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Thai transgender businesswoman buys Miss Universe Organization for $20M

A prominent Thai businesswoman has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday.

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Reality star and transgender activist becomes first woman to own Miss Universe pageant with $20m purchase

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip is the first woman to own the Miss Universe pageant since 1952

The Independent UK

Gender reform bill passes first hurdle in Scottish Parliament

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Act has been described as an "admin issue" by many Scottish transgender people

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A Thai media mogul and transgender activist has bought the Miss Universe competition

Chakrapong "Anne" Chakrajutathib, who controls JKN Global Group, purchased the organization for $20 million. She's a celebrity in Thailand who is outspoken about being a transgender woman.

WEKU

Thai transgender businesswoman buys Miss Universe Organisation for $20 million

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip says she hopes to ‘evolve the brand for the next generation’

Evening Standard

SNP minister QUITS in protest over transgender law reform bid

An SNP minister has quit over her opposition to plans to make it easier for transgender people to change their sex on official documents.

The National (Scotland)

Foreign Secretary branded 'tone deaf' for Qatar 'compromise' comments to LGBT fans

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said lesbian, gay, bi and transgender football fans should show “a little bit of flex” and “be respectful of the host nation” of Qatar, where gay sex is illegal

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Most teens who start puberty suppression continue gender-affirming care, study finds

A new study from a Dutch clinic found that 98% of transgender adolescents who received puberty suppression treatment went on to continue gender-affirming treatment.

WEKU

Teacher fired for refusing to call transgender pupil boy's name goes to court

The case in the High Court is a UK legal first

Wales Online

Richmond school board passes transgender protection resolution in response to Virginia Department of Education’s transgender student policy

The Richmond City School Board, which oversees Richmond Public Schools (RPS) in Richmond, Virginia, voted 8-1 on October 2, 2022, to approve a resolution rejecting the Virginia Department of Education’s policy on transgender students. The policy, titled 2022 Model Policies On The Privacy, Dignity, And Respect For All Students And…

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Fiennes slams "abuse" of JK Rowling

In a recent New York Times interview, the Lord Voldemort actor supported the "Harry Potter" author once again

Salon

Sam Smith and Kim Petras make LGBTQ history on Billboard's Hot 100 chart

"Unholy" earned both artists their first No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, making them the first openly non-binary solo artist and first openly transgender solo artist to hit the top of the chart.

WEKU

Ash Carter, the U.S. defense secretary who opened combat jobs to women, dies at 68

In December 2015, after three years of study and debate, Carter ordered the military to open all jobs to women. He also ended the Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in the military.

WEKU

Human Rights Watch alleges ill-treatment of LGBT+ people in Qatar weeks before men's World Cup

Security forces in Qatar have allegedly subjected lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment, according to a report by Human Rights Watch

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Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

Daily Mirror

Olympians slam 'bonkers' transgender policies and demand protection for women athletes

Former swimmer Sharron Davies has been a vocal critic of transwomen competing in female sporting events with a number of organisations weighing up their policies

The Independent UK

Biden slams Republican attempts to ban gender-affirming healthcare in interview with transgender TikTok star

The president’s conversation comes as Republicans continue to pass numerous anti-transgender pieces of legislation.

Reuters

HRW says Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBT people ahead of World Cup

Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday, in the run-up to hosting soccer's World Cup which has put a spotlight on human rights issues in the Gulf Arab state.

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Daily Record

Transgender comedian praised for stripping naked during Channel 4 live performance

The comic jumped up from behind the keyboard and ripped off her hot pink suit, to reveal her totally nude body underneath.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: Trans kids don't have the ‘regrets’ Republicans cynically claim

A new study confirms what experts in transgender medicine have known for years: The overwhelming majority — 98% — of adolescents who begin gender-affirming treatment continue that treatment into adulthood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with 2020 killing of transgender woman he allegedly solicited for sex

On Friday, Judge Charles Beach ordered a 62-year-old held without bail on a first-degree murder charge in the Dec. 25, 2020, slaying of Courtney Eshay Key.

Reason

Court Upholds Removal of Child From Parents, Related to Child's Transgender Identity

The facts are complicated, and involve a good deal more than just disagreement as to gender identity; but it seems to me like an important controversy.

Tribune News Service

Transgender bathroom ban in school district becomes permanent in apparent first for Alaska

PALMER, Alaska — In what appears to be a first for Alaska, transgender students in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District are now banned from using bathrooms and changing facilities that match their gender identity.

The Independent UK

Teen: Arkansas trans care law could force him to uproot life

An Arkansas teenager who is receiving hormone therapy says a state ban on such treatments could force he and his family to leave the sate

The Independent UK

Social Security now allows individuals to self-select gender

Individuals will be allowed to make sure their records with the Social Security Administration align with their gender identity under a plan announced Wednesday

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