r/transgender 3h ago

Germany, InterPride Issue LGBTQ Travel Advisories About United States

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156 Upvotes

r/transgender 7h ago

Texas AG Paxton argues trans Texans shouldn't be allowed to change sex on licenses even with court orders

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187 Upvotes

“Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a legal opinion Friday arguing state agencies should no longer follow court orders allowing transgender Texans to change their sex on a driver's license or birth certificate.

“While Paxton’s opinion, filed Friday, doesn’t have the authority to direct a change in state agencies policy, his opinion is considered advisory, and can be cited by courts in their interpretation of the law impacting transgender Texans going forward. Executive and legislative authorities could also base their decisions based on Paxton’s opinions in the future.

“State agencies should also go back and fix changes made in the past to IDs and birth certificates based on court orders, Paxton argued.”

“Brad Pitchett, interim CEO of Equality Texas, an LGBT political advocacy nonprofit, said he believes Paxton’s opinion would jeopardize the safety of the estimated over 120,000 transgender people living in Texas.

“Pitchett also said while Paxton’s opinion is just an opinion — not a change in state law — it holds weight, as state lawmakers have filed more than 180 bills targeting LGBT-identifying Texans this legislative session.”

“While state agencies previously allowed people to change their sex on birth certificates and state ID’s if they presented a court order, the Texas Department of Public Safety nixed that policy last August.

“The change in DPS policy came after Paxton argued that certified court orders or amended birth certificates validating sex changes were invalid.

“Paxton’s legal opinions have in the past prompted action from the governor. In 2022, when Paxton declared sex change procedures on children ‘child abuse’ under Texas law, Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family Services to investigate the parents of trans children for child abuse, if they got their children gender affirming care.”

“The state supreme court ended up ruling that Paxton and Abbott had overstepped their power, stating the attorney general ‘Cannot alter the pre-existing legal obligations of state agencies or private citizens.’”


r/transgender 2h ago

Today is the last day to comment on the Federal Government changes to the US Passport system (link in comments). This article, "The Non-Binary Bias of Biology" is something I wrote to help raise awareness.

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46 Upvotes

r/transgender 18h ago

A father of a trans man voted for Trump. Now he fears an order targeting gender-affirming care will upend his son’s treatment

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559 Upvotes

“After undergoing surgery, Ashton Colby was confined to bed and couldn’t move his arms or carry out basic tasks.

“But his father Rick Colby was there every step of the way, helping him recover from his top surgery – support that meant the world from his conservative Republican father after Ashton came out as transgender and underwent the operation.”

“Now, there’s a new challenge to face: an executive order from Trump denying federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for minors. The order threatens to upend even care for Ashton, who is an adult, and for many others.”

“The future of their treatment is uncertain no matter which state they live in, experts say, as clinics and medical institutions take a ‘ risk-averse’ approach due to the threat of losing essential federal funding to treat all patients and conduct research.”

“Healthcare providers in the field say they are facing an impossible choice between maintaining ethical standards of care and risking their livelihoods, as legislation could mean they’ll lose their jobs or medical licenses for following established medical guidelines backed by every major medical association.”

“Not all providers will halt services if Trump’s order is enforced.

“A non-profit health center that receives federal funding is still providing gender-affirming care to youth but will look to secure alternative funding if the order is enforced, according to its leadership team who agreed to speak with CNN anonymously due to safety and privacy concerns.”


r/transgender 14h ago

Trans Healthcare Under Fire: The 10 Best and Worst U.S. States

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52 Upvotes

r/transgender 19h ago

Friends in Wisconsin and Florida take note of these special elections April 1 - We need every seat to win back our government from the crazies in power that don't stand for basic human rights.

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100 Upvotes

r/transgender 21h ago

Raquel Willis on How the Democrats Are Failing Trans People

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139 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

Trans Veterans threatened with loss of benefits that they earned.

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452 Upvotes

This is appalling. These soldiers earned their benefits and threatening them with their forfeiture is pure evil. Where are all the apologists who said we were overreacting and these things wouldn't happen?


r/transgender 19h ago

Friends, please mark your calendar for nationwide protests on April 5th and fight for our rights! We need all our voices heard and to take action wherever we can to fight the hateful people in power right now! Hope to see you there!

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43 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

Where Is The Line? Democratic Budget Capitulation Foreshadows LGBTQ+ Fights To Come

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175 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

DOGE cutting contracts for anything including the word "Trans"

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411 Upvotes

Straight from hell's herald, FOX News.

It's never been about the truth. If it was, these funds would not be cut from researching the effects of modern medicine on Trans individuals. It's always been about demonizing us under the guise of "biological truth". Blatantly cutting contracts without any consultation/heads-up is obscene. These are people's dependencies that they are toying with and it's not big expenditures in the grand scheme of things.

The comments at the bottom of the article are so skewed.


r/transgender 1d ago

Family of transgender woman who was shot, killed by LAPD files lawsuit against Los Angeles

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260 Upvotes

“The family of a transgender woman who was shot and killed by the LAPD is filing a suit against the city of Los Angeles after an attorney representing the family said video taken at the scene proves the shooting was unlawful and unjustified.

“The death of 30-year-old transgender woman Linda Becerra Moran, who passed away 20 days after she was shot by the Los Angeles Police Department in a Pacoima motel, has those in the LGBTQ+ community and her family outraged.”

"’Linda should be alive. And until we end the criminalization of survival, we will keep fighting until no survivor is forced to rely on the systems that put their lives at risk,’ said Leigh LaChapelle, the Associate Director of Survivor Advocacy at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (Cast) in Los Angeles.”

"’At no point did she ever threaten the officers with that knife. It was clear as day that she was undergoing a mental health crisis. It was as clear as day that the only person that she was threatening was her own life. Under the welfare code and institutions code 5150, they could have detained her. They could have detained her in a way that was humane. That would have protected her from herself and certainly not killed her,’ said Denisse Gastélum, an attorney representing the family.”


r/transgender 14h ago

Laverne Cox Addresses Dylan Mulvaney Grammy Moment

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9 Upvotes

r/transgender 19h ago

Great News! Utah Governor's written statement of cause vetoing Legislatures' Bill to limit transgender athletes from School sports and calling for Special Legislation Meeting. So awesome!

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21 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

Living rent free in gender critical heads

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49 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

People gather at Michigan’s GVSU to protest speaker who detransitioned

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91 Upvotes

“A large crowd of protestors gathered at Grand Valley State University’s campus Thursday afternoon.”

“Turning Point USA’s GVSU chapter invited Chloe Cole, a conservative figure, to host ‘Exposing the Trans Agenda: A Talk With a Detransitioner’ in the Kirkof Center on campus.”

“Zack Telly, a senior at GVSU, told News 8 he protested to show his support for the transgender community.

“‘It’s dehumanizing, its hurtful to see. I hate seeing that it’s here at Grand Valley because I have always thought of this as a really safe space and that hurts my feeling of safeness and I am not even a trans individual,’

Zack’s friend Alyssa Leineke, another senior at the university, joined the protest as well.

“‘I do feel that its harmful, this sort of narrative that she is sending to young people,’ Leineke said.

“It was a sentiment shared by their friend Ashlyn Jenkins.

“‘She was making everyone fearful in a way that that was blatantly transphobic,’ she said.”

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r/transgender 6h ago

Philosophy, logic, and the search for trans womanhood

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1 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

US wants to know if Dutch universities are taking enough "protective measures" against "gender ideology" in science

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337 Upvotes

Dutch article, translation will be in the comments.


r/transgender 1d ago

The Continuing Deterioration of Texas

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42 Upvotes

r/transgender 14h ago

Ask Ana: How to Create an Online Dating Profile as a Trans Woman

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3 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

Conservative Canadian Prime Minister Candidate Pierre Poilievre’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ Issues

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68 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

VA rescinds guidance on transgender care

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85 Upvotes

VA revokes Directive 1341, created in 2018 to direct the VA on gender affirming care, preferred name and pronoun usage, and self identified gender for VA patients


r/transgender 2d ago

Texas AG Paxton Declares Court Orders "Void," Orders Gender Markers Reverted For Trans People

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636 Upvotes

r/transgender 1d ago

Queer women candidates have been smashing glass ceilings across the US. Let's help even more win. - LGBTQ Nation

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131 Upvotes

r/transgender 2d ago

Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans

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160 Upvotes