As Iowa governor's race begins, Democrats weigh how to talk about transgender rights
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Question: What is a woman?
Answer: A woman is not a what. A woman is a who.
US: Transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming representation in public office has soared by 1,800% since 2017, a report released Wednesday found.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/lgbtq-transgender-representation-growing-elections
Support for Transgender Rights Slips Hard in Japan, Says New Worldwide Survey
Southeast Georgia librarian fired after creating book display featuring transgender character
Indian court rules a transgender woman is a woman
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/25/indian-court-rules-a-transgender-woman-is-a-woman/
Labour conference attendees must declare sex listed on their passport: ‘Yet more cruelty’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/16/labour-conference-passport-gender-checks/
A trans migrant came to Chicago to escape violence. Now she’s afraid of deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/26/trans-migrant-chicago-deportation-trump
San Francisco bookstores pull ‘Harry Potter’ books over J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans pledge
White House finds Calif. violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes in school sports
Fifty-six years of progress, being undone in less than 6 months. But we persist, and we will rise! Happy Stonewall Day!
#LGBTQIA #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Trans #Transgender #Stonewall
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‘Largest ever human Pride flag’ created by thousands of LGBTQ+ activists in Mexico
Lorde’s new album was inspired by feeling her “gender broadening a little bit” and “coming into my masculinity a bit more”. She is “in the middle, gender-wise.” “I’m a woman, except for the days when I’m a man.”
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/27/lorde-virgin-gender-reviews/
Why HBO's Enigma is a must-see doc for trans young people
https://www.out.com/film/enigma-trans-documentary-mandatory-viewing
TransActual invites everyone—cisgender, transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming—to participate in our research.
We want to hear about experiences of discrimination, harassment, or challenges faced in single-sex spaces in the UK. We especially welcome responses from Black people and people of colour, recognising the distinct forms of gender policing they face.
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#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #TransAlly
Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
Chappell Roan announces tour and pledges to donate $1 from each ticket to trans youth charities
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/25/chappell-roan-us-concerts-trans/
“IT’S FUCKING CHESS
What POSSIBLE advantage, even in the warped mind of a transphobe, could being #transgender give you at chess? They’re so nakedly hateful they just can’t stand any #trans person winning anything ever. Pathetic.”
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#SCOTUS tosses rulings that favored #transgender people
The #US #SupremeCourt threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from #NorthCarolina, #WestVirginia, #Idaho & #Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to #state #health #insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming #medical #treatment.
#law #hate #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #ActivistCourt
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-tosses-rulings-that-favored-transgender-people-2025-06-30/
'Distorted narrative': California launches preemptive legal strike against Trump DOJ over demand that schools ban transgender athletes
With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-grim-state-of-trans-health-care
![@2025 maaike.hartjes
[two women conversing outside the women's restroom]
"All those discussions about transgender people make me scared to use the bathroom..." says the first lady.
"because there could be a trans woman inside?" asks the second lady.
"No --- a TERF!"
[A dark figure with vampirical looking teeth and gaunt eyes with the initials JKR bursting forth from the women's restroom with a camera]
"YOU! YOU LOOK MASCULINE! SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS!"](/proxy/post_attachment/755978/da021e0b42.png "@2025 maaike.hartjes
[two women conversing outside the women's restroom]
\"All those discussions about transgender people make me scared to use the bathroom...\" says the first lady.
\"because there could be a trans woman inside?\" asks the second lady.
\"No --- a TERF!\"
[A dark figure with vampirical looking teeth and gaunt eyes with the initials JKR bursting forth from the women's restroom with a camera]
\"YOU! YOU LOOK MASCULINE! SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS!\"")
TRANSITION TIMELINE!!!
one decade apart! so many things have changed, but i guess i've always loved cool hats lol :3
#TransitionTimeline #trans #transgender #TransJoy #vantaselfie
This last week of #PrideMonth 2025, #LGBTQ parties and protests roll on around the world, undeterred by backlash. As the New York Times centers an op-ed today insisting the #gay movement has lost its way by supporting #transgender people, Prism & Pen features a stirring poem of trans support and tons of REAL, affirming #queer stories. 👇
https://medium.com/prismnpen/prides-joyful-protest-cannot-be-dimmed-read-all-about-it-de6ba4330a29
ICE is excluding transgender population statistics from its public reports, in violation of congressional mandate.
https://www.vera.org/news/ice-is-excluding-data-on-transgender-people-in-detention