Trans News Now 6/10/24
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Cobalt Sovereign
Cobalt Sovereign, a transgender female student, was hospitalized for two days with a broken jaw after she was violently attacked for using the boy’s restroom. CNN has this story. The incident took place in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
An appeals court for the state of Missouri awarded a transgender student $4,000,000 in a case where the student said that not allowing him to use the appropriate restroom was discrimination. The transgender student had an updated birth certificate, and the school district used birth certificates to determine a student’s sex. The Missouri Independent has this story.
The Department of Justice is investigating violent attacks against transgender and Latino students in Norfolk, Virginia. This story comes from The Advocate.
The presence of a transgender female student playing on the girl’s volleyball team at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida, could cost the student’s mother her job as an information management specialist with the school district. This story comes from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee has signed into law a bill which will punish adults, including parents, who take a minor across state lines to receive gender-affirming care. This is the first law to specifically punish adults assisting in getting a minor gender-affirming medical care outside of the state,. LGBTQ Nation has this story.
Bailey Anne Kennedy
Bailey Anne Kennedy is the first transgender woman to win the Miss Maryland contest. This story comes from The Advocate.
Genspect and the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine have been added to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups. These groups have played a substantial role in supporting anti-transgender legislation, and they contributed to the Cass Review. This story comes from Erin Reed.
While public opinion of LGB people has shown a great increase in support, new polling shows much less support for transgender people. LGBTQ Nation has this story.
Texas state Representative Shawn Thierry, a Democrat who voted to pass the ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, lost her primary vote to a Black queer woman, Lauren Ashley Simmons. This story comes from The Advocate.
CNN Business is taking a look at the financial consequences of being transgender. They invite responses from trans people.
YouTube star and transgender actress Abigail Thorn has been cast in House of the Dragon season two. PinkNews has this story.
Maya Massafera
Out.com has a profile of Brazilian influencer Maya Massafera, who recently came out as transgender.
The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized a Drag Queen Story Hour in Philadelphia as the largest in the world. It drew 263 people to hear drag performers read to children. LGBTQ Nation has this story.
Last week, we reported that the government of Britain has banned gender-affirming medical care for minors. This week, The Guardian reports on an effort to challenge this ban through the courts.
When questioned by the BBC, Women’s and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch was unable to explain how the government plans to keep transgender people out of single-sex spaces. This story comes from PinkNews.
PinkNews has a story about how Blahaj became associated with the transgender community.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned the lighting of the state’s bridges in the colors of the rainbow pride flag. The Advocate reports on one guy who managed to get 70 people to light a bridge in Jacksonville.
A New York subway stop is being renamed to commemorate the Stonewall Inn. LGBTQ Nation has this story.
CNN has an article about what to do if your child comes out to you as transgender.
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.
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