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Kansas Gov. Kelly ‘oughta change the lock on her office door,’ man tells GOP candidate for lieutenant governor at campaign event

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A video from a campaign event this week showed Katie Sawyer, a Republican candidate for Kansas lieutenant governor, laughing after a man suggested that Gov. Laura Kelly should “change the lock on her office door” during a discussion about transgender athletes.

Tribune News Service · Jul 9, 2022

Without Obergefell, most states would have same-sex marriage bans

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, but in most states, laws or constitutional amendments would revive the prohibition if the high court decides, as it did with abortion, that such unions are not a constitutionally protected right.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

‘Friends’ co-creator admits it was a ‘mistake’ to misgender Chandler’s trans parent in the show

“Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman has admitted it was wrong to misgender the transgender parent of one of the show’s main characters.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

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Macy Gray deletes tweet claiming anti-trans comments were ‘grossly misunderstood,’ tells critics to ‘fk off’

Macy Gray is changing her tune.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

Pronouns and Cases Involving Transgender Parties

From In the Interest of C.G., decided today by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Rebecca Grassl Bradley, agreed with in relevant part by all the Justices except Justice Brian Hagedorn: Because Ella [the pseudonym the parties used for the petitioner] entered the juvenile justice system as…

Reason · Jul 7, 2022

Sharron Davies launches impassioned tirade slamming RFU over transgender stance

Former British swimming star Sharron Davies criticised the RFU for “putting female athletes in danger” by refusing to adopt a stricter policy against transgender athletes

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2022

Voice therapy can help trans people sound like themselves and feel safer

(NOTE: This story contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text TALK to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.)

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 7, 2022

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Equalities minister quits, citing ‘atmosphere of hostility’ for LGBT+ people

It comes as he told MPs that “elements” of Parliament have issues with transgender people but it is not “on the whole” transphobic.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Maya Forstater wins discrimination claim after losing job over transgender tweets

Maya Forstater lost her job in 2019 over series of posts claiming ‘men cannot change into women’

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Maya Forstater was discriminated against over gender-critical beliefs, tribunal rules

Researcher lost job at thinktank after tweeting that transgender women could not change their biological sex

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

British Triathlon creates ‘open’ category for transgender athletes to compete at all levels

Triathlon has become the first UK sport in the UK to ban transgender athletes from racing in the female category after deciding that ‘fairness of competition is paramount’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

Transgender women banned from competing against women born female in triathlons

The female category will be open solely to athletes assigned the female sex at birth

Wales Online · Jul 6, 2022

Transgender women to compete in open category under new British Triathlon rules

British triathlon events will consist of just two categories – female and open.

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Bette Midler says trans-inclusive language will ‘erase’ women

Her comments fall in line with that those of Macy Gray and J.K. Rowling, who have been accused of being transphobic by suggesting women other than cisgender do not belong to the same classification.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 5, 2022

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The Conversation · Jul 5, 2022

A window into the number of trans teens living in America

In our recent analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a representative health survey of high school-age Americans at the school district, state and national levels, we found that about 1.4% of youths ages 13 to 17 identify as transgender in the U.S. That proportion amounts to approximately 300,000 transgender…

Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2022

Macy Gray tells Piers Morgan ‘changing your body parts doesn’t make you a woman’

Elsewhere, Bette Midler has been using transgender people to make a point about the abortion crisis in the United States

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022

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

Chicago Tribune · Jul 5, 2022

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:

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Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

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."

AAP · Jul 5, 2022

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.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022

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

Liverpool Echo · Jul 4, 2022

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

A documentary on the transgender pioneer will air tonight

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2022

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.

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

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.

WEKU · Jul 3, 2022

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.

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