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Brisbane stands up: trans rights counter-protest fills the CBD
A large group of transgender rights supporters marched through Brisbane's CBD to counter a One Nation-backed rally pushing to undermine anti-discrimination…
The BMA stopped fighting the Cass Review. So who fights now?
Helen has been clear that the Cass Review is internationally discredited. When a doctors' union stops pushing back, it is worth asking why, and what the…
Idaho's bathroom ban is law, but no one knows how to enforce it
Idaho's House Bill 752 criminalises trans people using bathrooms that match their gender, but enforcement is deeply unclear. Police chiefs testified against it…
Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: July 2026
Helen reviews Erin Reed's July 2026 anti-trans legal risk assessment map, which designates four US states, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, and Texas, as 'Do Not…
Inside India's largest transgender festival
Every year in Koovagam, a village in Tamil Nadu, thousands of transgender women gather for one of the world's largest transgender festivals. For two days, the…
38 Dutch websites spread trans disinformation under the guise of help
At least 38 Dutch websites run by a single anonymous administrator pose as helpful resources for people questioning their gender identity but contain…
The right made trans people the target. We refuse to leave them undefended
Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings argues that LGBTQ+ advocates did not choose this fight: they were forced into it by a relentless legislative campaign targeting…
Detransitioners deserve better than this framing
Detransitioned people are real, their experiences matter, and they deserve compassion and honest care. But the Skeptic article frames transition itself as an…
Teacher banned for telling pupils gay and trans people are 'mentally ill'
William Garwood, a teacher at St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy in West Yorkshire, was banned from teaching after telling Year 11 pupils that gay…
The wrong kind of girl: what the Supreme Court's trans sports ruling really decided
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in June 2026 that states may ban transgender students from school sports consistent with their gender identity, holding that the…
Nikki Hiltz beats Kipyegon at Pre Classic: 'We're not these big, scary things'
Nikki Hiltz, a non-binary and transgender American runner, won the women's mile at the Prefontaine Classic, beating three-time Olympic gold medallist Faith…
Victoria Cruz, Stonewall veteran and trans advocate, dies aged 79
Victoria Cruz, a transgender rights advocate who was present at the 1969 Stonewall uprising, has died aged 79 following a battle with liver cancer. For 17…