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Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community ‘visible, vibrant’ — but concerned for transgender members’ ability to ‘live your life freely.’

As Pride Month comes to a close, the Sun-Times spoke to advocates, service providers and members of the LGBTQ+ community about the key issues affecting them — and what more needs to be done.

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More blue states declare themselves sanctuaries for transgender health care

Democratic governors and state lawmakers across the country are mobilizing against a surge of Republican restrictions on transgender health care by establishing their states as sanctuaries for gender-affirming care.

Tribune News Service

Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr and legislative researcher Erin Reed have emerged as a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people

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Transgender Delaware lawmaker Sarah McBride launches trailblazing bid for Congress

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Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says

The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans people’s birth certificates and driver’s licenses while also preventing such changes going forward

The Independent UK

Attorney General Kobach contends that birth certificates, licenses of trans Kansans must use sex at birth

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Monday that a new state law requires Kansas agencies over time to revert updated birth certificates and driver’s licenses issued to transgender residents back to their original forms ahead of its implementation this coming Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Trump mocked for bursting into bizarre moaning sounds at Michigan GOP dinner

Ex-president often uses grunts and moans while ranting about transgender athletes

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Transgender Delaware lawmaker Sarah McBride launches trailblazing bid for Congress

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is running to become the first transgender member of Congress.

Tribune News Service

In historic bid, transgender Delaware state senator launches congressional campaign

If elected, Sarah McBride, 32, would be the first transgender person to serve in Congress. She is running for the at-large seat held by Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester.

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Sarah McBride announces candidacy to become first openly transgender member of Congress

McBride is a longtime friend of President Joe Biden and his late son Beau

The Independent UK

Lance Armstrong called 'hypocrite' for discussing "fairness" of Trans athletes

Lance Armstrong, the disgraced American cyclist who was stripped of seven successive Tour de France titles, took to social media to tease a conversation on transgender participation on sports

Daily Mirror

After Roe’s overturn, Republicans target trans rights using extremist rhetoric

Republican presidential candidates attacked trans people and the LGBTQ+ community at a gathering of the religious right last week

The Guardian - US

Your state has a law on bathrooms and trans kids? Officials may not know how it will be enforced

U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced

The Independent UK

Pride across the US: celebration and defiance in the face of threats

LGBTQ+ people and their allies celebrated throughout the nation, even as the number of hate incidents has increased

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How a Fortune 500 tech company is helping transgender employees weather an anti-trans backlash

Financial-software giant Intuit has listened to and stood up for its transgender staff at a pivotal time.

The Independent UK

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco

Some of the world’s biggest celebrations of LGBTQ+ pride are set to kick off Sunday

The Hindu

Cities rope in women SHGs for sanitation services

In a bid to shore up sustainable sanitation solutions, many cities have roped in women-led self help groups (SHGs) and transgender groups for waste management services at the local level in urban areas under the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Daily Mirror

Meet TRUK United - the football team leading the way for the trans community

TRUK United were formed in 2021 to provide a safe space for transgender people to play football, during a time when the community is bearing the brunt of attacks on LGBT+ rights

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Kansas' attorney general is moving to block trans people from changing their birth certificates

Kansas’ conservative Republican attorney general is moving to prevent transgender people born in the state from changing their birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

Bangkok Post

Japan LGBT law watered down amid culture war

Japan enacted a law to promote LGBT understanding last Friday after months of debate, but for some activists, the discussions did as much to entrench existing discrimination as encourage more open attitudes.

The Independent UK

After a historic wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, focus now shifts to legal fights

A judge's ruling that struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors is offering hope to opponents of such laws

The Hindu

Encroachments on patta land given to transgender persons near Vaniyambadi razed

The Guardian - US

‘Get off our backs and let us live’: Miss Major is still fighting for trans rights after 50 years of resistance

The survivor of the Stonewall riots and mother to countless trans women has built a refuge for her community in the south: ‘I make joy here’

Newcastle Herald

Protesters' clamour over coal is making things worse in climate fight

What they achieve is to irritate the general population

Axios

Florida transgender Medicaid ban unconstitutional, judge rules

Judge Robert Hinkle blasted the state in his 54-page decision, saying the law and AHCA rule were established "for political reasons."

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