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JK Rowling says she’ll be buying Macy Gray’s ‘entire back catalogue’ following singer’s ‘transphobic’ comments

Rowling has repeatedly been criticised and accused of transphobia for her past comments about transgender people

The Independent UK

In Chicago, killings of transgender women of color often go unsolved. ‘There’s no justice,’ relatives say

CHICAGO — Speaking through tears, Rosemary Gamble returns again and again to the questions she would like to ask her granddaughter’s killer:

Chicago Tribune

Piers Morgan slams 'trans activist mob' as Macy Gray says 'surgery doesn't make a woman'

Macy Gray has been dubbed "transphobic" after she told Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show: "Just because you go change your [body] parts, doesn’t make you a woman, sorry."

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Consulting trans community vital: Campbell

Dual Olympic gold medallist Bronte Campbell says the transgender community must be consulted as FINA begins designing an open category at future events.

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The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley review – the trans icon steals the limelight yet again

Grayson Perry, Boy George and Simon Callow feature in this zippy documentary about the transgender pioneer. But the grace and articulacy of Ashley see her outshine them all

The Guardian - UK

Competing in elite sport as a transgender woman

Elite sporting bodies worldwide are barring transgender women from competing if they’ve experienced male puberty, all in the name of fairness – but The Detail finds out that the science isn’

Newsroom.co.nz

The Extraordinary Life of April Ashley: LGBTQ icon's Merseyside roots and MBE award

A documentary on the transgender pioneer will air tonight

Liverpool Echo

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U.S. anti-trans laws won't 'save women's sports'

A tsunami of intolerance has engulfed the sporting world. Wave after wave of prejudice continues to make equitable sports participation difficult, and the most recent news heaves trans athletes of all ages overboard into a swirling current of exclusion and stigmatization.

The Conversation

Intersex woman lodges complaint after being taken to Yatala Labour Prison for men

An intersex prisoner, who identifies as female, was placed in a male prison where she was exposed to "ridicule" and "cruel and degrading treatment", a South Australian tribunal hears.

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Alabama is using the case that ended Roe to argue it can ban gender-affirming care

The case marks one of the first known instances in which a conservative state has tried to apply the abortion ruling to other realms, just as LGBTQ advocates and others were afraid would happen.

WEKU

‘Never ask permission’: How two trans women ran a legendary underground surgical clinic in a rural tractor barn

The neighbours had no idea. The medical equipment came from eBay. But in a dark time for transgender people, these anarchist medics treated patients that no one else would touch, reports Io Dodds

The Independent UK

'Conversion therapy made me leave my family but now I'm thriving'

Alia Ramna grew up with hostility due to her feminine traits and drawings, often having to hide her true self from her family

Wales Online

Being transgender shatters Adam Harry’s dream to be a pilot

DGCA says hormone therapy renders him unfit to fly, activist says there is no scientific basis for it

The Hindu

Alabama cites SCOTUS ruling on abortion in renewed bid to block gender-affirming care for trans youth

Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to lift an injunction blocking the enforcement of a law that criminalizes gender-affirming care for transgender youth — and it’s doing so by invoking the recent Supreme Court opinion that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

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California repeals anti-loitering law that sparked debate over decriminalizing sex work

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a controversial bill to repeal a provision of state law that bans loitering for the intent to sell sex — a proposal that deeply divided Democrats in the Legislature and pitted transgender rights activists against advocates to stop human trafficking.

The Hindu

Restrictions on transgender athletes violate Olympic Charter, says FIMS chief

A raft of sport governing bodies started reviewing their policy on the involvement of transgender athletes in women’s sport following last month’s ruling by swimming’s top body FINA

ABC News

Ada Macey's coming out inspired parkrun to make their events more transgender and gender-diverse inclusive

Ada Macey used running as a way of dealing with gender dysphoria. But it wasn't until she was embedded in her local parkrun community that she felt comfortable coming out as transgender.

France 24

Feminism and transgender rights: The reasons behind a divisive debate

We report on a growing and dangerous divide between feminism and transgender rights. Annette Young talks to Dr Finn Mackay, the British sociologist and campaigner who believes that it is possible to back both women's and trans rights. Also #MeToo in the world of athletics where we meet one former…

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Theresa May calls for ban on transgender conversion practices

Former Tory prime minister tells government ‘the matter must not be allowed to slide’

The Independent UK

Theresa May urges Boris Johnson to ban transgender conversion therapy

The Government has said transgender conversion therapy will not be banned under proposed legislation.

Tribune News Service

California won’t pay for travel to four states over laws prohibiting transgender girls in sports

California is banning state-funded travel to four states that passed laws this year prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in school sports according to their gender identities.

The Independent UK

Most Americans support transgender rights despite believing gender is determined at birth, new study shows

A new survey found that a rising number of Americans believe gender is determined by the sex assigned at birth, despite a majority of adults who are in favour of passing laws protecting trans people from discrimination

The Independent UK

Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case

Alabama is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth

WEKU

Families of murdered women and trans Argentinians ensure their voices are not silenced

A visual project documents relatives, siblings, parents and friends of victims of gender-based crimes in Argentina

The Independent UK

Germany plans to ease rules for formal changes of gender

The German government has presented plans to make it easier for transgender people to formally change their name and gender

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