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TNN: Trans News Now – Oct 6, 2025

ceciliab | Oct 6, 2025

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The Kansas Supreme Court has denied Attorney General Kris Kobach’s request to allow the state to deny a request to change the gender listed on a driver’s license. Attorney General Kobach responded by requesting a special legislative session, to create a state law to cover the matter. The ACLU of Kansas has a press release.

A judge in Arizona has ordered the state to issue amended birth certificates for transgender people without the demand for surgery before updating the birth certificate. This story comes from the Arizona Mirror.

The Supreme Court starts a new term today. The rights of transgender students in schools is a topic that the court will address. Education Week has this story.

Doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs are now banned from writing referrals for gender-affirming surgery. This story comes from The Advocate.

In the Virginia governor’s race, the Republican candidate, Winsome Earle-Sears, is trailing the Democrat, Abigail Spanberger, by 10 points. Lt. Governor Earle-Sears is running ads highlighting Representative Spanberger’s positions on transgender issues, but they are not working. Representative Spanberger is instead highlighting the economy. It seems that the people are more interested in the economy than in transgender issues. Erin Reed has this story in Erin In The Morning.

Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin has ordered the state Board of Health to issue a regulation which would forbid transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. This story comes from WTOP-TV.

Gordon Guyatt, whose work has frequently been cited by the so-called Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine, has denounced the group, and has said that his research does not support bans on gender-affirming care. Mother Jones has this story.

Elon Musk is leading a push to get Netflix to remove shows with transgender content. In particular, he is leading a push against Dead End: Paranormal Park, an animated series which ended its news shows some time ago. This story comes from Erin Reed of Erin In The Morning.

In a story we chose not to cover last week, Emma Watson said that she still “cherishes” her relationship with J.K. Rowling, despite their disagreement over transgender rights. This week, JK Rowling responded, saying that Emma Watson is “ignorant of how ignorant she is.” She grabbed the opportunity and used it to double down on her anti-transgender statements. This story comes from Them.

Teachers in Scotland report that transgender students are limiting their intake of food and water, so as to avoid going to the toilet while at school. PinkNews has this story.

Canada issued a warning to residents with a gender-neutral “X” sex marker on their passports. They were advised to use caution about entering the United States. This story comes from The Advocate.

A court in Japan has ruled that transgender people do not need to “change the appearance of their genitals” in order to change their legal gender. This story comes from Human Rights Watch.

Organizers of WorldPride have announced that this year’s celebration in the United States was not as well-attended as it was anticipated to be. “Nothing could have prepared us for the magnitude of fear and uncertainty that gripped out community after the inauguration,” said Ryan Bos, the executive director of Capital Pride. The Advocate has this story.

The Labour Party of Britain abandoned its support for transgender people, and it has cost them support. S. Baum of Erin In The Morning feels that Democrats should learn from this experience.