Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Tuesday signed a first-in-the-nation law to block adults from helping trans youth receive gender-affirming care without their parents’ consent. Under the law, known as House Bill 2310, anyone who helps a child access gender-affirming care within Tennessee state lines can be sued for compensation by the minor or the … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination earlier this week. It was the end of his less-than-year-long presidential bid, in which he has repeatedly attacked the LGBTQ+ community in the hopes of scoring political points with Republicans. When she saw the news that DeSantis was out of the race, Floridian … Read more
A Calgary Olympic canoeist who broke gender barriers in her sport is speaking out about the importance of fighting for what you believe in. Haley Daniels was speaking at the 2024 Female in Sport Summit on Saturday in Calgary. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and made history. Women’s canoe/kayak events had … Read more
A transgender woman running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives was disqualified from the race due to a rarely enforced state law requiring her to put her “deadname” on her candidate petition. Vanessa Joy is one of four trans candidates running for state House seats to fight against Ohio’s anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. Last … Read more
At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the U.S. since last November, according to new data from the country’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization. The report, which the Human Rights Campaign released Monday, highlights the “epidemic of violence” facing trans and gender-nonconforming people, particularly young Black trans women. The number of people … Read more
Democrat Danica Roem was elected Tuesday to become Virginia’s first openly transgender state senator. With just over 51% of the vote, the 39-year-old defeated former Fairfax County police detective Bill Woolf, a conservative who was endorsed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). Woolf had promised to ban transgender athletes from participating in school sports if … Read more
Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says policies in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick that require parental consent before students under 16 can have schools use their preferred pronouns and names puts transgender and nonbinary kids in a “life-or-death situation.” And while Marci Ien declined to comment on whether Ottawa sees a role for … Read more