballot this November, the state’s high court ruled Thursday.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-equal-rights-amendment-ae63204c9fabe89acef11aa149d260e9

West Virginia and Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to decide whether states can lawfully enforce bans on transgender students competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/west-virginia-idaho-anti-transgender-sports-bans/index.html

Lake Saint Louis dad forms clothing line inspired by his transgender daughter.
Lion+Owl officially launched last month, one of a small but growing number of online merchants that specializes in “gender-blurring” apparel.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/business/lake-saint-louis-dad-forms-clothing-line-inspired-by-his-transgender-daughter/article_24d05f50-2db0-11ef-b527-bbe2e28810f3.html
Archived: https://archive.is/Q9vhd#selection-3903.153-3920.0

The trans Hayley Williams discourse, explained.

https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/controversy/the-trans-hayley-williams-discourse-explained/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

The Bihar government has appointed a transgender person Manvi Madhu Kashyap as a Sub- Inspector of Police for the first time in the state.

https://www.news18.com/india/manvi-madhu-kashyap-becomes-bihars-first-transgender-sub-inspector-8962137.html

Silver Taube: Misgendering a transgender person in the workplace is stigmatizing and unlawful

https://sanjosespotlight.com/silver-taube-misgendering-a-transgender-person-in-the-workplace-is-stigmatizing-and-unlawful