TNN: Trans News Now – Oct 21, 2024
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Laverne Cox made a guest appearance on The Daily Show, delivering a message in support of transgender people for Spirit Day and for the upcoming election. You can see the video at LGBTQ NationBloomberg Law has this story.
Tim Walz sat down for an interview on the podcast We Can Do Hard Things, with novelist Glennon Doyle, her partner Abby Wambach, and her sister Amanda Doyle. In response to a question on transgender youth, Governor Walz delivered a very passionate and very lengthy response, saying a good bit about transgender students. This story comes from Erin Reed.
Daqua Ritter was sentenced to life in prison in South Carolina for the murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman He is the first person convicted by a jury of a hate crime on the basis of gender identity. the South Carolina Daily Gazette has this story.
Police in Georgia are looking for Davonte Fore, who escaped during his trial for the murder of Skyler Gilmore, a transgender woman. He was subsequently found guilty of murder. This story comes from The Advocate.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against Dr. May Lau, a physician, for prescribing gender-affirming medical care for minors, after Texas passes a law to ban such treatments. The Texas Tribune has this story.
Former President Donald Trump said this week that he would ban transgender athletes competing on sports teams by executive order. He did not mention how he would check to see who is transgender. It may come as a surprise to him to find that the Olympics have stopped using simple chromosome tests because they often return unreliable results–sometimes even contradictory results for the same person. This story comes from The Hill.
Colin Allred, who is running for U.S. Senate in Texas, has been attacked in ads for supporting transgender athletes, which the ads describe as “boys in girls’ sports.” He has responded by denying that he does not support “boys in girls’ sports.” Some see this as a subtle way to say that he sees transgender females as females, not as males. However, others feel that unless he specifically states that, he is just admitting the power of the accusation. Erin Reed has this story.
As we have reported, several Republican Attorneys General have joined in a law suit to strike down a new rule by the Biden administration, which would add “gender identity” to a list of disabilities, for protection from discrimination. According to an article in Mother Jones, the suit would strike down not just protections for people with gender dysphoria, but protections for all people with disabilities.
Some mental health therapists are convinced that election anxiety is showing up in LGBTQ people, especially those who are young. Indeed, nearly three-quarters of LGBTQ people in Gen Z told a recent survey that concerns about the outcome of this election is having an effect on their mental health. Into More has this story.
A new Netflix series, called The Secret of the River, takes place in Mexico. Two young people, who were friends during their childhood, are reunited, but one has changed genders. The series is set among the mixes, the third-gender of Mexico. This story comes from Them.
Nicole Maines has released her autobiography, It Gets Better. . .Except When It Gets Worse. In it, she talks of problems with her gender-confirmation surgery, getting drawn into a political fight, and more. She talked with Them about the book and more.
Victoria’s Secret Angels have returned to the runway, and Valentina Sampaip and Alex Consani have become the first transgender angels. NBC News has this story.
Hawkeye is the latest Marvel superhero to get a new secret identity, though there likely will be others. The new Hawkeye is Charli Ramsey, a two-spirit member of the Oglala tribe of the Lakota Nation. The new Hawkeye is also non-binary, according to Them.
In the U.K., the document for reporting the death of a child now includes categories for “male (including trans male)”, “female (including trans female”, and “non-binary”, in addition to “male” and “female.” PinkNews has this story.
The National Catholic Register reports that Pope Francis met with transgender and intersex Catholics, for the second time in a year. In the previous meeting, he invited them to share a meal with him, although the initial reports seemed to say that he was at his own table during the dinner. This time, the report says that he listened to them.
A woman with a history of anti-transgender posts on social media was accused of being a transgender woman while in a restroom at an airport in Chicago. She got a taste of what it feels like to be treated as she has treated transgender women. While some have given her the benefit of the doubt, and treated her as if she is learning a lesson, others have pretty much written her off as one who will revert to her old ways when the immediacy of this experience wears off. LGBTQ Nation has this story.
CBS News has a story about Stand With Trans, a non-profit which supports trans youth.
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