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Tomi Lahren and Caitlyn Jenner. (Getty/ Michael S Schwartz and Getty/ Paul Archuleta) Anti-trans Fox News host and Donald Trump fanatic Tomi Lahren has surprising leapt to defend Caitlyn Jenner from “despicable” transphobia. Jenner, who is currently running as a conservative candidate for governor of California, was targeted with vile transphobic abuse when she attended the Conservative Political
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Close-up of sign for an All Gender restroom against a wooden wall with yellow doorframe visible, San Ramon, California, 28 November 2018. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) A federal judge has blocked a Tennessee law requiring businesses to post a notice if they allow trans people to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. The
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Exterior view of Broadcasting House, the BBC headquarters in Central London. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Concerns have been raised over the “censorship” of trans issues after the BBC unpublished a doctor’s heartbreaking fears for young patients in light of last year’s controversial puberty blockers High Court ruling. The broadcaster said it
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Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) Maya Forstater’s former employer will “dispute her version of events” relating to her contract not being renewed, after she espoused “gender critical” beliefs, at an Employment Tribunal. Forstater was a tax researcher whose employment contract at the Centre for Global Development (CGD) was
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Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addresses the crowd in Soho Square after the third London Trans+ Pride. (Charlie Mathers/@charlie.mathers) Hollyoaks star Ki Griffin addressed thousands of trans and non-binary people at the third-ever London Trans+ Pride today. Griffin, who plays non-binary character Ripley Lennox on the long-running Channel 4 soap, was there with campaign group Intersex
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Munroe Bergdorf addresses the crowd at London Trans+ Pride. (Charlie Mathers/@charlie.mathers) Model, activist and author Munroe Bergdorf gave a powerful and emotional speech to thousands of trans and non-binary people in London today. Bergdorf, one of Britain’s most prominent trans voices, was the first to speak in London’s Soho Square after the third London Trans+
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New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has received an outpouring of support from prime minister Jacinda Ardern. Hubbard, 43, became the first openly trans athlete to be selected for the Olympics when she was picked for the New Zealand women’s weightlifting team for Toyko 2020. Ardern offered Hubbard her full support. “All parties here have simply
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Elizabeth Rondón. (Twitter) A trans woman was reportedly beaten and brutally dismembered by her friends after going for drinks in an attack that has fuelled fear in Miranda, Venezuela. Elizabeth Rondón, a 33-year-old vegetable seller, was slain Monday morning (13 June) after at least three people beat her, according to activists and witnesses. Loved ones
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Protestors are calling for the Chicago police department to be defunded and for more support for trans rights and Black Lives Matter. (Twitter/@NoWarNoRacism) The second-ever Drag March for Change, in Chicago, saw hundreds take to the streets to demand support for Black Lives Matter and trans rights. Protestors met at Belmont Avenue and Halsted Street
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Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) In a high-profile legal case – thanks to JK Rowling – brought by tax researcher Maya Forstater, a judge has ruled that “gender critical” views qualify as a protected belief under UK equalities law. Along with “gender critical” views, legally protected beliefs include
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In a Washington DC laundromat, a trans woman was stabbed in the head during a brawl between her and three others. (Screen captures via Twitter/@ Killmoenews1) A trans woman was stabbed in the head in a laundrette in what police suspect may have been a hate crime. Disturbing video footage captured the moment three assailants –
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Gym teacher Byron “Tanner” Cross told a Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting that he opposed a policy to respect trans students’ pronouns and names because it is “lying” and “abuse to a child”. (YouTube/The Blue Oak Project) A Virginia elementary school gym teacher has been put on leave after publicly opposing a school policy
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Bimini Bon Boulash. (Twitter/BiminiBabes) Bimini Bon Boulash has made an impassioned call for people to protect the “vulnerable” trans community from the heartbreaking “hate and stigma attached to them”. Bimini, who is a fan favourite from the second series of Drag Race UK, has been praised by fans for their LGBT+ advocacy and non-binary representation.
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Transgender people and supporters march through central London during the second Trans Pride protest march for equality on 12 September 2020. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) A retired Old Bailey judge has questioned why anti-trans groups such as the LGB Alliance weren’t included in a consultation on hate crime laws. Charles Wilde,
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The UK’s equality watchdog said Maya Forstater’s ‘gender critical’ views are protected by equalities law. (Barney Cokeliss/@BCokeliss) The UK’s equality watchdog thinks that people with anti-trans “gender critical” views should be protected by equalities law. “We think that a ‘gender critical’ belief that ‘trans women are men and trans men are women’ is a philosophical
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Trans man Teddy Cook addressing a New South Wales parliamentary committee (Screenshot: LGBTI Rights Australia) A trans health expert delivered a powerful testimony before ab Australian state parliament, declaring that trans people like him “deserve the dignity of being known”. Teddy Cook was the sole transgender person to address a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry
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After being slain, Paula Midge’s home was sent on fire by her alleged killer. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) Paula Migeon, a 50-year-old trans woman, was murdered and her home set on fire to conceal the crime. Firefighters rushed to Migeon’s home in Reims, France on 7 April where they found the apartment ablaze. As the flames razed
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North Dakota governor Doug Burgum speaks at a press conference announcing plans for the clean up of the Oceti Sakowin protest camp on 22 February 2017 in Mandan, North Dakota. (Photo by Stephen Yang/Getty Images) North Dakota governor Doug Burgum vetoed an anti-trans sports ban, but signed a “free speech” bill that critics warn allows
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English actor Robert Webb in 2017. (YANN COATSALIOU/AFP via Getty Images) Robert Webb has claimed it is impossible to say “anything even remotely reasonable” about trans issues without facing “defamation and abuse”. The Peep Show star faced criticism from the LGBT+ community when he expressed solidarity with anti-trans commentator Janice Turner in 2018. In the since-deleted tweet, Robert
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Failed congressional candidate and Trump-supporter Angela Stanton-King has exploded in a hate-filled tirade against her trans daughter and Dr Phil. Stanton-King previously spent two years in prison over federal conspiracy charges for her role in a car theft ring but was pardoned by Donald Trump in February 2020. She then tried to challenge the late
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