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The brutal murder of 24-year-old Sam Nordquist, a transgender man who was tortured and killed in New York state in a case that officials have called “beyond depraved,” has sparked vigils across the U.S. and in Canada as the 2SLGBTQ+ community mourns. But police say they have no evidence that it is a hate crime, raising questions around when the ...
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Restrictions on trans athletes focus on exclusion, when participation should be the goal
The International Boxing Association’s attempt to take the International Olympic Committee is about scapegoating vulnerable people while actively working against gender equity in sport. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trans families consider leaving U.S. after Trump’s re-election
Since Donald Trump’s inauguration last month, members of the trans community in the U.S. are expressing fears over measures they say target them. Some are even thinking of leaving the country, in some cases to move to Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House Speaker sounds support for barring trans congressional rep from women’s bathrooms in U.S. Capitol
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first openly transgender person to be elected to the U.S. Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year. CBC | World News
Read More »Trans rep Zooey Zephyr was re-elected in Montana — and she’s no longer under a gag order
More than a year after Montana Republicans barred Rep. Zooey Zephyr from speaking in the legislature, the transgender lawmaker has been re-elected and is ready to make herself heard again. CBC | World News
Read More »Trans activist ‘legs it’ after sparking chaos at event with ‘bag of crickets’
Attendees at the LGB Alliance event were told to evacuate the conference centre in London. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trans inmate who murdered baby stepdaughter must be allowed gender surgery in jail – judge
A judge has ruled Autumn Cordellionè, who strangled their 11-month-old stepdaughter to death, brought a lawsuit against the prison over sex reassingment surgery Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trans woman, 55, known as the ‘icon of SoHo’ found dead in the Thames
Natasha Reddington-Romanov, 55, was last seen on September 20, walking from Trisha’s, a jazz club on Greek Street in Soho towards her home on Old Kent Road. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trans man’s surgery in Turkey cancelled over ‘fatphobia’ and he loses £2,000 in donations
Elliot Webster-Mockett, 34, from Glasgow, came out as transgender in 2021 and wanted top surgery to ‘boost self-confidence’ – but his surgery in Turkey was cancelled Daily Express :: Health Feed
Read More »JK Rowling hits out over choice of equalities chair who believes trans women are women
Labour MP Sarah Owen was chosen to lead the influential body of MPs. Daily Express :: News Feed
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