Trans Issues – Page 6

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Julie - January 15, 2026

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Retired General Honors Transgender Troops Forced into Retirement

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Five transgender troops with more than 20 years of distinguished service were forced into retirement because of the Trump administration’s renewed transgender military ban. Retired General Stanley McChrystal and elected officials honored the troops in a special ceremony in Washington, DC hosted by the Human Rights Campaign. “We’ve got to leverage every bit of talent […]

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Julie - January 1, 2026

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Two American Anti-Trans Bills Will Move To Senate

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The Trump administration and the Republican party at large have ratcheted up their efforts to dismantle gender affirming care for youth. This effort comes in the form of two bills that recently passed through the House of Representatives. The first, a la representative Marjorie Taylor Green, criminalizes parents and healthcare providers who facilitate gender affirming […]

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Julie - January 1, 2026

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That Awkward World Cup Situation Continues to Unfold

There’s an interesting cultural phenomenon happening right now bringing queerness and organized sport together in the Zeitgeist. One example is the 2026 Fifa World Cup Match between Egypt and Iran scheduled in June in the midst of host city Seattle’s annual pride celebrations, a plan that was made prior to anyone knowing which teams would […]

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Julie - December 15, 2025

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“Gay Sheep” Take Over New York Catwalk

1 in 12 male sheep (rams) show a preference for other males and exhibit homosexual behavior. Because a ram’s function is to breed, when a ram refuses to breed, they are usually sold for their meat. To save the gay rams from the slaughterhouse, Michel Stucke and Nadia Leytes came up with Rainbow Wool. They […]

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Julie - December 15, 2025

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RFK Jr. Undergoes Gender-Affirming Care

While opposing hormonal therapy for transgender kids as a form of “chemical mutilation,” in line with Trump administration policy, and speculating that environmental chemicals like atrazine have led to the growth of gender dysphoria in the general population, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted in an interview with Newsmax to receiving testosterone supplements […]

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Julie - December 15, 2025

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Special Protections for Trans Prisoners Ended

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A December 2nd DOJ memo seeks to undercut administrative enforcement of the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act as it pertains to protection of trans and intersex prisoners. Although passed by Congress, the act leaves it up to administrative agencies to develop their own standards for its implementation, which are often lax at best. Under the […]

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Julie - December 1, 2025

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On Global Sexual Democracy: The Toxic Tea

Russian President Vladmir Putin with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Credit: : Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP/Getty

Ghana president John Dramani Mahama has pledged to sign into law the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill” if it is passed by his country’s parliament. This draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill punishes queer people for merely existing. The bill calls for a three-year imprisonment for those who identify as LGBTQ+, and a ten-year sentence for […]

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Julie - December 1, 2025

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On Global Sexual Democracy: The Good Tea

The European Court of Justice ruled that Polish courts had erred in refusing to recognize the legitimacy of a same-sex couple’s marriage performed in Germany. Like Hungary and Slovakia, Poland does not allow same-sex marriage within its own borders, and the ECJ’s ruling does not require EU members to do so. However, if a same-sex […]

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Julie - December 1, 2025

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One-third of Bisexual Men are Autogynephilic

An internet survey of 254 bi-sexual men finds that over one-third of them are not really attracted to men, but to the idea of being treated like a woman by men. They have no desire to penetrate other men, but only to be penetrated in scenarios that are often masochistic. Their conventional attraction to women […]

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Julie - December 1, 2025

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America’s Latest Homophobic Antics

Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, Credit: Aaron Schwartz / CNP

The Trump administration continues to target LGBTQ+ folks through a variety of public policy moves, such as its recent demotion of World Aids Day. The state department has directed its employees and funding recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day [December 1] through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches or […]