A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.)

Lynn Ann Conway (1938 – 2024) was an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and transgender rights activist.

Folk musician Johnny Flynn was lambasted for his involvement in the forthcoming Harry Potter series when he performed at a day festival in Bristol.

End of an era as BBC axes RuPaul’s Drag Race UK amid cost-cutting drive

Singapore: Young SG Trans Woman Beaten, Abused By Family For 7 Hours — SPF Officers Stand Outside Doing NOTHING.

Trans Woman Yoisi Villalta Found Dead After Disappearing in El Salvador

US Politics

Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right’s Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda

As Kids Head Back to School, Anti-LGBTQ Lawmakers Are Forcing Many to Remain Closeted

Don’t Fall for It: Trans People Are the Midterm Bait

Document dump shows anti-LGBTQ+ groups helped craft Maine school district’s anti-trans policies

Patients condemn NY hospital for “bending the knee” to Trump’s anti-trans threats

The Pentagon Is Digging Through Medical Records To Find Trans Troops Before A Court Can Stop It

Blue-State Hospitals Are Folding on Trans Youth Care. Parents Are Wondering Why They Moved.

James Talarico walks back trans athlete position, citing ‘safety’ and ‘fairness’

Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats

Vivian Jenna Wilson says to “disobey” as GOP targets trans “scapegoats” in midterm elections

Beth Bourne, Davis anti-transgender activist, charged with violating Yolo court order

Elon Musk’s PAC Drops $100 Million On Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems Who Already Capitulated

We are still feeling the impact of the media’s failing of trans people in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign has apparently decided that James Talarico’s real words are insufficient for its purposes. So it has manufactured new ones.

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Issues Land­mark Legal Opin­ion Declar­ing It Ille­gal for Men­tal Health Providers to ​“Tran­si­tion” Texas Kids (Transphobic site)

GOP gov edits trans flag into opponent’s ad & says she’ll make schools “gender transition camps”

“I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.”