Transgender / Transsexual

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Trans teen brutally beaten by classmates who were later “proud” of their violence on social media

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A late-night party in a wooded area frequented by teens in Gloucester, Massachusetts, was the scene of a brutal beating over the Labor Day weekend that left a trans high school junior with bone fractures and nerve damage. Sixteen-year-old Jayden Tkaczyk was transported to a local hospital emergency room after police responded to the area known as Dogtown. “One second, I was having fun. The next minute, I was on the ground getting my face stomped and beat,” said Tkaczyk after his release from the hospital. Tkaczyk told reporters he’s dealt with being bullied for years over his trans identity and is […]

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Judge partially halts Idaho’s anti-trans care law

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A federal judge Wednesday granted a partial injunction against Idaho’s law prohibiting the use of public funds and facilities to provide gender-affirming careand certified a class of transgender inmates to challenge the law in court. The lawsuit Robinson v. Labrador was filed by two trans inmates, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho and the national ACLU, to challenge House Bill 668. The lawsuit argues that the denial of gender-affirming care to incarcerated citizens is a violation of their Eighth Amendment rights prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment. A federal judge in Boise narrowly ruled against the law and granted class action status to the plaintiffs. “Plaintiffs have […]

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American Bar Association files brief supporting legal challenge to Tennessee’s transgender health care ban

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The American Bar Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors. “Equal protection forbids differential treatment in the exercise of important constitutional rights absent the strongest justification, and Tennessee’s [Senate Bill 1] cannot withstand scrutiny under that standard,” says the ABA brief, filed Tuesday. It adds, “The ABA has recognized in its past policy statements, state policy denying any individual access to needed medical care for reasons wholly unrelated to any medical justification — as SB1 does — is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law.” “The right […]

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Donald Trump claims schools are performing gender-affirming surgeries on transgender kids

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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, continued to push his transphobic rhetoric during an appearance at the annual Moms for Liberty Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Speaking with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice, Trump criticized the growing acceptance of transgender Americans in society and opposed transgender inclusion in sports and health care. During the hour-long discussion, Trump reiterated his belief that transgender women should be barred from participating in women’s sports. He also lied about access to gender-affirming care for minors.  “Think of it, your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation,” Trump falsely claimed, misrepresenting the complex and […]

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Anti-transgender laws may complicate access to the ballot for trans voters

Member support made it possible for us to write this series. Donate to our nonprofit newsroom today to support independent journalism that represents you. In Kansas, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union have drafted a letter reminding election workers that a gender marker on a person’s identification does not need to match or correspond to a voter’s gender expression. Staff for the organization have also held clinics elsewhere to prepare trans Americans for the identification requirements they will have to navigate. In eight battleground states, the nonprofit VoteRiders is on the ground helping voters get the identification they need to cast ballots […]

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Death threats, legal risk and backlogs weigh on clinicians treating trans minors

Dr. Molly McClain treats many out-of-state patients at her New Mexico clinic, though she said around 1 in 5 find the cost too prohibitive. Nina Robinson for NBC News Dr. Kade Goepferd has received death threats for their work treating transgender youths at Children’s Minnesota Hospital, but Goepferd said the harassment isn’t the most worrying part of the job.  “The waitlist is what keeps me up at night,” said Goepferd, who uses they/them pronouns. “It has grown every year, and it got particularly long after the bans went into effect.” Goepferd is the medical director of the hospital’s Gender Health Program, […]

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 In 2-1 ruling, 11th Circuit Allows Florida Transgender Health Ban to Take Effect Pending Action on State’s Appeal of Decision Blocking the Law

a divided panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a federal district court decision blocking enforcement of the Florida laws banning health care for transgender minors and restricting it for transgender adults. The 2-1 ruling allows the state to enforce the laws while the Court hears Florida’s appeal of the June 11 decision finding that SB 254 and the Boards of Medicine rules unlawfully targeted transgender people.  Writing in dissent, Judge Wilson found that the district court had “identified sufficient record evidence to support concluding that the act’s passage was based on invidious discrimination against transgender adults and […]

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Thousands will march for trans visibility in D.C. Saturday

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Thousands of transgender and nonbinary people — and their allies — will gather in Washington, D.C., Saturday for the National Trans Visibility March. The march, which has been held annually since 2019, focuses on the need for trans visibility in politics as well as society at large. Trans people need to support politicians who support them, contact elected officials, and get involved in grassroots campaigns, the march website notes. This year’s march will also highlight the need for intersectionality of HIV prevention and education with broader social justice concerns. Participants will emphasize the need for comprehensive sex education that includes HIV prevention as well as culturally competent, trans-inclusive […]

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Ron DeSantis smeared this trans candidate. She just won her primary.

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Ashley Brundage, 44, a DEI educator and former bank executive, moved one step closer on Tuesday to becoming the first elected transgender lawmaker from Florida despite a smear campaign perpetuated by the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis. Brundage, running for a state House seat from the Tampa area, swamped her opposition with more than 81 percent of the vote in Florida House District 65’s Democratic primary.  She’ll face incumbent Republican Florida state Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman in November. “I am incredibly honored and humbled to announce that we’ve won the Democratic primary election with a resounding victory over 80% for Florida State […]

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Black transgender Air Force veteran Vanity Williams shot to death in Houston

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Vanity Williams, a 34-year-old Black transgender woman who had recently started nursing school, was shot to death August 3 in the lobby of her apartment building in Houston. Williams’s friends are remembering her fondly, and they say they don’t know why anyone would want to kill her. But Tristian Sanders, 26, a man who police say was known to Williams, was arrested a week later and charged with murder. She was found in the lobby suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Williams had entered nursing school with the goal of opening a medical spa. She was an Air Force veteran who was dedicated to […]

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