How Trans Covens and Nonbinary Witches Are Reshaping Tradition for the Future of the Craft

‘Some traditions already have rituals with trans-affirming dimensions. In Book’s coven, the initiation “culminates in a ritual where you unite the internal masculine or feminine within yourself,” they explain. “And while I am not going to say that ritual made me nonbinary, that ritual definitely crystalized a lot of my internal gender stuff very shortly thereafter.”’

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This TERF learned a hard lesson about trans folks in bathrooms

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Transgender therapist jailed for allegedly stealing $940,000 in taxpayer funds

Appeals court to revisit Ohio school district’s transgender anti-bullying policy

LGBTQ+ organizations eye legal challenge of Alberta’s new transgender policies if passed

“Everyone treated me like a saint”—In Iran, there’s only one way to survive as a transgender person
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A Kenyan court acquitted transgender women in Lamu charged with committing gross indecent acts between males against provisions of the penal code.

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Health Care For Transgender People At Stake In US Supreme Court Case: US v Skrmetti

US: NH: Lawyers ask federal court to rule transgender sports law unconstitutional for all

A New Mexico, LGBTQ civil rights group says a debunked claim by the Trump-Vance presidential campaign that “sex changes” are taking place in schools is being repeated by some state candidates.

Donald Trump’s hostility toward gender-affirming care has thrust trans rights into the center of a contentious election, raising anxiety about future federal support.

Donald Trump tells the biggest anti-trans lie of his campaign

Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, J.D: Vance claimed that some white kids are incentivized to “become” transgender to get into Ivy League colleges.

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Reem Alsalem (1976–) is a Jordanian-born anti-transgender activist who has become a key figure of the TERF movement in the 2020s.

UN transphobe Reem Alsalem is using her platform to attack trans rights in Germany

Transgender woman sues Hooters for discrimination, says workers denied her a job and harassed her

Alberta introduces Canada’s harshest anti-trans policies yet

A Ted Cruz Ad Used This Man’s Image For Anti-Trans Fearmongering. Now He’s Speaking Out.

India: Koppal: In a significant stride toward inclusivity, Madhushree, a transgender woman from Tondihal village in Koppal district’s Karatagi taluk, has been selected as a police constable.

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A transgender woman is suing Liberty University, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after disclosing her gender identity.

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Texas AG sues second doctor accused of providing transgender care to minors

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Jackie Shane, the black transgender R&B icon, now in movie.

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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a critical case on Tennessee’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, religious groups and medical associations face off over who should control such decisions.

Collin Allred says he supports transgender Texans. Some aren’t so convinced.

Fox News significantly boosts coverage of trans athletes in the weeks before the election

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Democrat Sarah McBride set to be first openly transgender member of US Congress

Elon Musk’s trans daughter blasts her father & everyone else who attended Trump’s racist MSG rally

UnderFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Sunshine State in recent years saw a rapid slate of anti-trans policies implemented. Now three transgender candidates are pursuing seats in the Florida legislature.

Parker Molloy: Republican ads targeting transgender individuals are “dehumanizing” (video)

If elected, Veronica Pejril would be Indiana’s first openly transgender state lawmaker

Dragon Age: The Veilguard lets you identify as transgender.

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Trans-rights advocates call Hovde, Trump ads focusing on transgender issues ‘dehumanizing’

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Lesbian congresswoman says it’s ‘appalling’ to bar trans women from sports teams

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On November 1, a German law making it easier to alter gender markers and names on official documents will take effect.

Anti-Trans Anti-Semite Candace Owens barred from Australia

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Transgender Honduran woman canvasses for Harris in Pa.

“Young Lion,” Sade’s love letter to son Izaak Theo Adu, is among the latest singles from the upcoming compilation Transa.

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US: At least 18 out transgender candidates — from Florida to Hawaii — are running for seats in state legislatures this election cycle, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.

UK: Mermaids has been told by the Charity Commission that it must not resume a service providing chest binders to teenagers with gender dysphoria, without parental involvement.

Trans charity Mermaids did not provide medical advice to kids, investigation finds

White Chicks star Marlon Wayans has admitted that he tried to “hypnotise” his child out of being trans, and is “ashamed [and] embarrassed” by such ignorance.

Three men have been arrested in Pakistan for the brutal stabbing deaths of two transgender women in Mardan.

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“Vice President Harris on Tuesday said decisions on gender-affirming care should be left to doctors and their patients in an interview with NBC News.

The vice president said “we should follow the law” when NBC’s Hallie Jackson pressed her on whether she believes in access to gender-affirming care.”

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