UK: Health secretary Wes Streeting has reportedly indicated that the Labour government will extend the Tories’ controversial emergency ban on puberty blockers for trans youth.
Wes Streeting: “This ban [on puberty blockers] brings the private sector in line with the NHS. We are committed to providing young people with the evidence-led care that they deserve”. Evidence shows that blockers are of great help.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-government-may-puberty-blocker-152756755.html
The New York Times has leaned heavily into anti-transgender, pseudoscientific writing targeting transgender people in recent years. Pamela Paul’s latest article repeats many errors.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-pamela-pauls-latest-anti
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, the Psychological Society of Ireland, and the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy sign memorandum renouncing ‘conversion therapy’.
CBS Threatens to Sue ‘Big Brother’ Author Over Wild Claims It ‘Intentionally Casts Racists’ and ‘Categorically Avoids Casting Transgender Applicants’
KOSA: This Bill Purports to Protect Kids from Big Tech. For LGBTQ+ Youth, It’s a Grave Danger.
https://www.them.us/story/kids-online-safety-act-kosa-youth-lgbtq-content
Hearing date set for trans student banned from Hanover tennis team. ACLU VA lawsuits in Hanover and York counties to test Youngkin model policies.
3 Idaho transgender prisoners sue over medical care. They can get treatment — for now
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first Black Greek-letter fraternity founded in 1906 at Cornell University, is currently facing internal and external backlash over a proposed amendment to ban transgender members
House Republicans voted Thursday to overturn a Biden administration rule bolstering federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender students.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4766351-republicans-transgender-student-protections-vote
How much do you know about Kamala Harris and her stance on LGBTQ+ rights? Harris has been a supporter of trans people’s rights to use bathrooms matching their gender identity since at least 2016.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is leading a coalition of seven states challenging a rule by President Joe Biden’s administration that would preempt state restrictions on gender-affirming care.
A US federal judge this week refused to toss out a lawsuit challenging a controversial Florida law requiring teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.
“It’s beautiful to know that sometimes, we can change the past,” Sam Smith shared about the new version of ‘Stay With Me’, which has been updated to reflect their non-binary identity.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sam-smith-stay-with-me-rerecording-1235057077/
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EHCR ruled that Russia was in violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Right when the government chose to terminate the foster care agreement between a trans man and his two foster children.
West Virginia and Idaho are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that blocked the enforcement of state laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in sports.
MAGA Senate candidate’s church pastor rants about transgender-promoting ‘demons’ – Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/sam-brown-nevada/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Ftransgender
Tilly Fitzgerald, a bookseller at the British bookstore chain Waterstones, was fired after she made a social media post criticizing a so-called “gender-critical author.”
A federal judge has refused to stay his decision striking down Florida’s restrictions on gender-affirming care while the state appeals.
Judge Joseph Whyte ruled last week that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) doesn’t have the right to access transgender children’s medical information from the Washington University Transgender Center.
Simon Cowell has launched auditions for the next big boy band and has reportedly “invited trans men” to audition.
