While the sports world shrinks from nonbinary athletes, the SF Marathon expands its embrace

Opinion: Minneapolis People’s Pride Shows How To Do Pride Right

“Existence & Resistance” Defines London Trans+ Pride 2025

You’re Never Too Old: Mindset Shifts for Older Transitioners

US: Ruling upholds right of trans youths to seek health care without parental notification

Sussex: Police ‘failed’ transgender teen who took his own life, court hears

Court showdown on whether prisons must provide gender-affirming healthcare

Transgender priest joined dozens of Maine faith leaders to testify against anti-transgender bills

Critics claim gender clinics are seeing an excess of trans boys. But new data suggest otherwise

USA Weightlifting has announced upcoming changes to its Athlete Gender Inclusion, Competitive Equity, and Eligibility Policy to comply with a new mandate from the USOPC.

Reddit Turned Me Into A Woman…?

Chappell Roan announces tour and pledges to donate $1 from each ticket to trans youth charities

Chappell Roan has announced a fall 2025 U.S. tour titled Visions of Damsels and Other Dangerous Things, with shows in New York, Kansas City, and Los Angeles. $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to local charities supporting trans youth. 

‘I feel unsafe almost everywhere’: How a trans teenager’s life has changed under Trump

Gov. Josh Shapiro calls supporters of ban on transgender athletes ‘extremist legislators,’ declines to say if he’d veto

Maine Solidarity Fund looks to raise money to help immigrants and those who are transgender

R.I. judge issues temporary restraining order against HHS and HUD over anti-DEI, transgender restrictions on federal grants
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Battle over transgender troops reignites on Capitol Hill

San Francisco nurses to hold vigil for trans patients at Kaiser

Puerto Rico governor abandons trans youth

A Woman Went On A Run And Explained 9 Facts About Her Intersex Body That Make Her Unique, And It’s So Fascinating

Anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s attack on Pedro Pascal backfires: ‘Maybe you’re the weirdo’

French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte has filed suit against conservative internet yammerer Candace Owens as a result of Owens’ year-long harassment campaign.
Owens went so far as to say, “I would stake my entire professional career on the fact that Brigitte Macron … was born a man.”

Artist Amy Sherald cancels her Smithsonian show over censorship concerns .
Sherald said she backed out amid discussions of removing a painting that shows a transgender woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty.

Michelle Obama’s portrait artist cancels Smithsonian show due to anti-trans censorship

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Transgender Hoosiers push back on ban on driver’s license gender changes. Will opposition matter?

End of transgender care at Children’s Hospital L.A. signals nationwide shift under Trump

CT medical center ending gender-affirming care to transgender and gender-diverse patients
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Sarah McBride condemns Trump’s anti-trans military ban in floor speech

Government orders Sport NZ to scrap transgender inclusive community sport guidelines

Trump (not drag queens) appears in Epstein files & DOJ told him months ago, The Wall Street Journal reports

NCAA Pressured to Erase Trans Athletes from Record Books

Transgender people face unique challenges when working out in extreme heat, especially while on hormone therapy. 

Red States Drop EEOC Suit After Transgender Rule Overturned

Ken Paxton joins other AGs to ask NCAA to take away trans athletes’ medals

Disgraced Texas AG Paxton Drums Up Anti-Trans “Commerce” Charges Against Adult Swim League

Coalition of Texas women declares ‘let us pee in peace’ in opposition to Republican bathroom bill

Courts can protect trans healthcare by recognizing patient-physician privilege

‘A huge betrayal’: Parents fume as Kaiser ends gender-affirming surgeries for kids

Professor Tim Wilson argues that media representation impacts mental health, especially among trans children already facing societal hostility. (Video)

Spain’s first out trans senator declares ‘F*** Rowling’ as she uses women’s bathroom

“Regardless of the outcome of the Sandie Peggie tribunal Dr Beth Upton deserved her anonymity, deserves to be treated as the woman she is, and deserves to be treated as the highly trained doctor she is. “

Belgian court rules transgender cyclist’s exclusion was discriminatory

Trans fighters wrestle to take down discrimination in mainstream martial arts

Ohio Supreme Court to decide fate of transgender medical treatment law

Ohio’s high court agrees to hear appeal in transgender medication case
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U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee will comply with Trump’s ban on trans women in women’s sports

Hong Kong judge rules in favor of transgender bathroom access

US Hospitals Are Limiting Gender Treatment for Trans Minors, Even in Blue States
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US hospital ends trans youth care due to ‘escalating legal risks’

MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom

US: The Best & Worst States For Trans People in 2025

Sarah McBride’s first bill just passed Congress & not one Republican voted against it

Married at First Sight UK‘s Ella Morgan and model and activist Munroe Bergdorf were among the stars at the London Trans+ Pride launch event. 

Laverne Cox reveals she dated ‘blue-eyed MAGA republican voter’ for three years

Fourth Generation Idol Reveals Transgender Identity During Live Broadcast

Cherry, who rose to fame through the show Boys24 and as a member of Jwiiver, emphasized that being trans is not a fleeting choice: “This isn’t a hobby, it’s my life.”

Rainbow armbands are dividing opinion at Euro 2025

Trump administration takes all-of-government approach to target transgender community

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

Sarah McBride defends transgender troops on House floor as Pentagon expels ‘committed patriots’

Humble Bundle under fire for supporting LGBTQ+ charity – by selling Harry Potter books

Transgender Hillsborough teacher ‘devastated’ after court ruling restricting pronoun use

LGBTQ+ people feel less safe in public than straight people in UK

So far, 647 anti-trans bills have failed in the US in 2025

Here we go again: More positive transgender news headlines for you!

The LGBTQ-specific option on the 988 lifeline gave queer youth immediate access to trained counselors. Now, Trump is shutting it down, despite widespread support and need.

Biological essentialism has no place in society

Transphobia Is Predicated on Science Denial

Trans Woman Seriously Injured in Anti-LGBTQ Assault in D.C.

LGBTQ+ disabled community not consulted before ‘devastating’ government cuts

Androgynous Style 101: A Trans Woman’s Fashion Discovery

Nurse Sandie Peggie Cleared, Trans Community Left Reeling

Texas Says Swimming Nonprofit’s Past Trans Inclusion was Fraud

Yes, Kids Are Seeing Trans People, And That’s Healthy

No, youtuber Sasha Ayad is not a friend of trans people (even if she pretends to be one). Her use of the transphobic “autogynephilia theory” is invalidating, misleading and destructive.

Here’s a pro-trans youtuber’s take on the autogynephilia theory:

See also our overview over essential reading on the “autogynephilia theory”.

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Transgender healthcare wait times in Netherlands reach six years, group warns of crisis

LinkedIn Banned A Trans Woman For Using Her Preferred Name

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to uphold a New York school district’s policy that protects the rights and privacy of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.

Princeton Faces Lawsuit After Trans Athlete Barred from Race

Topical Estrogen and Testosterone Safety Around Children

Puerto Rico Enacts Most Extreme Care Ban in America, Targeting Trans People Under 21

Democrat from Trump country auditions for 2028 with plan to win culture wars
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spent two days in South Carolina this week, pointing to his red-state experience to argue the party need not run away from topics such as trans rights and racial justice.

Unanswered questions in an attack on trans youth
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Children’s National Hospital to end gender-transition care
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UChicago discontinues gender-affirming care for minors

Ken Paxton sues adult swimming organization for allowing transgender competitors at San Antonio event

Rural Colorado district takes aim at LGBTQ policy protections, seeks to join trans athlete lawsuit

SW Washington official arrested in topless trans rights protest: ‘My body is not obscene’

Breaking the Binary Theatre spotlights trans and nonbinary artists

Pittsburgh-area man accused of chasing transgender woman with knife through parking lot

Puerto Rico slammed for banning trans healthcare for under-21s: ‘Cruel and inhumane’

Jeopardy! star Ken Jennings slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom as he voiced his support for transgender rights and admitted he would never vote for Newsom

Lawyers for a nurse who complained about sharing a hospital changing room with a trans doctor have condemned an NHS Fife statement on the case as “irresponsible”.

Fact Check: Being Trans Is Not A Social Contagion, Despite Latest Submission To UN

Transgender attorney who argued before Supreme Court explains why it was ‘my nightmare’

What It’s Like to Be Transgender in Trump’s America

Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion

Debunking Trans Myths

Chatting with the amazing Caroline Litman, author of “Her Name is Alice’

American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good.
Rosalyn Sandri , a trans teacher, is forced out.

How Do We See Gender and Trans People?

University of Reading students ‘scared’ to use toilets under new trans-exclusive policy

New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed several high-profile bills this week that would have negatively affected LGBTQ residents, especially transgender people and students.

US: Trans people can obtain accurate passports again. Here’s how.

Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for transgender youth.

The First Trans Prisoner Who Took Her Case All the Way to the Supreme Court

A federal judge in Canada blocked the deportation of a non-binary American citizen, citing fears of persecution under the Trump administration in what LGBTQ advocates called a “precedent-setting” ruling.

Representative Seth Moulton draws a primary challenge after criticism over trans athlete remarks

A transgender woman alleges Princeton and the organizers of a track meet illegally discriminated against her by removing her from a 200-meter race 15 minutes before the event began. 

A former Arizona correctional officer has filed a federal complaint alleging that he was subject to discrimination, humiliation and unsafe working conditions because he is transgender.

Lives in Transition: Transgender Young Adults Search for Stability in Uncertain Times

Alabama library leader calls out ‘censorship’ amid push to remove books with ‘positive portrayals’ of transgender people

A timely exhibition dissects the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality—and the backlash against them. “The First Homosexuals,” at Wrightwood 659, in Chicago.

Lawmakers call out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘unconscionable’ apathy on eve of LGBTQ+ suicide hotline shutdown

US government forced to return $6.2 million in funding to LGBTQ+ and HIV groups

Who is Charlie Gordon, the trans actor rumoured to be taking on a major House of the Dragon role?

Trans Woman Swims Topless In Competition Against Men To Protest New Rule

In protest of Swim England’s new policy mandating trans women compete in an “open” category against cis men, 67-year-old Anne Isabella Coombes swam topless in a men’s swimsuit at a UK competition.

Reading woman swims topless in protest against Swim England

Pedro Pascal Shows How To Be a Cis Ally

Lesbians disrupt ‘gender critical’ event: ‘You’re not feminists, you’re all clowns’

Donald Trump’s election triggered transgender people to contemplate DIY hormones & suicide: study

Who failed transgender girl in D.C. detention attack?

Transgender bathroom bill added to Texas flood-relief special session

Massachusetts House, Senate ready to instill reproductive, transgender care protections

With fewer protections and more paperwork, LGBTQ+ Americans face a Medicaid coverage cliff

The impossible position.
Escaping the Vampire’s Castle of trans discourse.

Labour conference attendees must declare sex listed on their passport: ‘Yet more cruelty’

Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies

The 34-year-old transgender woman came to the U.S. in 2021 to request asylum. Under Trump, she’s gone back home.

5,000 users leave trans subreddit in wake of transmasculine controversy

These hotlines are still available for LGBTQ+ youth after Trump kills 988 services

As Trump closes LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline, here’s where you can still find help 

Julia Serano: Why Does “Transvestigation” Happen? On Gendering, Ungendering, and (Mis)Perceiving Trans People

Bella Ramsey becomes first publicly non-binary actor to secure multiple Emmy Award nominations

Bella Ramsey has become the first publicly non-binary actor to receive multiple Emmy nominations for their role as Ellie in HBO’s The Last of Us.

‘Born again’: Trans teen celebrates first gender identity change in Mexican hometown

Officials confirms the transgender alert system in the White House was triggered during President Trump’s morning briefing, when infrared estrogen sensors detected a large spike in gender fluidity dangerously close to the Oval Office.
Note the source!

NWSL and US Soccer’s lack of transgender policy targeted by conservative lobby groups

Transgender Pitcher Excluded From Minnesota High School All-State Softball Team

Guidance from Britain’s equalities watchdog including on trans peoples’ use of certain spaces is likely to be delayed until later this year.

Senators this week will hear from a transphobic doctor specializing in male sexual dysfunction who, if confirmed, will oversee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s public health agenda.

UK: Pupils must be not be taught about gender identity ‘as fact’, says new guidance

New park opens in Allston named to honor slain trans woman

Trump administration stops abuse protection for transgender detainees in ICE custody

NH: Gov. Ayotte vetoes book removal bill, bathroom ban bill, more Republican legislation

Florida and transgender Medicaid patients clash over Supreme Court rulings in coverage dispute

Puerto Rico trans rights advocates prepare legal fight as GOP governor considers gender-affirming care ban

UN draft report claims gender dysphoria is ‘socially contagious’

Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49
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