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From rights to red tape: India’s transgender law amendment

“Only I knew what I felt, trapped in a body I did not recognise or feel at home in,” says Ayaan, a 24-year-old transman. In 2016, his parents took him to consult a doctor in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, who tried to counsel his family of his need for support, hormone-replacement…

Newslaundry

Trump admin’s proposed new gun rule will make it harder for trans people to buy firearms

Proposed new rules would allow the federal government to compile lists of trans firearm buyers — and leave them in a ‘Catch-22’, gun rights advocates tell Io Dodds

The Independent UK

Billy Batson Would Continue to Be Disappointed in Zachary Levi, Who Aligned Himself with J.K. Rowling

Zachary Levi has made headlines a number of times over the past few years… and it hasn’t always been a result of his work as an actor. He’s bizarrely crashed out over his future as DC’s Shazam! on Instagram Live, thrown his support behind Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump,…

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Parkrun and other sports bodies threatened with legal action over transgender inclusion

Among the recipients of these letters are the Football Association of Wales, the Irish Football Association, Swim England, and British Gymnastics, in addition to parkrun

The Independent UK

FBI’s rare Cuba mission: Agents fly to Cuba to recover a child from transgender parent who wanted transition surgery for child

An unusual FBI operation saw a US government aircraft fly to Cuba to recover a 10-year-old child from Utah in an international parental kidnapping case. The child's transgender parent and partner are accused of taking the child abroad, allegedly for gender transition surgery. Cuban authorities assisted in the child's safe…

The Times of India

Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving

The Independent UK

LGBTQ voters hope to knock out vulnerable Republicans and boost Democrats to victory with a pink wave in November

$15m effort will target key Senate races and eight House districts ‘decided by just 157,000 votes in 2024’

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Caitlyn Jenner Cries To Trump About Inability To Travel After Passport Gender Changed To ‘M’

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New rules allow more LGBTQI people to donate blood

Thousands of gay and bisexual men and transgender people will be able to donate whole blood for the first time after changes to eligibility.

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‘Things could go backwards’: Kezia Dugdale on safety, LGBTQ+ rights and the future of Stonewall

Exclusive: Former Scottish Labour leader says she feels more scared as a lesbian today and calls for a kinder debate on transgender issues

The Guardian - UK

International Olympic Committee Allows Transgender Athletes to Compete After Initial Ban

For their part, transgender athletes who are biologically male and meet qualification standards will be able to compete in the male category.

Latin Times

Transgender athlete focuses on what may be her last track season as Supreme Court ruling looms

A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends

The Independent UK

Bookshop Run by Trans Owner Encourages Customers to 'Deface' Harry Potter Books for Charity

A Leeds bookshop's fundraiser invites customers to alter Harry Potter books for transgender healthcare, sparking debate over activism and literature

International Business Times UK

Caitlyn Jenner Appeals to Trump, Saying She Cannot Travel After Passport Gender Changed to 'Male'

Caitlyn Jenner's passport was reissued with a male marker, restricting travel and spotlighting tensions between her support for Trump and policies affecting transgender rights.

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Transgender pool player Harriet Haynes will fight ban from sport for ‘integrity and fairness’

Pool player’s court challenge against English Blackball Pool Federation will test impact of milestone Supreme Court ruling on sport

The Independent UK

Dave Chappelle says Republican Party ‘weaponized’ his transgender jokes — and shames MAGA firebrand for coercing a selfie

Comedian has previously drawn heavy criticism for jokes about the transgender community

Evening Standard

Girlguiding chief – We need to advocate for girl-only space

It comes after the organisation announced last month that transgender girls must leave by September

Roll Call

Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push

President Donald Trump turbocharged a Republican push for a voter ID and election overhaul bill known as the SAVE America Act, sparking a high-profile debate over the future of elections, proof of citizenship and an end to many mail-in ballots. At the same time, Trump tacked on completely unrelated legislation…

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Australian lesbian group’s fight to bar trans women to return to tribunal after federal court win

While the Lesbian Action Group claims a ‘definite win’, Equality Australia says the judge ‘simply identified legal errors in the tribunal’s reasoning’

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Lesbian group wins appeal in bid to exclude trans women

A lesbian group has won an appeal in the Federal Court in an ongoing battle to allow it to exclude transgender women from "lesbian-only" events.

The Guardian - UK

EHRC updates guidance on how to apply supreme court ruling on gender

Changes follow concern that original code created a legal minefield for organisations implementing it

The Guardian - US

‘Deported or departed’: Georgia candidate targets immigrants in ad blitz

Republican gubernatorial candidate floods media with ads attacking immigrants, trans people and DEI before primary

Evening Standard

NHS nurse wins settlement in trans pronoun row

Jennifer Melle, 41, said she was racially abused by a transgender patient at St Helier Hospital in Carshalton after she referred to them as ‘Mr’

International Business Times UK

Kristi Noem Banned Trans Healthcare; Audio Now Allegedly Shows Her Husband Telling His Dominatrix 'I Want to Be a Woman So Bad'

Bryon Noem, husband of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, is embroiled in a scandal after his alleged confessions to a dominatrix about wanting to transition to a woman.

Newslaundry

Self-identification and the transgender law: An Ambedkarite view

Debates around amendments to India’s transgender law have once again brought the question of self-identification to the forefront. Much of the public discourse frames gender self-determination as an aspect of individual liberty — the freedom to define oneself, coupled with a demand for legal recognition of that identity.

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