TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 29, 2024

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The American Civil Liberties Union announced that it is seeking an en-banc review of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision to reverse a preliminary order which would prevent the state of Indiana from enforcing its ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors.

President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law. This bill funds the military, but it also takes away gender-affirming medical care from family members of those in the military. The Advocate refers to it as “the first federal anti-LGBTQ bill in decades.

President-elect Donald Trump talked at the Turning Points USA conference for young conservative in Arizona this week. He said, “With a stroke of my pen on day one, we are going to stop the transgender lunacy. And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools, and we will keep men out of women’s sports.” He added, “Under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female. Doesn’t sound too complicated, does it?” This story comes from Them.

Since the election, many transgender people have been living with extreme levels of concern and dread for what is about to happen. Fortune magazine has a story on this.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he is suing the NCAA in an attempt to prevent transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. This story comes from Reuters.

The Department of Education has withdrawn its proposed rule regarding the interpretation of “discrimination on the basis of sex” in Title IX. They also withdrew a proposal for dealing with student debt. NBC News has the Associated Press story on this topic.

One of the leading candidates to be the net President of the International Olympic Committee, Lord Sabastian Coe, is proposing a “complete ban on transgender women competing in women’s events at the Olympics.” Worse yet, he calls his proposed ban “science-based.” This story comes from PinkNews.

Erin Reed reports that 120 anti-transgender bills have been pre-filed for the 2025 session of state legislatures. This represents a new record number of anti-transgender bills introduced in a year.

Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed a new law which will protect teachers who refuse to out LGBTQ_ students to their parents. The Advocate has the story of the SAFETY act.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing a working group to address violence against transgender people. This story comes from LGBTQ Nation

A well-respected law professor writes that not only transgender rights but women’s rights could be at stake in the case of U.S. v. Skrmetti, the case on the legality of bans on gender-affirming care for minors. Politico has this story.

Judity Butler, a leading scholar of feminist theory, argues that transgender women are not trying to replace cisgender women. This story comes from The Advocate.

A new study suggests that gender-affirming medical care can help in treating eating disorders. Eating disorders are far more common among transgender people than they are among cisgender people. NBC News has this story.

An article in The Telegraph says that the Crown Prosecution Service of the U.K. has issued guidelines to help determine if a transgender person hiding the trans person’s birth sex from a potential sex partner is a criminal act or not.

Transgender activists in London, Ontario, Canada were shocked by ads on city busses which oppose gender-affirming care to minors.

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