Every week Cecilia Barzyk diligently scans the internet to assemble as much trans-related information from the weekly news as possible.
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. There was some very bad news this week, but we will start with some good news. Sarah […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. This Tuesday, November 5, is Election Day in the U.S. Transgender rights have been the subject of […]
Former President Donald Trump continues to use transgender people as a talking point in his campaign. Dressed in a safety orange vest, and after making his entrance in the passenger’s seat of a garbage truck, the former president said of Vice-President Kamala Harris, “She loves transgender operations all over the place, everybody should have one.” […]
We mentioned in the news how Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has made a huge ad buy, playing over and over a commercial which attacks Kamala Harris for supporting a policy of gender-affirming medical care for prisoners. First off, as Vice President, Kamala Harris is not directly responsible for policies taken by the Biden administration. […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Last week, we announced that the Supreme Court set the date for hearing the case opposing Tennessee’s […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Laverne Cox made a guest appearance on The Daily Show, delivering a message in support of transgender […]
Former President Donald Trump has said that he will ban “boys in girls’ sports” on day one of his next administration. He cites as evidence an incident in which a San Jose State University soccer player, who is widely assumed to be transgender, allegedly “slamme[ed] the ball hard off the head of an opponent. In […]
As we mentioned in the news, the campaign of Former President Donald Trump has been repeating an ad which attacks Vice President Kamala Harris for her support of gender-affirming care for transgender people. It turns out that anti-transgender themes do no play well with the general electorate. The voters want to hear about the economy […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A national survey conducted by the CDC finds that 3% of U.S. high school students identify as […]
As we mentioned in the news, four universities have forfeited their games against the San Jose State University women’s volleyball team. onthe grounds that the team has a transgender player. While there is a good chance that the team with less talented players will lose to a team with more talented players, there is a […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. October 7 is the first Monday in October, and with that, the new session of the Supreme […]
As we mentioned in the news, the Trump For President campaign released new ads, and indeed, they attack Vice-President Kamala Harris for her support of transgender people. The ads claim that they are telling the truth, but in fact, they are questionable at best. For misrepresentation, and for treating transgender people as some sort of […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Kassim Omar, a Somali refugee and a trans woman, has died in Columbus, Ohio, as a result […]
As we mentioned in the news, the Republican Party of Texas has unvailed their new ad, which accuses Democrats of supporting “sex changes for kids.” Of course, the Democrats are not pushing for all kids to get sex changes, only thise which a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and even then, only when they understand what […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The inaugural Gender Liberation Marcch was held last Saturday in Washington, D.C. There were speakers, and a […]
As we mentioned last week, Former President Donald Trump has made strange claims that schools or educators are deciding which students will get gender-confirmation surgery. Of course, this is not really happening–but the lack of reality does not matter to his base. Matt Gaetz appears to have repeated the line in the spin room, while […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Sarah McBride won the Delaware Congressional Primary, and will be the Democrat’s nominee for the state’s only […]
As we mentioned in the news, the state of Texas has started a policy of not changing the gender markers on drivers’ licenses. For not caring that your identification documents do not reflect the lives that some of your people live, and for choosing which people will be deliberately excluded from having identification documents which […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A judge granted a partial injunction of Idaho’s ban on gender-affirming care. Specifically, the judge has granted […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating an accusation that members of the “Harris-Biden Administration” pressured members of WPATH to remove age recommendations for surgery from its endorsement of gender-affirming medical care. First off, anyone who knows WPATH will know that they feel that surgery is the best way to deal with gender […]
Links in Trans News Now will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. This year, the National Trans Visibility March returned to Washington, D.C., for the first time since the […]
A 15-year-old trans girl wins the right to play soccer on the girl’s team. The Supreme Court upholds the block on the new rules for Title IX. The Texas Department of Public Safety issues a new rule, saying transgender people cannot change the sex on their driver’s license. Texas A&M ends its transgender health care services. Florida removes the LGBTQ+ travel section from its tourism website. Kamala Harris has a strong record of support for LGBTQ rights. The Advocate has an article about the LGBTQ planks in the Democratic Party platform. One delegate to the Democratic National Convention is a non-binary drag queen. Ashley Brundage, a transgender woman, wins the Democratic primary for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives. Mormons issue updates to their General Handbook and according to the update transgender people are not ”worthy individuals.” There’s all that and a ton more news in Trans News Now!
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Colorado lawmakers introduce a transgender bill of rights named for a trans woman killed in the Club Q mass shooting. Two transgender students file suit against the state of New Hampshire over trans athlete bans. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues the Biden administration attempting to prevent implementation of the administration’s rules on transgender people’s rights in employment. A Texas judge expands the injunction against the implementation of the new rules on the rights of transgender students. A trans woman becomes the first to win a seat in Hawaii’s state legislature. A federal appeals court in Iowa allows the implementation of an anti-LGBTQ book ban. Valentina Petrillo, a sprinter from Italy, is set to become the first transgender participant at the Paralympics. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons calls for more studies before endorsing any particular treatment for patients under age 18 with gender dysphoria. Argentina shuts down its anti-discrimination agency, following the election of a right-wing president. Rapes of transgender women in India are often unreported. There’s more news waiting for your attention in Trans News Now!
While assembling the stories for the news Cecilia Barzyk comes across silly fools who don’t understand transgender issues and just don’t care to. They bash us and introduce legislation against us. We call these people twits and in this post Cecilia tells you who they are and what they’ve said and done that makes them a twit.
Trixie Mattel stars in a new FX series titled Drag Football Coach. In his capacity as governor of Minnesota VP candidate Tim Walz signed an executive order making that state a refuge for trans kids and their families. A survey shows that transgender Americans are more “hopeful” now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic party’s presumed nominee for president. A federal judge in Florida rules that the state’s health plan for state employees must cover gender-affirming medical care. A judge in Ohio has upheld that state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Demand for gender services are so outstripping supply by the National Health Service in the U.K. that the current estimated waiting time for an appointment is ten years. Rebel groups in Colombia are killing transgender women. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
