Transgender / Transsexual

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90% of trans kids get support from parents but half face bullying at school, new report finds

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Transgender and nonbinary youth in the U.S. are usually receiving support from their parents or guardians, but they suffer disproportionately from bullying in school, according to a new report from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The findings are from the foundation’s 2024 Report on the Experiences of Parents of Transgender and Non-Binary Children, which highlights the struggles trans youth continue to face despite increased parental support, released Thursday along with its first Supporting Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Expansive Children guide, created by the foundation’s Parents for TransgenderEquality National Council. The foundation is the educational arm of HRC. More than 92 percent of parents surveyed were supportive of their child’s trans identity, notes the report, […]

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This Supreme Court case could change gender-affirming care in the U.S. forever

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The controversy over gender-affirming care for trans minors is coming to the U.S. Supreme Court in its new term, which begins Monday — the first Monday in October. A hearing date has not been set, but the case, U.S. v. Skrmetti, over a Tennessee ban on such care, will surely attract much attention when it comes to the court. The American Civil Liberties Union, one of the groups representing the Tennesseans who sued over the law, predicts the hearing will be scheduled for December. Here’s what you need to know about the case, which is the high court’s first opportunity to rule on the issue. What is the U.S. […]

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Pennsylvania middle school installs surveillance window in gender-inclusive bathroom

A Pennsylvania middle school installed a window in its gender-inclusive restroom, making its interior visible from the school hallway. The window was constructed at Emory H. Markle Middle School in Hanover, Pennsylvania, which is roughly 5 miles north of the Maryland border. Gender-inclusive bathrooms are commonly used by transgender and nonbinary people for privacy and safety reasons. Matthew Gelazela, the board president of the South Western School District, said the district decided to add the window as it “engages in renovating multiuser restroom facilities.” “It has an interest in opening a view into the non-private area of those facilities in […]

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GOP state officials are so mad that doctors support trans healthcare that they’re intimidating them

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Earlier this week, 20 Republican attorneys general banded together to send a letter to the leadership of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the national professional association for pediatricians, accusing them of breaking the law for supporting age-appropriate and life-saving gender-affirming care for trans youth.  The letter accuses the organization of violating consumer legal protections for allegedly deceiving the public on the reversibility of puberty blockers while also seeking detailed information on their internal evidence assessments and communications. The letter was sent by Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador.  According to journalist Erin Reed, this letter holds no legal weight, and as such, the […]

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Trump campaign launches ad attacking Kamala Harris for supporting trans people’s health care

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A new political ad from former President Donald Trump delves deep into transphobia, highlighting Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ support of providing lifesaving care to transgender inmates (something required by federal law) and showing pictures of her next to a drag queen, a trans woman, and a nonbinary person. “Kamala is for they/them,” the 30-second ad says. “President Trump is for you.” The ad primarily accuses Harris of supporting “taxpayer-funded sex-changes for prisoners and illegal aliens” — a crude restatement of her 2019 ACLU questionnaire answer that all federal prisoners, including trans immigrants detained by border agents, deserve medically necessary […]

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Indiana judge blocks law denying gender-affirming care to prisoners, ruling it’s likely unconstitutional

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A federal judge inIndiana has granted a preliminary injunction requiring the Indiana Department of Correction to provide gender-affirming surgery fortransgender inmate Autumn Cordellioné.  The decision comes after Cordellioné, a trans woman currently incarcerated in a facility for men, challenged the constitutionality of Indiana’s 2023 law banning gender-affirming surgeries for prisoners. United States District Court Judge Richard L. Young ruled on Tuesday that the state’s ban on gender-affirming surgery likely violates the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because the care is deemed necessary. The ruling mandates that the IDOC arrange for Cordellioné to receive […]

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They provided lethal heroin to a trans icon. Now they’ll pay the price.

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The two men who provided the narcotics that caused the death of trailblazing trans activist and actress Cecilia Gentili have both pleaded guilty to distributing the drugs. Gentili, 52, died in her Brooklyn apartment from fentanyl-laced heroin that authorities say she received from the men, Michael Kuilan, 44, and Antonio Venti, 52. Prosecutors said Gentili was found dead in her bedroom in February from the combined effects of controlled substances including fentanyl, xylazine (a vetrinary sedative), cocaine and heroin. The heroin, laced with fentanyl, was provided by Kuilan and Venti. On Monday, Kuilan on Monday pleaded guilty to possession and […]

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Transgender lives and joy are the center of new ACLU campaign ‘Freedom to Be’

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Daniel Trujillo first spoke at a hearing at the Arizona legislature when he was nine years old. The now-17-year-old has spent years telling lawmakers that as a trans boy he exists, he is loved, and he’s thriving.  In fact, at one drive home after a hearing, Daniel told his mother Lizette that the only time he felt discriminated against was when he would go to those meetings. Outside of facing down anti-trans lawmakers, he lived a normal teenage life. He skateboarded. He hung out with friends. He was happy.  Daniel is content to share his story. It’s kind of his way of […]

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Minnesota’s Transgender and Queer Equity Successes

With his selection by Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz could be the next Vice President of the United States. Walz’s record of support for LGBTQIA2S+ youth and adults has been clear throughout his career as a teacher, legislator, and Governor. Under Minnesota’s pro-equality legislative and executive branches, Governor Walz, Lt. Governor Flanagan, and the Queer Legislators Caucus built the state into a national model for protecting the healthcare access and human rights of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, especially transgender, non-binary and 2-Spirit residents. Below are a few of the accomplishments in Minnesota in the 2023-2024 legislative biennium. First […]

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Supreme Court to hear landmark case on trans healthcare – here’s everything you need to know

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The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a legal challenge to a Tennessee banon trans healthcare. The bill, approved by state lawmakers last year, mimics similar laws in other states, with civil penalties for any adult who aids a minor to receive getting out-of-state gender-affirming care without their parent’s consent. Several families, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Tennessee to prevent the bill passing into law. The case will now be heard by the country’s top court in October. The ACLU’s deputy director for trans justice, Chase Strangio, said: “The future of countless transgender youth in this […]

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