This trans beauty pageant won’t be silenced by hate: “The girls are not afraid of who they are” https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/this-trans-beauty-pageant-wont-be-silenced-by-hate-the-girls-are-not-afraid-of-who-they-are/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #lgbtq #lgbt
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I’ve been friends with this gay couple for a couple of years. We have each other over for dinner pretty regularly. A while back, they gave me the exciting news that they’re having a baby and I asked about the surrogate.
Friends, there is no surrogate. So yes, men can get pregnant. Dudes you know.
The Sick Reason The Right Is Obsessed With Trans People
Love Junkie. Robert Plunket.
It’s the early 80’s and you are a middle aged straight housewife who moves to NYC, and you find yourself unexpectedly (and initially, somehow unknowingly) in the middle of the A-list gay scene; fortunately, you are somewhat adaptable…mainly since you are able to delude yourself about almost anything.
3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈
CW: a few racist jokes; one inexplicable hate word
@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #reading #gay #lgbtq #1980s #nyc
Heritage Foundation uses false data to smear trans people as school shooters
https://www.advocate.com/news/heritage-false-claims-transgerder-shootersherit
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/
“United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on #LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Monday for expanding federal sex discrimination protections under Title IX to include LGBTQ+ students.
#LGBTQ #News #Politics #Texas #KenPaxton #SexBasedDiscrimination #TitleIX #TransRights
Republican who said trans healthcare ‘harms’ kids pleads guilty to child sex abuse imagery charges
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/30/rj-may-child-sexual-abuse-plead-guilty/
From making history as the NFL’s first openly trans performer to why she’s no longer with the TopCats, Justine Lindsay opens up about her cheer journey.
https://www.gaytimes.com/originals/justine-lindsay-nfl-topcats-trans-history-interview/
Japan has decided to allow same-sex couples to be treated as being in de facto marriages under a total of nine more laws and ordinances, including the disaster condolence grant law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/same-sex-partners-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #samesexmarriage #japanesecourts #lgbtq
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/ice-immigration-queer-trans-louisiana
Teachers in Scotland say trans pupils are ‘limiting food and drink’ to avoid school toilets
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/02/trans-scotland-schools-guidance-eis/
Adult Trans Care Under Fire: 'Devastating' Impacts for Those Who Lose Access
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/transgender-medicine/117771
Amplitudes is out and available! I have a story in this! The feminine aspect of the Holy One fucks a closeted trans woman! There are lots of other good stories too! Read it!
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/
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An eighth grader at Eastmark High School in the Queen Creek Unified School District was removed from basketball tryouts. The school said he can only play on the girls team all because of a paperwork mistake made 14 years ago.
Senator Ed Markey made a powerful statement at the No Kings event in Boston.
He wore a trans pride flag around his neck like a scarf and said:
“Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
Thank you Sen Markey for ensuring no one is left behind.
#Trump Is Getting #Slammed for #antiTrans #Pledge on #Reddit, saying he would #rollback #transgender #rights on “day one” in #office if he is #reelected.
A #commenter summed it up perfectly, “Imagine being so #hateful that this is a #Day1 priority.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://2paragraphs.com/2024/05/trump-is-getting-slammed-for-transgender-pledge-on-reddit/
Calgary students stage widespread school walkout to protest Alberta's transgender laws
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/students-walkout-transgender-laws-1.7651279
🤬Was there ever a doubt? #LGBTQ
"A majority of the Supreme Court signaled it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, w several justices signaling they agree w licensed counselor in the state who says the law violates her 1A rights" https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/politics/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-lgbtq-oral-arguments?cid=ios_app
The 11th annual international Gender Census 2024 is now open until at least 13th June 2024!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry”
📚 Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by: V. E. Schwab
This is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. Wh...
https://bookblabla.com/book/bury-our-bones-in-the-midnight-soil
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #fantasy #contemporaryfiction #historicalfiction #lgbtq
The children challenging Utah's ban on transgender girls playing school sports matching their gender identity have dropped their lawsuit. Now a ban is in effect: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/lawsuit-dropped-over-utahs-transgender-student-athlete-ban #utpol #Utah #LGBTQ