Oklahoma’s Republican governor signs cruel bill banning trans kids from using...
Republican governor Kevin Stitt has signed an anti-trans bill into law that bans trans students from using the bathroom that matches their gender identity. Stitt signed the law on Wednesday (25 May),...
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Families sue Utah over hateful, unscientific ban on trans women and girls...
Two supportive families of trans youth are suing Utah after Republican lawmakers approved legislation banning trans girls from competing in school sports. The families have alleged that House Bill 11...
View ArticleTory MP Nick Fletcher doubles down on claim that trans kids are just ‘going...
Tory MP Nick Fletcher has doubled down on his anti-trans view that trans kids are “going through a phase” after circulating a private letter to schools. On Friday (17 June) it was reported that the MP...
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Majority of Republicans think loving parents of trans kids should be...
More than half of Republicans want the supportive parents of trans youth investigated for ‘child abuse’ if they help kids access gender-affirming care, a study found. The horrific revelation came from...
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Health official Dr Rachel Levine vows to protect trans kids from ‘politically...
Trailblazing US assistant health secretary Dr Rachel Levine has doubled down on her support for trans young people, saying she wants to “support and empower these youth”. The first openly transgender...
View ArticleStonewall explains ‘unclear’ tweet about trans kids and inclusive education
Stonewall has clarified an “unclear” tweet about trans youth that spurned fierce backlash from anti-trans groups. On 23 July, the LGBTQ+ campaign group shared a first-person piece published on...
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Parents of trans kids welcome closure of ‘broken’ Tavistock youth gender clinic
Parents of trans children welcomed the upcoming closure of the Tavistock’s “broken” youth gender clinic, the only NHS service of its kind, but are fearful of what the future may bring. NHS England...
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Common transphobic dog-whistles about trans kids debunked by actual science
Claims that adolescents come out as trans to “flee LGB-related stigma” or due to “social contagion” just are “not supported by data”, according to an eye-opening new study. The research – published in...
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School brings in measures to support trans students. Parents respond by suing...
A Conservative parental group is suing a school in Iowa, US, for policies put in place to protect trans students from discrimination. The Linn-Mar Community School District voted to facilitate a gender...
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Spirit of Section 28 lives on in chilling anti-trans speech by attorney...
Attorney general Suella Braverman said schools should not be teaching kids “keywords” about the LGBTQ+ community or affirm trans identities. Braverman claimed in a speech before the Policy Exchange...
View ArticleMarjorie Taylor Greene wants to criminalise life-saving healthcare for trans...
Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to introduce legislation that would criminalise vital gender-affirming care for trans youth. Greene announced the hateful bill during...
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Heartwarming children’s book teaches trans kids how to overcome the ‘gender...
A new children’s book teaches young trans people that there’s nothing “monstrous” about who they are. Me and My Dysphoria Monster follows the journey of Nisha, a young girl who lives with a nebulous...
View ArticleReligious parents stage cruel anti-trans protest after trans pupil is...
A transgender student at a school in Israel was reportedly publicly outed without consent, resulting in an anti-trans protest by parents of their classmates. Parents and students of the religious...
View ArticleTexas judge blocks ‘child abuse’ investigations into 600 supportive families...
A judge in Texas has expanded an injunction to prevent around 600 families with trans children being investigated for “child abuse” over gender-affirming care. Travis County judge Amy Clark Meachum...
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Teacher and ‘fierce advocate’ praised for passionate speech defending trans kids
An Ohio teacher’s passionate speech supporting LGBTQ+ students has won hearts online as the state board of education tries to push anti-trans policies in the area. Dawn Riggs, an educator with over...
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JK Rowling rages against supporters of trans youth charity Mermaids – such as...
JK Rowling, who runs a charity for children, has taken to Twitter to rage against… a charity for children. On Monday (26 September), the contentious Harry Potter author shared an article from The...
View ArticleNo, trans youth charity Mermaids isn’t being investigated by the Charity...
Rumours that the Charity Commission is “investigating” trans youth charity Mermaids over safeguarding concerns are false. On Monday (26 September), The Telegraph published a story headlined: “Trans...
View ArticleStudents in Virginia walk out of school to protest anti-trans policies – with...
Students at almost 100 schools across Virginia have reportedly staged walk-outs in protest of anti-trans policies proposed by governor Glenn Youngkin. The walk-outs across the state were planned by the...
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Senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes calls for gender-neutral toilets in schools to...
Conservative MP Caroline Nokes has said schools should have gender-neutral toilets to stop trans and non-binary youth being “incorrectly gendered”. Speaking to PinkNews, Nokes – who is chair of the...
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NHS slammed for making ‘baseless’ claim trans kids may be ‘going through a...
LGBTQ+ activists have slammed “completely baseless” NHS England guidance describing trans kids as ‘going through a phase’ as it sends the message “they don’t believe trans people exist”. The Telegraph,...
View ArticleStaff at trans children’s charity Mermaids having ‘nightmares’ over death...
Staff at trans children’s charity Mermaids received abuse so threatening and severe that the police had to be called, CEO Susie Green has revealed. It’s why the charity has launched a “fightback fund”...
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Daniel Radcliffe urges adults to let trans kids ‘tell us who they are’
Daniel Radcliffe has demonstrated perfectly how to be an ally, by urging adults to trust the decisions trans kids make. During a 20-minute discussion panel with a group of young trans people, the...
View ArticleKiss star Paul Stanley blasts parents who support trans kids – and everyone’s...
One of the co-founders of glam rock band Kiss, Paul Stanley, is being fiercely criticised for a statement where he called gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth “a sad and dangerous fad”....
View ArticleIndiana governor signs cruel bill forcing teachers to out trans kids to their...
Indiana’s Republican governor Eric Holcomb has signed a bill that would require schools to ‘out’ pupils to their parents if the child requests a name or pronoun change at school. Holcomb signed the...
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Right-wing think tank Civitas accused of ‘fuelling panic’ over teen...
A report claiming that one in 10 teenagers, aged between 16 and 18, wants to change their gender has been criticised for “fuelling panic” about the LGBTQ+ community. The report, by right-wing “think...
View ArticleRishi Sunak asked to condemn schools simply for supporting trans kids
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to “protect children” after being asked to condemn schools and teachers simply for supporting trans kids. During Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday (24...
View ArticleMan hurls anti-trans abuse at nine-year-old cisgender girl at school sports day
The mothers of a cisgender nine-year-old girl have said their daughter’s confidence has been destroyed after she was accused of being trans at a school sporting event in Kelowna, in British Columbia,...
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Teacher reveals students’ horror at Tories forcing schools to ‘out’ trans...
On Monday at 8am, the last thing Jo* expected was for one of her pupils to run into her classroom in floods of tears. “My mum can’t know I am trans,” Sam* cried, begging Jo to email their head of year...
View ArticleGovernment guidance to force teachers to out trans kids to parents
Teachers who become aware that a child intends to transition will be expected to tell their parents, the UK government’s long-awaited guidance on the topic is expected to say. After months of...
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My trans kid experienced a joyful, anxiety-free girlhood – all thanks to...
Seattle-based Marlo Mack is the producer of the award-winning podcast How to Be a Girl and author of an audio book of the same name. Weeks before a 2020 court ruling against puberty blockers sent...
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