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First two trans MSPs elected to Scottish Parliament (+more transgender news)

May 10, 2026 / Jack Molay

First two transgender MSPs elected to Scottish Parliament
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Q Manivannan and Iris Duane [photo] have been elected as Scottish Greens MSPs on the Edinburgh and Glasgow lists, respectively.

It marks the first time transgender MSPs will be in the Scottish Parliament, while the Greens are also on track for a historic result in Holyrood.

Sexy, smart and creative: The Jewish Trans+ zine TimTum

Victorian government gives $1.6m in grants to LGBTQIA+ groups

Although Canada has more progressive policies and social support for LGBTQ people than the U.S., the youth mental health crisis in both countries is strikingly similar.

The Karnataka High Court permitted the continuation of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for two transgender persons at a hospital in the city.

India: For many transgender and intersex persons, the details recorded in older official documents no longer match the identity they use at present
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On Mother’s Day, television actress Shubhi Sharma reflects on the quiet grief and fierce resilience of her mother Mrs. Seema Devi, who stood by her when the world didn’t, how She grieved a son who was still holding her hand.

US Politics

Families ask judge to block Trump DOJ nationwide from getting trans kids’ medical records

‘They’re trying to narrow the worldview of young people’: how book bans are on the rise in the US

DOJ offering $25,000 Bonus to Lawyers to Prosecute Trans Kids

‘Largely slop’: Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy is scant on substance but heavy on enemies
Singles out “radically pro-transgender” and “anti-American” ideology for “neutralization”.
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Videos

The Last Mix Tape has made an interesting video on Kate Bush songs crossing the gender divide.

Does Transitioning Change Your Personality?

Don’t Let JK Change The Narrative (video)

Transgender News May 9

May 10, 2026 / Jack Molay

How the press silenced a trans woman who tried to stop Jeffrey Epstein

Black trans women, in particular, face disproportionate levels of violence in the United States, where over half the country has at least one restrictive anti-trans law.

Black LGBTQ+ survivors speak out about conversion therapy in religious spaces

Geocities: a cautionary tale of how Trans+ history can be deleted with one click

UK: DHSC escalates opposition to puberty blockers for Trans+ kids, calling their use “appalling”

Tommy Dorfman Says She Has Spoken With Man Who Sent Transphobic Texts Next to Her on Flight

Linda Perry to LGBTQ+ people: Keep ‘fighting’ against ‘moron’ Donald Trump

This Mother’s Day, I’m Thankful for What My Transgender Daughter Has Taught Me

US Politics

Breaking down the data: What does the 2025 U.S. National Survey say about transgender health care?

Long-stalled transgender healthcare bill set for vote in Trenton

Kansas’ Anti-Trans ID Law is Sending a Warning Across State Lines

Federal judge blocks FTC probes into trans medicine groups, citing ‘extensive evidence of animus’

In Pa. state House race, Catena apologizes for mailer attacking rival over transgender athletes

“Counterterrorism” Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People

Puerto Rico Passed a Strict Trans Bathroom Ban in February and Almost No One Noticed

Videos

This heartwarming Mother’s Day ad featuring a trans teen and his mom might make you cry

“Who was the goddess Cybele, also known as Magna Mater?”
Interesting video, but today we should respect the galli for who they were: transfeminine priestesses.

Transgender News May 8

May 8, 2026 / Jack Molay

Forty Years Before I Came Out as Trans, My Mother Gave Me the Gift of Empathy

Trans Youth Who Want Hormone Therapy But Can’t Get It Face Twice Suicide Risk, Says National Survey

Doctors’ union drops opposition to Cass review of NHS gender healthcare
Link to transphobic site.
See also comment by Sophie Molly

To burn out or to fade away? Trans+ romance throughout history

Past triumphs, present challenges: Reflections on the fight for LGBTQ rights — and what comes next

My Daughter Got A New Haircut. I’m Shocked By The Things Strangers Now Say To Her.

LGBTQ people, weed, and mental health: what you need to know

Please Help Us Decipher Dave Chappelle’s Latest Justification for Anti-Trans Jokes

“It’s very common for those acting on behalf of the ruling class to attempt to divide the LGBT community to make us easier to attack”

She’s The He brings gender-swapping teen comedies into the present

US Politics

Ohio bill would restrict public insurance coverage for transgender surgeries

Trump administration moves to drop its appeal in legal fight against CHOP to get medical records of transgender children

The Law Allows Smith College to Admit Transgender Students. Could Trump’s Attack Work Anyway?

Are Anti-Trans Measures Being Used as Republican “Ballot Candy”?

Doctors In This Red State Now Have To Give The Government Detailed Information About Their Trans Patients

The Trump administration’s new security directive frames “radically pro-transgender” groups as potential domestic threats while omitting any mention of right-wing extremism.

Lawsuit accuses Trump DOJ of stripping anti-rape protections from trans prisoners

Colorado quickly rewrites & passes new conversion therapy ban to get around Supreme Court ruling

Ohio Republicans are trying to strip transgender adults of health insurance coverage

Transgender News May 7

May 7, 2026 / Jack Molay

Giselle Shaw (photo) defeated Tiffany Nieves to become the first transgender NWA Women’s World champion, to ring in ‘The Quintessential Era.’

‘Our Communities Are Literally Dying’: Inside a Mexico City Activist’s Fight for Liberation

Barney Frank’s final interview from hospice was painful. His comments on trans people made it worse

Supporting families, protecting care, and reducing harm for trans young people

New York Transgender Advocacy Group hosts health and wellness summit

Vatican report admits conversion therapy caused LGBTQ+ Catholics’ ‘profound suffering’

Christian mobile network will block LGBTQ+ content from users

Right wing tiktoker St Claire feels “immense guilt” for her role in spreading anti-transgender views.
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Abigail Thorn, creator of the popular educational YouTube channel Philosophy Tube, has been announced as the winner of the People’s Human Rights Champion award at the Amnesty Media Awards 2026.

Angela Morley: From Star Wars to Watership Down, the Trans+ composer scoring the sound of hope

Poll: Scotland to see first openly transgender MSP
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US Politics

Federal judge baffled by Supreme Court order targeting trans Americans’ passports

Trump Justice Department recruits transphobes with law degrees using $25,000 bonuses

Pensacola State College Bans Student Journalists From Publishing On LGBTQ+ Stories

LGBTQ+ Advocates Urge Mamdani to Deliver More for Trans Youth in City Budget

Can Conversion Therapy Be Just Speech?

Opinion: The Resurgence of Anti-Gender and Anti-Queer Movements in Africa – A Threat to Democracy

‘Moral Convictions’ Cited as Namibia Tells UN to ‘Wait’ on LGBTQ+ Rights

Transgender woman sues for sexual discrimination against Salem DEQ office

“The reason that transitions can sometimes feel dissatisfying is because life in general can feel that way.

We hit speed bumps constantly and may think that treating our dysphoria was going to solve everything else.

Far from it.

Living authentically doesn’t fix everything in your life. It just helps you with an unresolved and important piece which was left unattended.”

From a transgender woman’s blog.

How to stop transphobic bullies (and more transgender news)

May 6, 2026 / Jack Molay

On how to handle transphobic trolls online (and some words on what motivates them).

Transphobic trolls on should not be treated as sincere participants in a debate. Their aim is rarely truth-seeking: it is to dominate, exhaust and silence trans people and their allies. The article links trolling to broader patterns of bullying, where aggression is used to enforce status, police gender norms and win approval from like-minded people.

UK and US Supreme Courts are symptoms of the decline in trans rights

Inside a hidden summer camp where trans youth in the South thrive

Mexico: 11 trans femicides recorded since the beginning of 2026

The Impact of Digital Detoxes and Transgender Mental Health

From the Mom of a Trans Kid, a Letter to ‘LGBs’ Who Oppose Trans Inclusion

Before the binary: Reclaiming erased Trans+ histories in the Philippines

” I am a queer mom, and my partner is a transgender dad. And we are raising a teenager in Iowa.”

Norwegian Trans activists urge Synnøve V. Trampe and Aftenposten to conduct more thorough source criticism and show greater caution in their coverage of young transgender people’s suicide risk. (Google translation)

Study Shows LGBTQ+ Youth in the U.S. Face High Rates of Suicidality and Victimization, Worsened by Anti-LGBTQ+ Politics

Do all cis women support single-sex spaces being based on ‘biological sex’?

The Troubled History of DIY Trans Healthcare

Journal Club: The Joys of Being Trans

Building on the essential research of Stef Shuster and Laurel Westbrook, researcher Matilda Wurm and colleagues offer us a paper full of insights into the upside of being trans. Breaking her research down into the themes of joy, growth, and peace, Wurm offered compelling reasons why someone would want to live a trans life.