Police said it was ‘reasonable force’ to shoot Roxanne Moore 16 times. (Getty) Police officers who fired 16 shots at Black trans woman Roxanne Moore used “reasonable force”, says the Pennsylvania district attorney. Moore, 29, remains in hospital, in critical but stable condition, after being fired at by officers on September 13. At a press
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Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on February 13, 2020.(TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) The Conservative minister for women and equalities, Liz Truss, has been accused by Liberal Democrat peer baroness Liz Barker of hiding details of meetings she had about the Gender Recognition Act. Baroness Barker, who is the LGBT+ spokesperson in
Tory MP Crispin Blunt has called for his colleague Liz Truss to be sacked as minister for women and equalities. (Luke Dray/Getty) Tory MP Crispin Blunt has called for Liz Truss, the Conservative minister for women and equalities, to be sacked as she doesn’t have “the empathy for the role”. In an extraordinary move, Blunt
US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been blasted by LGBT+ activists for her rollbacks of trans protections. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Betsy DeVos, the US education secretary, should “butt out” of trans teens’ lives and the sports they play, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said Monday (21 September). The Democratic party lawmaker and business leader tore
A protestor asks for the right to self-identify their gender in the UK, which was one of the demands campaigners had for reform of the Gender Recognition Act. (WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty) The government has finally announced the results of the 2018 public consultation on the Gender Recognition Act – and, surprise surprise, the number
Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss (Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the government to press ahead with reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) ahead of a looming announcement on the issue. The Sunday Times has reported that equalities minister Liz Truss
Suspect Ivan Arturo G.P. has been arrested by Mexican authorities in connection with the trans activists death. (Chihuahua attorney general’s office) Police in Mexico have arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of trans activist Mireya Rodriguez Lemus. Lemus, a trans woman from Chihuahua state, was found stabbed to death in her home
Maria Paola Gaglione (R) died in a motorcycle accident after her brother, enraged she was marrying a trans man Ciro Migloiore (L), tailed her. (Facebook) A trans man was seriously injured and his fiancé, a cisgender woman, tragically slain by her transphobic brother who wanted to “teach her” a lesson. Maria Paola Gaglione, 22, was
A transgender Satanist anarchist, whose campaign slogan was “f**k the police”, has secured the Republican nomination for county sheriff in New Hampshire. Aria DiMezzo was shocked when she won the GOP primary for county sheriff in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, with thousands of Republican votes. DiMezzo, founder of the Reformed Satanic Church, previously ran for
Anthony Horan said it was ‘discriminatory’ to block the selection of candidates who deny the existence of trans people or oppose abortion. (Catholic Parliamentary Office) The Catholic Church has accused the Scottish National Party (SNP) of blocking transphobes who oppose abortion from being selected for next year’s election. Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary
JK Rowling at a human rights awards ceremony in New York, December 12, 2019. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) JK Rowling found herself on the receiving end of a severe backlash – again – after an early review revealed that her new book features a cis male serial killer who likes to dress as a woman. Troubled Blood,
Boris Johnson has been told by businesses to respect the results of the public consultation on Gender Recognition Act reform. (Stefan Rousseau- WPA Pool/Getty Images) A huge coalition of 132 major British organisations – including the British Army, Marie Curie and Disney – has publicly declared that trans rights are human rights, with 70 urging
Trans activist Gul Panra appealed for protection before she was gunned down at a wedding (Twitter) Pakistanis are demanding justice for a transgender activist who was killed when some unidentified people opened fire on her and another trans person at a wedding. Gul Panra was murdered at the wedding in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar,
Two Spirit person Geo Neptune received more votes than any other candidate (Instagram/ @niskapisuwin) An openly transgender Two Spirit person has been elected to public office for the very first time in the state of Maine. Geo Soctomah Neptune, 32, is a Two Spirit member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe who describes themselves as non-binary, trans
A doctor holding a speculum, the instrument used in cervical-cancer screenings. (Envato/mstandret) New smear test information for trans men and non-binary people has been launched this week by leading cervical cancer charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. People with cervixes between the ages of 25 and 64 are eligible for smear tests – which help prevent
A trans crisis hotline has revealed it is flooded with calls every time the Trump administration moves to unpick trans rights. The Trump administration has seen a widespread erosion of trans rights, with a stream of nefarious policies enacted to ban trans people from the military, to cease enforcing non-discrimination rules in schools, and to
A proposed new law would legally erase the existence of trans people in Vladimir Putin’s Russia (Getty) Russia could be set to follow in the footsteps of Hungary with a proposed law that would legally erase transgender people. Proposed amendments to Russia’s Family Code, put forward by anti-LGBT+ lawmaker Yelena Mizulinam, would legally bar transgender
A trans teen was refused alcohol at a pub in Glasgow, Scotland. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) A trans teen was left in tears after bartenders in Glasgow, Scotland, refused to serve for because she “did not look like her ID”. Savanna Galloway, 19, swung by Wetherspoons-owned Counting House on George Square Tuesday (September 1)
In a pair of pro-Trump ads launched in Michign, Kevin Whitt discusses how healthcare available to trans youth is comparable to ‘child abuse’. (Scree capture via YouTube) Joe Biden is being targeted with a slew of anti-trans adverts by a conservative think tank, spreading what the US’ top LGBT+ rights groups are calling “dangerous” and
Tyler Ronan, one of the first trans protagonists in a video game by a major studio. (Dontnod Entertainment) A new Xbox and PC game is set to make history by featuring a trans person as the main protagonist in a first for a major gaming studio. Tell Me Why, a three-part narrative game by Dontnod
Civil servants in Northern Ireland are now required to refer to trans and non-binary people by their correct pronouns. Last year, the civil service re-wrote a policy document which now requires all staff to use the correct pronouns of trans and non-binary employees. While the document was re-written last year, the decision has only come
Local artists came together to create the memorial to Black trans people (Twitter/@jshine1224) Hundreds of Black trans people lost to violence have been honoured in a powerful street mural painted by local artists in Chicago. The words ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ stretch across the street in Catalpa Avenue, Andersonville. It was created by 22 artists
JK Rowling arrives at the RFK Ripple of Hope Awards at New York Hilton Midtown on December 12, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty) Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has claimed that JK Rowling is being unfairly “cancelled” because of her views on trans issues. The journalist made the comments in an interview with –
Transgender model Maxine Heron was told by an agency that her work was drying up because of her “lifestyle choices” after she came out. Heron, 26, transitioned privately at the age of 16 but remained in the closet until 2018 when she came out as part of the ‘We Won’t Be Erased’ movement, which showed
AJ Nesbitt is an 11-year-old trans girl, and actor and an author. (Nesbitt family) Trans girl AJ Nesbitt, who bravely came out to her classmates at six years old, is sharing her inspirational story with the world, becoming a published author aged 11. AJ Nesbitt’s mother began realising she was trans when she was three
An ancient Viking warrior who was given a hero’s burial may have been “transgender, non-binary or gender fluid”, according to researchers. Three years ago, the ornately dressed remains of a high-status Viking warrior from the mid-900s were discovered alongside swords, spears and two slaughtered horses in Birka, Sweden. Following studies, it was assumed that the
GMB Union, one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, has demanded that the UK government finally reform the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and tackle transphobia. The union, which counts more than 600,000 members, urged minister for women and equalities Liz Truss to introduce much-needed reforms in a letter earlier this week (August 11). In the
Vanessa Solórzano. (Twitter) Vanessa Solórzano, a 20-year-old trans sex worker, was stabbed to death by a taxi driver in northwest Argentina Tuesday morning (August 11) all because he didn’t want to pay. Close friends described Solórzano as a fiercely loyal person who dreamed of becoming a makeup artist. She had began sex work to help
A woman was convicted for hurling transphobic abuse on Southend seafront (John Keeble/Getty) A 23-year-old woman has admitted in court to spewing “disgusting” transphobic abuse at another woman as she walked along an English seafront. Annabel Forbes was accused of hurling anti-trans insults at a woman on the Eastern Esplanade in Southend, Essex, at around
Trans women Gabriela Amaya Cruz (above) and Jae Bucci claim they were mistreated in a Miami jail (Instagram/@ladyparaiso) Two trans women have described the “dehumanising” treatment they faced at the hands of police after being arrested at a Black trans lives matter demonstration. Gabriela Amaya Cruz and Jae Bucci were among more than 30 people
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