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
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry”
#LGBTQIA+ news picks of the day:
➡️ @index - UK-based non-profit LGBTQIA+ news
➡️ @transworld - Human-curated trans & queer news account
➡️ @index@lookoutnews.org - Arizona independent LGBTQIA+ news
➡️ @OutTraveler - Travel news for LGBTQIA+ people
➡️ @LGBTQNation - US LGBTQIA+ news
➡️ @Pride - US LGBTQIA+ entertainment & showbiz
➡️ @XtraMagazine - Canadian LGBTQIA+ news
➡️ @gayblogbr - Brazilian LGBTQIA+ news blog particularly for men (in Portuguese)
Donald Trump mocks transgender people in Oval Office meeting with Canadian PM, whose child is nonbinary
https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-transgender-mockery-mark-carney
B.C. bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated
Holy shit! A Republican just came out in support of the transgender community!
https://www.advocate.com/politics/mike-lawler-supports-trans-community
On National Coming Out Day we celebrate LGBTQ+ people who live their lives out and proud and those who made the coming out process easier for us. We also remember that coming out may not be safe for everyone and they are no less valid.
#NationalComingOutDay #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
The justice system makes an "unprecedented" decision for a trans person in France.
Library director fired over LGBTQ+ books gets $700,000 from county
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/10/library-payout-wyoming-book-bans-lgbtq/
The nature of #progress isn't about judging from perfection, it's about moving in the right direction
#SameSexMarriage is not legal in #SouthKorea, but applaud the country, because:
"South Korea officially recognises same-sex couples in national census"
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/22/south-korea-same-sex-couples-national-census/
It's always a struggle. Every incremental victory should be cherished
Judge on moving forward or moving backward (and thus, excoriate backsliding countries like the #USA), not absolute position
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We've been thinking more about voice training.
We don't find it fun: it's a painful chore.
We can't do it if being perceived in person.
We find the exercises too much like singing lessons (which are triggering) and cringe.
We cannot stick
We do, however, like poorly attending other accents (mostly English regional accents) and find it actively fun.
Anyone managed to voice train not via daily, boring, abstract exercises, but rather fun voice activities that don't feel embarrassing to do around others and which actually spark joy?
#VoiceTraining #VoiceFeminisation #VoiceTherapy #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy #trans #transgender #NonBinary #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #AskFedi #GenuinelyAsking
Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting discriminated against trans weightlifter
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/23/minnesota-supreme-court-trans-policy-discriminatory/
#Trans #woman #wins #MissMarylandUSA, making #history with a list of #pageant firsts
She’s 31. She’s #married to a #military #officer. She’s #AsianAmerican. And she’s a #trans #woman.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #BeautyPageants #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
New trans changing-room case – supported by Christian anti-abortion organisation – set to begin
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/20/darlington-nurses-trans-christian-legal-centre/
Evie Parts Got Kicked Off Her College Track Team Because She's Trans. Now, She's Suing
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/evie-parts-swarthmore-college-lawsuit
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down a former President Biden-era rule that extended federal health antidiscrimination protections to transgender health care.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5570411-judge-biden-trump-transgender-protections/
DJ and music producer The Blessed Madonna has ripped into Irish musician Róisín Murphy for a post about the purported decline in young people identifying as transgender.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/23/the-blessed-madonna-eviscerates-roisin-murphy-trans/
Texas church has perfect, beautiful response to state’s removal of rainbow crosswalks
Don’t Just “Protect” Trans Youth, Actually Support Them
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/dont-just-protect-trans-youth-actually-support-them
“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or #transgender status.”
Out today, from Kit @oconnell: Emails obtained from the #Texas Department of Agriculture reveal the turmoil caused by Sid Miller's transphobic dress code, which the Observer first revealed last year. https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #agriculture #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #USpol #law
Illinois Army captain says Dems are ‘rolling over’ on LGBTQ+ rights. He’s running for Congress to change that
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dylan-blaha-illinois-democrat
Trans and human rights organisations call for EHRC to be downgraded as an internationally-accredited human rights body
“The records that we have received demonstrate that senior TDA officials were well aware of the potentially unlawful nature of their policy.”
Last year, I broke the story about the #Texas Department of Agriculture's transphobic dress code for @TexasObserver. Now, I'm back with internal emails showing the turmoil it caused, especially in the nutrition department: https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #USpol #transphobia #agriculture #LGBTQIA+ #trans #homophobia #WorkersRights
Maine could vote on stripping protections for transgender students in 2026
I love the vibes of these posters for a couple reasons:
1) We should support each other's rights
2) I think it's important to find happiness in other people's happiness. I think it aligns your mental state in a good direction (for yourself and others) and I enjoy people talking about their happiness and excitement so much
