Former President Donald Trump has named anti-LGBTQ+ Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential pick for his re-election campaign. Vance once referred to Trump as “America’s Hitler.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/trump-picks-jd-vance-as-his-running-mate

J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s pick for his vice-presidential running mate, has been a U.S. senator for just a year and a half, but that’s been long enough for him to compile an extensive anti-LGBTQ+ record. https://www.advocate.com/politics/jd-vance-anti-lgbtq-record

Trump’s Running Mate, JD Vance, Wants To Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-veep-jd-vance-lgbtq-rights-gender-affirming-care_n_66959642e4b0e69c89ebfb3b?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

The Republican Party’s official 2024 platform no longer explicitly opposes same-sex marriage but harshly opposes transgender rights.

https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/15/24097531/pro-wrestling-sci-tennessee-fan-transphobia/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

UK: Just ten days after being elected, the government is already facing some internal turmoil over its stance on trans rights – specifically, over its restrictions on puberty blockers.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-government-is-facing-criticism-over-puberty-blockers_uk_66952b32e4b05fc968752e10

Health secretary Wes Streeting has sparked more anger by defending his decision to make the ban on private puberty blockers for trans youth permanent.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/07/15/wes-streeting-puberty-blockers-trans-health/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

More Elliot Page Is Coming Your Way in Trans Movie “Close to You” and Final Season of “The Umbrella Academy”

https://www.autostraddle.com/elliot-page-close-to-you-umbrella-academy/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

New York’s attorney general sued Nassau County on Monday to block enforcement of a new law banning transgender athletes from playing in girls’ and women’s sports at county-owned parks and facilities.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/new-york-attorney-general-sues-nassau-county-over-transgender-sports-ban-2024-07-15

‘Men don’t wear skirts’: Anti-trans pro wrestling fan kicked out of Tennessee event

https://www.outsports.com/2024/7/15/24097531/pro-wrestling-sci-tennessee-fan-transphobia/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity

The Minnesota Supreme Court will soon hear the case involving athlete JayCee Cooper, who alleges USA Powerlifting discriminated against her because she is a transgender woman.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/transgender-powerlifter-jaycee-cooper-gender-discrimination-minnesota-supreme-court/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

In the past year, Florida’s health department has declined to amend gender markers on birth certificates for both transgender adults and minors.

https://19thnews.org/2024/07/florida-transgender-updated-birth-certificates

In a troubling new development for transgender people, Senator Manchin appeared to double down on his anti-trans vote to espouse a Project 2025 policy to ban all federal funding for trans care.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/after-anti-trans-military-vote-sen

Non-binary gender model adjusting breast binder (Getty)

Transgender kids rarely get gender-affirming surgeries — in fact, cisgender children are much more likely to get them, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/cis-boys-get-gender-affirming-surgeries-more-often-than-transgender-minors/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgender

For Many Queer People, Cutting Off Family Is Hard but Vital.

https://www.autostraddle.com/for-many-queer-people-cutting-off-family-is-hard-but-vital/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fgaycommunity