TNN: Trans News Now – Oct 14, 2024

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A national survey conducted by the CDC finds that 3% of U.S. high school students identify as transgender. That does not mean that 3% of high schoolers are receiving gender-affirming medical care, but it does mean that there are more people who would be helped by gender-affirming medical care than was previously thought. If we include questioning students, the percentage rises to 5%. The same survey raised doubts about how much support transgender students get at school, although to be fair, teachers and administrators often have to abide by rules set by legislators, school boards, and judges. You can find more at the CDCM.

Recently, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu vetoed a bill which would have dictated which restroom transgender people may use. This week, an attempt to override that veto failed in the state House of Representatives. Seacoast Online has this story.

Honee Daniels, a Black transgender woman, was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Rochester, New York. She was 37. This story comes from The Advocate.

A judge in Pennsylvania ruled that parents of first-graders should have been notified that their children were going to receive a lesson about transgender people, and should have had the opportunity to take their children out of class for that lesson. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this story.

The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a case against Jack Phillips, the baker who has refused work that he feels goes against his “deeply-held religious beliefs.” Mr. Phillips refused to bake a cake to celebrate a gender transition, and this suit attempted to punish him for that refusal. This story comes from Reuters.

The Kaiser Family Foundation published a guide to various misinformation about transgender health care, much of which is being spread by politicians.

An attention-grabbing headline from the Catholic News Agency claims that nearly 150 Catholic hospitals provided “transgender drugs or surgeries to children.” The article further states that “more than 520 minors received treatments in Catholic hospitals.” That is fewer than four per hospital on average. Further, the report covered a five-year period, which means that many of these cases may have taken place before the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops issued a “prohibition on Catholic health care providers offering such interventions,” which was issued in March, 2023.

According to an article in Them, scientists are using CRISPR to “turn female mosquitoes trans.” Actually, they are turning off one gene, found in female mosquitoes, which enables them to pierce the skin and suck the blood of a human.

A new Star Wars book, entitled Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers, includes a transgender trooper named “Sister.” Fans are expressing opinions, with some liking the idea and others opposing it, according to TMZ. It turns out the character has been in the series for a couple of years now. I wonder how many of those who express their opinions on a transgender trooper even read the Star Wars books.

Lilly Wachowski has a new project as a writer. She is working on a TV adaptation of Manhunt, a horror novel about set in a world where testosterone turns people into zombie-like creatures. This story comes from Them.

Drag queen Patty Gonia appeared in an ad for Former President Donald Trump, in which he attacked Vice-President Kamala Harris for her support of gender-affirming medical care. The Trump campaign never cleared the use of her image. She is considering suing. The Advocate has this story

The President of the Republic of Georgia, Salome Zourabilchvili, has said that she will not sign the anti-transgender law recently passed by the country’s parliament. However, she will not veto the bill, and without a veto, the bill will be signed into law by the Speaker of the House. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

An 89-year-old woman in Utah made the news for her heartwarming acceptance of her great-granddaughter, who came out as transgender. The Advocate has this story.

The book American Teenager came out. Nico Lang spent a year meeting with transgender teens to talk about the effect of anti-transgender legislation on them. The book is reviewed in Them.

Former President Donald Trump seems to be betting on the power of anti-transgender sentiment to sweep him back into office. It is the theme of a commercial which his campaign is playing on frequent repeat. However, while that theme may play well in states where he already has a sizeable lead, it doesn’t play as well in swing states. New research shows that other issues tend to be more important to swing-state voters. The Advocate has this story.

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