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‘I’m tired and scared’: The ‘historically bad’ wave of anti-LGBT+ legislation impacting youth mental health

A record number of state-level bills targeting transgender young people and the inflammatory right-wing rhetoric surrounding them are having a damaging effect on LGBT+ youth, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Nearly 1,000 contributors protest New York Times’ coverage of trans people

The letter – also signed by thousands of subscribers – says the paper’s reporting has been used in support of anti-trans legislation

The Guardian - US

'Patient Zero' Is Not Hate Speech

Reason talks with the transgender historian who used the term to describe a revolutionary gender-affirming treatment for teens.

Reason

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Trans community finds new support amid historic wave of anti-LGBT bills

A wave of anti-trans legislation is putting the mental and physical health of trans youth at risk.

Fortune

Celebrities are standing with GLAAD in protest of New York Times’ trans coverage

Judd Apatow, Margaret Cho, Wilson Cruz, Tommy Dorfman, Lena Dunham, Jameela Jamil, Gabrielle Union-Wade and Jonathan Van Ness are among the celebrities who have signed an open letter from GLAAD to the New York Times criticizing what the LGBTQ+ advocacy group isays is “irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people.”

Los Angeles Times

Transgender prison row heightens safety fears in Scotland’s LGBTQ+ community

Isla Bryson case has led to climate of growing hostility towards trans people, say equality campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Nicholas Goldberg: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution aloud for 43 minutes

To hear the Republicans tell it, the U.S. Constitution has been beaten, buffeted and willfully misconstrued by radical socialists and liberal Democrats who hope to twist it to encourage abortions, promote transgender rights and confiscate Americans' guns.

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Upset by military ‘wokeness,’ Rubio proposes bill to ban many trans people from serving

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is bringing forth a bill that in many cases would bar transgender people from serving in the military.

Miami Herald

Trans woman's lawsuit raises 'constitutional matters'

A lawyer for a social media platform where a transgender woman was removed after being "considered male" says a lawsuit raises constitutional matters.

AAP

980 New York Times Contributors Want To Sacrifice Free Inquiry to Ideology

In an open letter, they condemned the paper's coverage of trans issues. But their note is more about what questions journalists are not allowed to ask.

Reason

Family of Brianna Ghey ‘overwhelmed’ by support from across the country

Brianna, 16, was found with fatal stab wounds on a path in Culcheth Linear Park on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Spain passes law allowing anyone over 16 to change registered gender

Legislation will also ban conversion therapy, introduce menstrual leave and ease abortion limits

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives use abortion strategies in fight over trans care - Roll Call

As the fight over transgender health care heats up, conservatives are drawing from the same playbook they used to fight access to abortion.

Roll Call

Activists decry Malaysian ban on LGBT books

KUALA LUMPUR: Activists in Malaysia have criticised a government decision to ban three books for allegedly promoting “LGBTQ lifestyles”, saying it would further erode gay and transgender rights.

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Pence visits Minnesota, says parents' rights are being 'trampled'

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice President Mike Pence stopped in Minnesota Wednesday to crusade against school policies supporting transgender students and call for parents to have more say over their children's education.

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: Advocates fear state push to erase trans people

The Independent UK

Onlookers appalled by Arkansas state legislator’s transphobic question to doctor

State Sen Matt McKee asked Dr Gwendolyn Herzig if she has a penis

The Independent UK

States' push to define sex decried as erasing trans people

A bill in Kansas and similar legislation in at least seven other states have LGBTQ-rights advocates worrying about a sweeping Republican-led effort to erase the legal existence of transgender men and women

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The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon resignation: why now – and what happens next on key issues?

Independence campaign and gender recognition laws will be at top of successor’s in-tray

The Independent UK

Gender reforms not ‘final straw’ for Sturgeon to quit but loomed large

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed despite concerns from some quarters that the changes could impact on safe spaces for females,

The Conversation

Why The Sims 4's new inclusion of transgender and disabled sims matters

The Sims is one of the bestselling franchises in gaming history. But unlike most other AAA games (high budget and high profile games produced by leading publishers), this open world life simulation game has no clear end goal.

Wales Online

Who is Monroe Bergdorf and what's her story?

Transgender activist Monroe Bergdorf appeared on ITV1's Loose Women to tell her very moving story

Manchester Evening News

JK Rowling says she 'never set out to upset anyone' after making controversial comments on transgender issues

Rowling has previously been criticised for her staunch views on gender identity which she has shared on social media

Wales Online

JK Rowling fully explains views on transgender issues in new in-depth interview

The Harry Potter author says she could not have been 'misunderstood more profoundly'

The Independent UK

What the papers say – February 15

The front pages focus on spy balloons, the latest in the investigation of the murder of a transgender teenager and Ukraine.

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