TNN: Trans News Now – Sept 30, 2024

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Kassim Omar, a Somali refugee and a trans woman, has died in Columbus, Ohio, as a result of a shooting incident which left her paralyzed for the last two years. This story comes from Them.

A jury in Washington, D.C., has found a man guilty of shooting a transgender woman in the genitals after they had sex. The incident occurred last November. The Advocate has this story.

Two men have pleaded guilty to selling heroin laced with fentanyl to transgender activist Cecilia Gentili, who died of an overdose. This story comes from Them.

Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh has written a letter objecting to the regulations put in place to support the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. This story comes from WOWT News.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, objecting to the department’s requirement that LGBTQ+ and intersex foster ch8ildren can only be placed with families which support LGBTQ+ children. The Advocate has this story.

A federal judge dismissed the case against Tennessee’s bathroom bill brought by the Human Rights Campaign. The Tennessee Lookout has this story.

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Alabama’s requirement for proof of surgery before changing the gender on a driver’s license or state ID card. The appeals court overturned a ruling from a district court judge, who ruled that the gender marker could be changed without proof of surgery. This story comes from Erin Reed.

Twenty-two Republican Attorneys General signed a letter to the president and vice-president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, threatening to charge them with violating consumer protection laws if the organization endorses the use of puberty blockers. The letter relies on the Cass Review as evidence, but the Cass Review is quite questionable. Erin Reed has this story.

Although crime and violent crime are down in general, hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people have increased, according to a new study cited by The Advocate.

The Trump For President campaign has released a new ad, in which they overstate Vice-President Harris’s support for transgender rights. According to Sarah Kate Ellis of GLAAD, the ad “reeks of desperation and campaign malpractice.” The Advocate has this story.

A new poll conducted by Fox News shows that more people trust Vice-President Kamala Harris on transgender issues than trust Former President Donald Trump. Perhaps more surprising is the margin–Vice-President Harris leads Former President Trump by sixteen percentage points on transgender issues. This story comes from Erin Reed.

A new study by the Trevor Project shows that suicide attempts by transgender and non-binary youth have increased in states with anti-transgender laws. NPR has this story.

A new study finds that LGBTQ+ people have a 15 percent higher chance of “adverse brain health outcomes,” such as dementia, strokes, or depression late in life. This story comes from The Advocate.

The Florida Department of Health is recommending against new COVID vaccines, and urges doctors not to vaccinate patients. They claim that there are an insufficient number of randomized control tests–which is the same reason that they used to oppose puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Erin Reed has this story.

In London, transgender people held a rally outside a conference of the Labour Party, urging the MPs to do better. This story comes from PinkNews.

Meta finally disabled the account of Valentina Gomez, the former candidate for Missouri Secretary of State who became famous for her anti-LGBTQ comments. A study by GLAAD showed that Meta is almost never willing to disable an account, no matter how many complaints it gets or how well-documented the case against the user may be. The Advocate has this story.

NPR has a profile of a transgender teen in Iowa who travels 450 miles to get medical treatment.

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