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Trans News Now 3/13/23

ceciliab | Mar 13, 2023

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Georgina Beyer

Georgina Beyer, the first transgender person to be elected to a parliament, died in New Zealand. She was 65, and had been in poor health for a while. This story comes from The Guardian.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed an executive order protecting transgender health care in the state. It is a wonderful step, but the next governor could simply not renew it, or could even sign a contrary executive order. ABC News has this story.

Also in Minnesota, there was a rally for a trans woman who was severely beaten at a transit station in Minneapolis last week. More than 200 people showed up to show their support for the unidentified trans woman attack victim. This story comes from the Star Tribune.

President Biden introduced his proposed budget. This budget, more than most, is a starting point for discussion, with the expectation that the budget that will pass will look very different from this. Nonetheless, The Daily Mail reports that the proposed budget mentions “equity” 63 times, and mentions the word “transgender” eight times.

The Arkansas state Senate has approved a new bathroom bill which will keep transgender people out of the restroom for the gender with which they identify. The bill now goes to the state House. This is similar to legislation which cost the Republicans the governorship in North Carolina. NBC News has the AP’s story.

A bathroom bill specifically for schools has passed the state Senate in Iowa. It now goes on to the state House of Representatives. This story comes from The Des Moines Register.

Emira D’Spain, the first Black transgender model to work with Victoria’s Secret.

Victoria’s Secret just put on its first runway show in four years. This runway show features transgender models as their angels. This story comes from PinkNews.

West Virginia recently saw an appeals court strike down its ban on transgender women in girls’ athletics. The state could have asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for an en banc ruling, but instead, they have asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the matter. The Supreme Court can choose not to take up the case, especially since there is no ruling that runs contrary to that of the appeals court. Reuters has this story.

A federal ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports has passed the House Education and Workforce Committee. If the bill became law, it would make it a Title IX violation to allow transgender females to participate in girls’ sports. Even if the bill passes the entire House of Representatives, it may not even be taken up by the Senate, and certainly will not be signed into law by President Biden. This story comes from The Nebraska Examiner.

The state of Florida has been the site of several legislative proposals. Education proposals include the banning of gender studies and a limit of trans pronouns in schools. The Washington Post has this story.

Florida legislators are also proposing a bill which would allow the state to remove children from their parents if the parents allow the child to receive gender-affirming medical care. You may wonder why this is necessary, since the medical boards have forbidden the use of puberty blockers, HRT, or gender-affirming surgery for minors. The next governor could appoint new members to the medical boards, and those new members could reverse that ban, without the legislature having a say. But, the legislature would have a say in changing its own legislation. This story comes from Them.

Governor Ron DeSantis, apparently aware that at least parts of his anti-“woke” legislation are unpopular, claims that the bans on certain books is a “hoax,” And yet, he started the press conference with a video which mentions the books that are not allowed in schools. The Advocate points out that books about transgender subjects are part of the ban.

The Maine Wire reports of a different sort of book ban. Bobby Eagle High School has decided not to include a book which was donated to the school. The book in question is Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, by Abigail Schrier. The “staff,” which may just refer to the librarian, decided that the book is “not appropriate for high school students.” Many transgender people feel that the book is based on bad data.

Suzy Eddie Izzard

Suzy Eddie Izzard has revealed her new name. It turns out that this is an old name, which she is now revealing to the world. the Advocate has this story.

Although Colorado is not one of the states that is seeing a lot of anti-transgender legislation, it is seeing some. State Representative Brianna Titone spoke out against the legislation, taking a rather defensive tone. This story comes from CBS News.

Republicans in California are joining the party, with “De-transition Awareness Day.” The Sacramento Bee has this story.

A far-right group called Advocates for Faith and Freedom have filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the state offering sanctuary for transgender minors who are leaving a state where they are not allowed to receive gender-affirming medical care. According to this group, offering sanctuary “violates the right of every parent in every state to direct the upbringing and care of their child.” This is odd, since it would seem that state governments which prohibit gender-affirming care are the ones denying parents the opportunity to raise their child as they see fit. Actually, the complaint is that the state, in offering sanctuary, has agreed not to reveal which students, if any, are receiving gender-affirming medical care. This story comes from the Advocate.

Jon Stewart criticized Oklahoma state Senator Nathan Dahm for outlawing children seeing drag while at the same time loosening restrictions on people carrying guns. The clip appeared on his show The Problem. This story comes from Them.

Niko

Niko, a 17-year-old transgender male, asked Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, “Do you really think the girls in my high school would feel comfortable sharing a restroom with me?” The governor did not give him a “yes” or “no” answer, but instead said, “I believe, first, when parents are engaged with their children, you can make good decisions together.” The Independent has this story.

Oklahoma state Representative Mauree Turner was censured, after they protected a protestor who had thrown water on state Representative Ed Cluver, who had voted for the measure which denies transgender minors access to gender-affirming medical care. The Oklahoman has this story.

A full round-up of various bills which were introduced, advanced, or defeated this week can be found in Them, courtesy of the Trans Formations Project.

Mother Jones received emails which show that some of the state legislators who are introducing anti-transgender legislation are in contact with each other, through a network.

Six organizations which are fighting back against the new anti-transgender legislation are highlighted in Them.

How about some good legislative news? The Michigan state legislature has passed a bill to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the list of protected categories in the state’s anti-discrimination law. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has promised to sign the legislation. The Advocate has this story.

Despite statements to the contrary by numerous proponents of anti-transgender legislation, detransition and regret are not at all common in transgender people who begin medical treatment. An estimate of 1% of transgender people detransitioning is sited by the Associated Press, which notes that not all detransitioning is associated with regret for transitioning, and that some who detransition end up retransitioning.

Zaya Wade

Zaya Wade has begun a modeling career. Out.com has this story.

In an unexpected twist, Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple, has come out to defend J.K. Rowling. This story comes from Out.com, who says that Ms. Walker also has repeated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in recent years.

RuPaul released a new video in which the star discusses the bills that would treat drag as “adult entertainment,” or otherwise keep children from seeing drag shows. Out.com has this story.

LGBTQ Nation reports on a small number of opponents of drag, who came out to protest a drag show in London that wasn’t even happening That’s not all; the anti-drag group were significantly outnumbered by counter-protesters.

In Britain’s Parliament, Labour MP Jess Phillips read a list of women who have been killed by men in the last 12 months. One of the names she read was that of Brianna Ghey, a transgender woman. You can imagine the reaction to that. PinkNews has this story.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is trying to have it both ways. He says that he wants schools to have trans-inclusive lessons, yet he also says that he wants parents to have a “choice.” This story comes from PinkNews.

We mentioned recently the first transgender parents in India. This week, they named their newborn in an elaborate ceremony, according to The Malay Mail.

Sex workers in Peru held a march, with trans sex workers leading the way. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

This past Wednesday was International Women’s Day. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the occasion to confirm that, at least in Canada under his leadership, transgender women are women. PinkNews has this story.

Megan Rapinoe praised trans people in her acceptance speech.

Megan Rapinoe was named as Woman Of The Year by Time magazine. She gave a speech, in which she chose to highlight transgender women.

The Tampa Bay Times has a column by the mother of a transgender daughter. The family is leaving the state because of the “anti-woke,” anti-transgender policies of Governor Ron DeSantis and his colleagues.

A new study by the University of California Riverside looks at the sexual attraction of straight men to transgender women.

Trans News Now is assembled by Cecilia Barzyk with additional content and editing by Angela Gardner. Care to make a comment on this post? Login here and use the comment area below.