Tag: transgender rights
A petition urging the Trump administration to reinstate transgender representation on the Stonewall Uprising page of the National Park Service (NPS) website has gathered over 25,000 signatures.
The controversy began after the NPS revised its description of the Stonewall National Monument, omitting references to transgender and non-binary individuals who played...
A transgender TikTok influencer, Ratu Thalisa, has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison in Indonesia for allegedly making blasphemous remarks about Jesus Christ during a livestream.
The social media personality, who has over 440,000 followers under the handle @ratuentokglowskincare, was also fined 100 million rupiah ($10,000...
A coalition of major LGBTQ+ rights organisations, including the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and PFLAG, has issued a strong call to action to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), urging the party to step up its fight against the surge of anti-LGBTQ+ policies under Donald Trump’s administration and the broader...
The United States has officially withdrawn from the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, a coalition of countries dedicated to advancing the rights of LGBTQ+ and intersex individuals worldwide.
According to The Washington Blade, the withdrawal occurred on February 14, though no public announcement was made at the time. A State...
Iowa’s Republican-led legislature has passed a bill removing gender identity from the state’s anti-discrimination laws, a move that critics say legalises discrimination against transgender and nonbinary people.
The measure, which passed along party lines in both the Senate (33-15) and the House (60-35) on February 27, is now expected...
A leaked Pentagon memo mandates the identification and removal of transgender personnel from the U.S. military unless they qualify for an exemption.
The directive follows Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s implementation of a ban on transgender individuals enlisting in the military earlier this month. According to Reuters, the memo, which...
Transgender actress and activist Hunter Schafer has publicly criticised the Trump administration after receiving a U.S. passport that incorrectly listed her gender as male.
The incident follows a recent executive order by President Donald Trump requiring all government-issued identification, including passports, to reflect the sex assigned at birth, effectively revoking...
A second federal judge has struck down former President Donald Trump’s executive order banning gender-affirming care, ruling that the policy unlawfully denies federal funds to medical institutions providing such care.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Lauren King, appointed by President Joe Biden, issued a temporary injunction against the ban, preventing...
