A group representing Canada's doctors is challenging the constitutionality of Alberta's legislation banning certain gender-affirming treatments for children under the age of 16, arguing it violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience.
transgender
Billie Jean King:
"“I don’t think people have any idea of how hard it is for trans people...Just listen to their stories. Listen — not tell them. Everyone is unique. Make them feel included because you really don’t know."
https://www.out.com/news/billie-jean-king-listen-transgender
Hungary just tried to ban #Pride, then Budapest rocked the most defiant #LGBTQ party ever! Still, right-wingers (like Andrew Sullivan in the NY Times) WON'T stop justifying bigotry against #transgender people. All this and much more in this week's #queer P&P storytelling.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/trans-people-are-humans-not-issues-and-pride-is-for-all-queer-humans-1e87eca2ada1
FA deliberately humiliate trans men who want to play football
"Factor in all the rhetoric surrounding detransition rates, and we can start to see why only 30% of Americans believe trans people are born that way."
https://transitics.substack.com/p/the-most-important-statistic-from?r=4pftzk&triedRedirect=true
“Our country is really headed in a direction away from caring about individuals, and it’s still so shocking.”
New today at Austin Free Press: I spoke with the ACLU of #Texas, and the parents of local transgender teenagers, about the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling which upholds bans on gender-affirming care for minors. https://austinfreepress.org/supreme-sadness/
#SCOTUS #Austin #trans #transgender #LGBTQIA+ #LGBTQ+ #news #politics #USpol #healthcare #gender #children #transphobia
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In a concerted move for justice, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has taken the lead by rallying a coalition of 13 attorneys general in a legal stand to assure the well-being of incarcerated transgender individuals.
Maine House gives initial approval to bill to bar transgender girls from women’s sports. The amended proposal will go to the Maine Senate, where a similar bill previously failed.
Kai Schreiber may be the daughter of celebrities Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, but for now, she’s a trans high school student trying to make it through intensifying hostility towards the trans community.
https://www.intomore.com/culture/icons/kai-schreiber-discusses-embracing-identity-through-fashion/
A federal appeals court upheld the Milwaukee Public School's decision to fire a counselor who made anti-transgender remarks at a rally.
The #Trump admin has sued <California for allowing #transgender athletes to compete on #school sports teams that match their #gender #identity.
The suit alleges that California has violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against women [which doesn’t make any sense].
California officials have denied any wrongdoing & rejected federal demands to bar transgender #athletes from girls’ & women’s school #sports teams.
#law #LGBTQ #disinformation #bigotry
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-09/trump-sues-california-alleges-title-ix-violations-transgender-athletes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of LGBTQ people, women and gender nonconforming people.
This court is clearly not TERF-infested.
A federal judge on Tues blocked the #Trump admin from refusing to issue #passports to #transgender & #nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their #gender identities, after finding it was likely #unconstitutional.
US District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary #injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the US #State Dept from enforcing the policy in the case of just 6 people.
#law #discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-06-17/
Anti-Transgender Bill Advances in Puerto Rico, Seeking to Ban Lifesaving Care for Youth and Punish Parents and Doctors
#SCOTUS on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on #gender-affirming care for #transgender minors, a stunning setback to #TransgenderRights.
The 6-3 decision in a case from #Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by #Trump’s #Republican admin & #state govts to roll back #protections for transgender people. 26 other #states have laws similar to the one in TN.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #privacy #BodilyAutonomy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-18-Breaking+News
Over 180,000 Transgender people in the US could lose healthcare if HR 1 becomes law
A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest
https://www.out.com/gay-athletes/trans-woman-swims-topless-england
NEW ESSAY: rather than reading the legalese #SCOTUS used to justify #Skrmetti, learn about how conspiracy theorists hijacked mainstream discourse on gender-affirming care, and why many ppl find these particular "conspiracies" so compelling:
on Substack (no paywall): https://juliaserano.substack.com/p/what-covid-lab-leak-and-rushing-kids
& Medium (friend link): https://juliaserano.medium.com/what-covid-lab-leak-and-rushing-kids-into-transition-have-in-common-2eb4e08ee3f4?sk=c866d22b9e29cc428fd73e02abba9881
please share & like etc! #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #lgbtqia #science #healthcare
Puberty blockers do not cause problems with sexual functioning in transgender adults, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-puberty-blockers-problems-sexual-functioning.html
During a very awkward White House visit Wednesday by Italian #soccer giant #Juventus, #Trump disgustingly pressed players & club officials on #transgender athletes in a desperate attempt to get them to parrot his juvenile bullying.
The inappropriate scene unfolded in the Oval Office, where members of the Serie A squad stood — obviously uncomfortable — behind Trump who was sitting at the Resolute Desk.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6436693/2025/06/19/weah-juventus-trump-iran-war/
Victory: American trans people may again get passports with their correct gender marker (Zaya on the victory)
https://trans-express.lgbt/post/786768282060472320/victory-american-trans-people-may-again-get
Gallup’s latest survey of more than 14,000 U.S. adults finds that 9.3% now identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or another identity other than heterosexual — up from 8.2% in 2023 and more than 2x the share recorded just 4 years ago.
Mass. Senate has already passed an updated Shield Act to enhance statewide protections for transgender health care and the providers who administer it.
Where is the outrage over Skrmetti?
https://www.lawdork.com/p/where-is-the-outrage-over-skrmetti?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The Supreme Court rules against health care access for trans youth. Don’t count on other sex-based rulings to stand either.
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-20-threat-to-trans-rights-supreme-court/