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Texas court expands protections for families with trans kids

State officials are blocked from investigating families with trans children if they are members of PFLAG.

Axios

Texas’ child welfare agency blocked from investigating many more parents of trans teens

Friday’s injunction applies to all members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group with more than 600 members in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas judge halts abuse investigations into advocate families with transgender children

A Texas judge has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to halt all investigations into the families of transgender children if they are members of the LGBT advocacy nonprofit PFLAG.

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‘Fearless’ trans activist Brenda Appleton honoured by Liberty Victoria

Colleagues hail quiet but forceful style that allowed her to engage across political divide on birth certificate reform

The Guardian - AU

Suspect arrested for bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital amid waves of anti-trans harassment

Several US hospitals report violent threats following false reports about trans healthcare programmes

The Independent UK

Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate rule

A Montana judge has blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate

The Independent UK

Corrie star Hayley Cropper to 'return' to soap amid heartbreak for Roy next week

Coronation Street’s Hayley Cropper actress Julie Hesmondhalgh will not be on the soap, but husband Roy will go in search of one of her possessions

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LGB Alliance sought to 'undermine the work of transgender supporting charities'

Dr Belinda Bell, from Mermaids, said that the charity and Stonewall had been “relentlessly subjected to some of its worst treatment”.

The National (Scotland)

Medical coding creates barriers to care for transgender patients

Last year, Tim Chevalier received the first of many coverage denials from his insurance company for the hair removal procedure he needed as part of a phalloplasty, the creation of a penis.

Tribune News Service

‘Pose’ star Angelica Ross on making Broadway history, Billy Porter’s ‘unrecognized’ inspiration and taking pointers from Brandy

NEW YORK — Angelica Ross is bringing a new kind of razzle and dazzle to Broadway.

Tribune News Service

Openly transgender woman takes a Broadway lead for the first time

Angelica Ross took the role of Roxie Hart in "Chicago" and made theater history.

Axios

Homosexuality wasn't decriminalised in Queensland until 1991, but the state has a long and rich queer history

A growing numbers of queer people now live openly in Queensland, according to the 2021 Census. But it's been a long road to acceptance and equal rights.

ABC News

Montana adopts permanent block on birth certificate changes

Montana health officials have made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery

The Independent UK

Transgender student, 13, interrogated in school by Texas agency over ‘child abuse’ order

The state’s Department of Family and Protective Services is still investigating families over the governor’s directive despite court orders to shut them down, filings reveal

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Tribune News Service

Trans teen was ‘fearful’ when Texas worker showed up at school to question him, mom says

DALLAS — An employee from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services showed up at a 13-year-old transgender boy’s middle school to interview him as part of an investigation into his family over the use of gender-affirming medical treatments, according to newly filed court documents.

The Guardian - UK

Judge to consider trans charity’s appeal to strip LGB Alliance of legal status

Mermaids claims gay rights organisation was set up to lobby against rights of transgender people

The Hindu

Devise policy in 3 months to open up job avenues for transgender persons: Supreme Court

Bench says government has to comply with provisions of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act in ‘letter and spirit’

Wales Online

Today's rugby news as Shanklin says 'average' Welsh rugby players are overpaid and WRU bans transgender women

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WEKU

A new lawsuit is challenging Florida Medicaid's exclusion of transgender health care

One plaintiff said the state's Medicaid program pre-approved him in August for a chest surgery scheduled for later this year. Then the state enacted a new rule excluding such treatments from the plan.

The Independent UK

‘Discrimination, plain and simple’: Trans patients sue Florida over Medicaid ban for gender-affirming care

Recently enacted rule blocks Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming treatments, which plaintiffs and civil rights attorneys argue will make life in Florida ‘simply impossible’ for thousands of people

Tribune News Service

Texas' Ken Paxton joins other GOP state attorneys general in signing ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’

WASHINGTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday he is backing the “Women’s Bill of Rights,” a document being pushed by Republicans that calls for, among other things, a person’s sex to be defined under state and federal law as “his or her biological sex (either male or female)…

Irish Mirror

Irish schoolteacher returns to jail over refusal to comply with court order

Enoch Burke was suspended from work on full pay last month pending the outcome of a disciplinary process after a number of incidents which stemmed from a transgender row in school

The Independent UK

Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order - OLD

Enoch Burke was barred from his workplace after opposing a request to address a transgender child by their name or use the pronoun ‘they’.

The National (Scotland)

Liz Truss is trying to 'pause or prevent Scotland's transgender reforms'

The new UK PM has reportedly already obtained legal advice on how to intervene after blocking self-ID in England

Dynamite News

NCW organizes consultation on inclusion of Transwomen in India

The National Commission for Women organized its first-ever Consultation for transwomen; 'Inclusion Amplified, Transwomen in India. Read more on Dynamite News:

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