The Trump administration is to end an LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline ‘in 30 days’, with The Trevor Project CEO calling the move ‘devastating.’ Content warning: This article deals with themes of suicide and highlights statistics on suicidality in young people. Reader discretion is advised. Following a leaked budget from the United States government in April, which […]
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US Senator Cory Booker has slammed the Supreme Court for upholding a Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth. Supreme Court justices voted (18 June) to allow the southern state to continue to ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth under the age of 18 in a 6-3 decision; the decision will likely serve […]
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A Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a devastating loss for trans rights in the US. Supreme Court justices voted to allow the southern state to continue banning trans healthcare for under-18s in a 6-3 decision handed down on Wednesday (18 June). The decision […]
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The Trump administration will not be allowed to refuse issuing passports with the correct gender marker to trans and non-binary people. On Tuesday (17 June), federal judge expanded a preliminary injunction blocking the US government’s attempt to deny passports with correct gender markers to a group of trans and non-binary individuals. Building on a ruling […]
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Sarah McBride has divided activists after explaining her take on why trans rights have regressed in the US. The only openly transgender US representative told New York Times columnist Ezra Klein that left-leaning LGBTQ+ activists had “lost the art of change-making over the [past] couple of years”, adding: “By every objective metric, support for trans […]
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