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Rallies hope to build support for transgender amid backlash

People across the country are gathering as part of a series of events to build support for transgender rights amid what they denounce as an increasingly hostile environment

The Independent UK

Get to know 3 trans models shaping the fashion industry in 2023

‘You feel like you’re getting somewhere and then suddenly you’re back in 2005’ - Tobias Dionisi, Koko Barno and George Gorg talk fashion, activism and the names we should all know

Evening Standard

UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

UKA confirmed on Friday it had received the required assurances from relevant bodies that the sporting exemption in the Equality Act 2010 applies to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

The Independent UK

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'We can raise the bar for gender-affirming healthcare': GP wins high court appeal after being suspended for misconduct at transgender clinic

Dr Helen Webberley was suspended from the UK medical register after she was found guilty of committing serious misconduct - but she today won an appeal against the decision

Manchester Evening News

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week about the fatal shooting of six people at a Christian school in Nashville

The Independent UK

Daniel Radcliffe: ‘If you’re going to talk about trans kids, it might be useful to listen to trans kids’

The Harry Potter star speaks out for LGBTQ+ amid fresh JK Rowling backlash over new comments about trans women

Evening Standard

Republicans’ fixation on trans issues could backfire, pollsters say - Roll Call

Focusing on transgender issues could hurt Republicans in the general election if voters decide they are bullying a small minority.

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GP who ran transgender clinic wins appeal after misconduct finding

Helen Webberley, founder of website GenderGP, was found to have committed serious misconduct by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel.

The Independent UK

The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.

The push by Christian and conservative groups represents a multimillion-dollar effort to limit LGBTQ rights.

Axios

Hong Kong transgender protesters say government is not abiding by landmark ruling

A group of Hong Kong transgender people staged a small protest on Friday against a delay by authorities in changing the gender indicated on their identity documents, saying they have yet to be fully recognised despite a landmark court ruling in February.

Reuters

5 books for kids and teens that positively portray trans and gender-diverse lives

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate trans and gender-diverse people – and to raise awareness of the ongoing discrimination they experience.

The Conversation

North Dakota governor vetoes transgender pronouns bill

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited public school teachers from referring to students by pronouns different from the sex assigned to them at birth

The Independent UK

Belfast transgender activist and Green Party election candidate: 'Trans women aren't a threat'

The 25-year-old opened up about coming out as transgender and told of the discrimination and street harassment she has faced

Belfast Live

FACT FOCUS: No 'incredible rise' in transgender shooters

Moments after the assailant who killed six people at a Nashville private school was identified as transgender, a baseless narrative emerged that there has been an incredible rise in transgender or nonbinary mass shooters in recent years

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Joe Biden condemns anti-trans legislation in Transgender Day of Visibility statement: ‘Some of the bravest people I know’

The president’s proclamation follows an explosion of state bills targeting LGBT+ Americans

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf defends new Ministerial nominee who made offensive trans comment

The First Minister said Gillian Martin had apologised to him personally over her historic comments

Fortune

How you can support your transgender employees

Companies are reassessing how they support transgender employees following a record number of anti-trans laws.

The Independent UK

Transgender guidance for schools to be published for summer term, says PM

A union said an established set of guidelines is needed so schools are no longer ‘caught in the crossfire between opposing views and beliefs’.

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The Guardian - US

‘Desperate and bigoted’: US right uses latest shooting to malign trans people

From hateful rants on Fox news to falsehoods in Congress, the far right is exploiting the Nashville shooting, experts warn

The Week

Trans athletes ruling: ‘return to sanity’ or unleashing ‘forces of hate’?

“It was a victory few had expected,” said Janice Turner in The Times. When Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, unveiled the organisation’s response to the issue of transgender women taking part in elite female events, it seemed likely that it would be a mere tweak to current rules…

Tribune News Service

Nedra Rhone: Limiting gender-affirming medical care doesn’t ‘safeguard the bright, promising futures’ of Georgia’s trans youth

When Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill last week that prevents health care providers from providing certain hormones or surgical treatment to children to align with their gender identity, Rebecca Stapel-Wax said the news stopped her in her tracks.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Gender-affirming care has a long history, though anti-trans laws pretend it’s ‘untested’

In 1976, a woman from Roanoke, Virginia, named Rhoda received a prescription for two drugs: estrogen and progestin. Twelve months later, a local reporter noted Rhoda’s surprisingly soft skin and visible breasts. He wrote that the drugs had made her “so completely female.”

Al Jazeera

Kentucky and West Virginia move to limit transgender therapies

At least 11 US states have placed restrictions or outright bans on gender-affirming treatments for children.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate OKs ban on treatment for transgender youth, exempts current patients

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would ban certain medical treatments for transgender youth, but only after exempting anyone already receiving this care.

The Guardian - AU

Lexi Rodgers: Australian transgender basketball hopeful breaks silence

Lexi Rodgers, who wants to play in the national league, pleads for more understanding and says people forget she’s an ‘actual person’

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