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Missouri House approves bill limiting transgender athletes

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House legislators have approved a plan limiting transgender athletes, requiring individuals in sixth grade or older to play on sports teams aligning with their birth gender.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Women’s Institute will ‘continue to celebrate’ transgender women amid inclusivity row

Exclusive: Melissa Green, CEO of the organisation, says it won’t be part of ‘toxic’ debate on trans membership

The Guardian - UK

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.”

The Independent UK

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Ron DeSantis Thinks You Shouldn’t Drink Bud Light. Does that make BUD a Sell?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is boycotting Bud Light because the beer maker promotes transgender personality, Dylan Mulvaney. Anheuser-Busch stock has lost $5 billion in value since announcing the promotion. Does that make BUD stock a sell?

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Women’s Institute must ‘get over and get used to’ welcoming trans women, says ex-Tory leader William Hague

Lord Hague said transgender people are ‘part of our society now’ and the Women’s Institute should ‘welcome new people’

The Independent UK

Ministers consider rule to let single-sex schools bar transgender pupils

Guidance for England also likely to tell teachers to inform parents when children question their gender identity

The Guardian - UK

In new documentary, Orlando’s gay history unfolds on film

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was 36 hours after the Pulse nightclub massacre of 2016 when Rick Todd decided the history of gay, lesbian and transgender people in Central Florida needed to be told. Sitting in a meeting of LGBTQ leaders reacting to the tragedy, he realized the help that would…

Orlando Sentinel

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Patients scramble to secure gender-affirming care in Missouri before April 27 restrictions

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood held a pop-up clinic at its Central West End location on Monday for people seeking gender-affirming care, 10 days before new rules that would make Missouri the first state to greatly restrict care for transgender adults go into effect.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Single-sex schools will be able to refuse transgender pupils

New guidance aims to protect school leaders from legal action from parents

The Independent UK

Basketball Australia rules transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers ineligible to play

Rodgers had sought to play semi-professional with Kilsyth Cobras, forcing BA to convene an expert panel to hear Rodgers’ application before rejecting it

The Guardian - AU

What is essentialism? And how does it shape attitudes to transgender people and sexual diversity?

Recent debates around transgender people and sexual diversity have been marked by essentialism, a profoundly conservative mindset with deep links to religious and metaphysical dogmatism. It is a stance through which conservative thinkers seek certainty in a world of change and fluidity.

The Conversation

Jordy, pop star from Northbrook, gives 2000 hit a queer update with ‘Story of a Boy’

Former Glenbrook North theater kid inspires transgender TikTok campaign with his take on the Nine Days hit ‘Absolutely (Story of a Girl).’

Chicago Sun-Times

Heavy police presence divides transgender debate rallies in Belfast city centre

More than 50 police officers formed a line between the demonstrations

Belfast Live

Police form line between rival transgender debate demos in Belfast

Hundreds of people took part in the separate trans and women’s rights protests in the city centre.

The Independent UK

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The Times of India

Privilege health card for transgender community in Bengal

KOLKATA: As the country celebrated the National Transgender Day on Saturday, the community in Bengal had a reason to feel inclusive. A private healthcare unit in Kolkata launched a healthcare card for the community that has been complaining of accessibility and rights issues including that of healthcare.

Irish Mirror

'Dangerous' inmate Barbie Kardashian to move prisons amid fear she could follow through on threats

A source said Kardashian, who was born Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and changed her name by deed poll, is deemed too dangerous to mix. Kardashian was found guilty on seven counts of threatening to kill, rape, torture or cause serious harm to her mother.

The Texas Tribune

Terrified and angry, LGBTQ Texans and allies rally at Capitol to protest bills targeting queer community

With six weeks remaining in the legislative session, advocates implored Texans to join the “resistance” against fast-moving efforts to curb health care, drag queens, education, trans athletes and more.

Daily Mirror

Bomb threats made to Budweiser factories after transgender promotion controversy

A Budweiser-sponsored post by actress and transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led to fierce backlash for the company including from musicians such as Kid Rock who posted a viral video of himself shooting cases of Bud Light in protest

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Akshay Kumar's younger version Aryan Preet talks about playing a transgender in Laxmii

Actor Aryan Preet, who's been part of TV shows like Punyashlok Ahilyabai and Kulfi Kumar Bajewala, has played the role of young Akshay Kumar in movies like Laxmii and Bachchhan Paandey. The actor reveals how playing a role of transgender was challenging and how he is happy he did it.

The Independent UK

Transgender adults brace for treatment cutoffs in Missouri

An emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking drugs, hormones or gender-affirming surgeries

Reason

Still No Pseudonymity for Sorority Members Suing to Challenge Sorority's Admission of Transgender Student

From Judge Alan Johnson's decision today in Doe v. Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity (D. Wyo.) (the "fraternity" is really a sorority), declining to reconsider an earlier decision: I yearn for the day where litigants seek their courts unburdened by the mere possibility of physical reprisal. That hope may be quixotic…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Transgender adults face 'egregious' barriers to care under new Missouri rules, advocates warn

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's foremost LGBTQ advocacy group raised alarm on Friday that adults currently receiving transgender medical care will face "egregious" barriers to continued treatment under new emergency rules in Missouri.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House panel advances bills banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender kids

Under the legislation, minors currently receiving certain gender-affirming care would have to taper off their treatments. A majority of Texas lawmakers in each chamber has supported previous versions of the legislation.

Chicago Sun-Times

First gay president of Chicago-based American Medical Association Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld talks about challenges he’ll face

An anesthesiologist in Milwaukee, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke in an interview about himself, his job and the AMA’s outspokenness on big issues.

The Independent UK

Colorado governor to sign abortion, transgender care bills

Colorado's Democratic governor is scheduled to sign a set of health care bills Friday afternoon that enshrine protections for abortion and gender-affirming care procedures and medications

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