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Hong Kong transgender protesters say government is not abiding by landmark ruling

A group of Hong Kong transgender people staged a small protest on Friday against a delay by authorities in changing the gender indicated on their identity documents, saying they have yet to be fully recognised despite a landmark court ruling in February.

Reuters

5 books for kids and teens that positively portray trans and gender-diverse lives

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate trans and gender-diverse people – and to raise awareness of the ongoing discrimination they experience.

The Conversation

North Dakota governor vetoes transgender pronouns bill

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited public school teachers from referring to students by pronouns different from the sex assigned to them at birth

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Belfast transgender activist and Green Party election candidate: 'Trans women aren't a threat'

The 25-year-old opened up about coming out as transgender and told of the discrimination and street harassment she has faced

Belfast Live

FACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years

The Independent UK

Joe Biden condemns anti-trans legislation in Transgender Day of Visibility statement: ‘Some of the bravest people I know’

The president’s proclamation follows an explosion of state bills targeting LGBT+ Americans

The Independent UK

Humza Yousaf defends new Ministerial nominee who made offensive trans comment

The First Minister said Gillian Martin had apologised to him personally over her historic comments

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How you can support your transgender employees

Companies are reassessing how they support transgender employees following a record number of anti-trans laws.

Fortune

Transgender guidance for schools to be published for summer term, says PM

A union said an established set of guidelines is needed so schools are no longer ‘caught in the crossfire between opposing views and beliefs’.

The Independent UK

‘Desperate and bigoted’: US right uses latest shooting to malign trans people

From hateful rants on Fox news to falsehoods in Congress, the far right is exploiting the Nashville shooting, experts warn

The Guardian - US

Trans athletes ruling: ‘return to sanity’ or unleashing ‘forces of hate’?

“It was a victory few had expected,” said Janice Turner in The Times. When Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, unveiled the organisation’s response to the issue of transgender women taking part in elite female events, it seemed likely that it would be a mere tweak to current rules…

The Week

Nedra Rhone: Limiting gender-affirming medical care doesn’t ‘safeguard the bright, promising futures’ of Georgia’s trans youth

When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill last week that prevents health care providers from providing certain hormones or surgical treatment to children to align with their gender identity, Rebecca Stapel-Wax said the news stopped her in her tracks.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Gender-affirming care has a long history, though anti-trans laws pretend it’s ‘untested’

In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a prescription for two drugs: estrogen and progestin. Twelve months later, a local reporter noted Rhoda’s surprisingly soft skin and visible breasts. He wrote that the drugs had made her “so completely female.”

Los Angeles Times

Kentucky and West Virginia move to limit transgender therapies

At least 11 US states have placed restrictions or outright bans on gender-affirming treatments for children.

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Texas Senate OKs ban on treatment for transgender youth, exempts current patients

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would ban certain medical treatments for transgender youth, but only after exempting anyone already receiving this care.

The Guardian - AU

Lexi Rodgers: Australian transgender basketball hopeful breaks silence

Lexi Rodgers, who wants to play in the national league, pleads for more understanding and says people forget she’s an ‘actual person’

The Independent UK

Twitter removes tweets about 'Trans Day of Vengeance'

Twitter says it has removed tweets showing a poster promoting a ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’ protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D

The Independent UK

Kentucky Republicans strike down governor’s veto of sweeping anti-trans law

A state lawmaker whose trans son died by suicide last year pleaded with Republicans to reject the law, derided by LGBT+ advocates as a ‘desperate and cruel effort by extremist politicians’

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Texas Senate scales back proposed restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender kids

Senate Bill 14 would now allow trans children who are already receiving some transition-related treatments to continue getting that care. The Senate gave initial approval to the reworked legislation Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Kentucky Legislature easily overrides Gov. Beshear’s veto of gender-affirming care ban bill

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Republican-dominated Kentucky General Assembly acted swiftly Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of the controversial Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming care for trans youth.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional Twitter feed suspended over anti-trans tweets

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s official congressional Twitter feed was briefly suspended over tweets denouncing a planned rally supporting transgender rights outside the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK

Transgender bill spurs competing rallies at Kentucky Capitol

Activists on both sides of the transgender health care debate have gathered at Kentucky's Capitol to make competing appeals

Salon

Tucker stokes fear of "trans terrorism"

Fox News host pushes religious war narrative between trans movement and "traditional Christians"

Evening Standard

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! What is it, and when did it start?

Thousands of trans people and their allies will take part in celebrating today

The Independent UK

England’s first transgender ref Lucy Clark feels support from football community

Clark features in a new film ‘In the Middle’ which will be released on Friday and documents the lives and careers of grassroots officials in England.

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