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TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 9, 2024

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The big story this week was that the Supreme Court heard arguments on United States v. Skrmentti, the case involving the constitutionality of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. In fact, the case is specifically about whether the ban violates the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (The court has received a petition to hear arguments on whether the ban violates parent’s right to direct their child’s medical care, but they have not announced if they will hear arguments on that.) From the comments of the justices, it seems that the state of Tennessee may be allowed to enforce its ban, according to CNN. Sometimes, justices do surprise with their votes.

In the questioning, Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointed out that she was unaware of laws discriminating against transgender people prior to about three years ago. She was told of a history of laws forbidding crossdressing, of which she had been unaware. This story comes from Erin Reed.

Some members of the Montana state legislature tried to pass a rule change, similar to the bathroom law on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Their attempt was fairly obviously aimed at Zooey Zephyr, the only transgender member of the Montana state legislature. The Joint Rules Committee rejected the proposed rule. The Daily Montanan has this story.

A day after the Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of United States v. Shrmetti, fifteen people were arrested as transgender people and allies held a protest of the bathroom law on Capitol Hill. Among those arrested were Chelssea Manning and Raquel Willis. This story comes from NBC News.

The LPGA and the USGA, two golfing associations, have both announced that competition in lady’s golfing events is only open to those born female. CNN has this story.

San Jose State University lost in the Mountain West Conference women’s volleyball tournament. The San Jose State University team had been the subject of much controversy and some teams had refused to play against them, because of an allegation that they have a transgender woman as a player. This story comes from The Advocate.

California released the results of its first survey of LGBTQ seniors. While most of the results are encouraging, the results for transgender women showed cause for concern about their financial mental, and personal well-being. The Advocate has this story.

I Saw The TV Glow and The People’s Joker were among the films nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. Jane Schoenbrun was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay as well. This story comes from Out.com.

Alex Consani was named Model Of The Year by the British Fashion Council. It is the first time that a transgender model has won the award. The Advocate has this story.

Nicole Maines was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list. The actress, known for her work as The Dreamer on Supergirl, is currently in Yellowjackets. This story comes from PinkNews.

A new report formed from data from a Freedom Of Information request shows that some transgender people are waiting more than six years for a first appointment with a transgender youth specialist under the National Health Services of England and Wales. PinkNews has this story.

A new petition has urged the UK government to give legal recognition to a non-binary gender. This story comes from PinkNews.

While the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether states have the right to ban gender-affirming medical care for children, France has announced new guidelines which do away with the “wait and see” attitude. This goes against the trend which states like Tennessee have used to defend their bans on gender-affirming medical care. (No European government has banned gender-affirming care for minors; they only put extra roadblocks in the way of receiving such care.) Erin Reed has this story.

“Trans” was the second most-searched tag on Grindr this year. This story comes from .

There is a story about the history of the :transgender egg: in Them.

We have often complained about mainstream media not giving voice to transgender people on transgender issues. It is with great pride that we note an exception to this, and hope that is it is something which we will see more of in the future. CNN actually invited Peppermint and Shane Diamond to talk about the Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of gender-affirming medical care for minors. The Advocate has this story.