The Latest Breaking News from Transgender

Idaho support for LGBTQ rights grew after same-sex marriage became legal. What happened?

BOISE, Idaho — A Jan. 29, 2015, public hearing at the Idaho Capitol seemed like a turning point for LGBTQ rights in the state.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital takes action after its gender development program is targeted on Twitter

Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has increased security and moved a transgender youth support group from in-person meetings to virtual ones after it became the latest children’s hospital to face criticism online over its gender development program.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 20, 2022

Judge chides Montana for refusing order on transgender law

A Montana judge says state health officials made “calculated violations” of his order earlier this year to temporarily stop enforcing a state law that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

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 · Sep 16, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

‘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 · Sep 16, 2022

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 · Sep 15, 2022

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 · Sep 15, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Sep 14, 2022

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) · Sep 14, 2022