Trans News Now 8/12/24

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Trixie Mattel has been cast to play a gay teacher and football coach in a new series on FX called Drag Football Coach. This story comes from Them.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced this week that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is her running mate. We mentioned last week that Kamala Harris has a history of supporting transgender rights. As governor, Tim Walz signed an executive order making Minnesota a “refuge” for families looking for a place where their child can receive gender-affirming medical care. Not only would gender-affirming medical care be available, but the order also offered to shield patients and their families from punishment by other states for receiving gender-affirming medical care. The Washington Post has this story.

A new survey shows that transgender Americans are more “hopeful” now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic party’s presumed nominee for president. This story comes from The Hill.

A federal judge in Florida ruled that the state’s health plan for state employees must cover gender-affirming medical care. His ruling cited Title VII. The Associated Press has this story.

Two proposed anti-transgender initiatives failed to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in Colorado. One would have banned transgender athletes on girls’ sports teams, and the other would have forced teachers to tell parents when their child changes gender at school. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

In a primary election this week, Missouri secretary of state candidate Valentina Gomez, who told voters in her political commercial, “Don’t be weak and gay,” and who promised to protect Missouri from the “transgender industry,” got a mere 7.4% of the vote, losing badly. This story comes from Them.

Kansas state Representative Marvin Robinson was defeated in his re-election primary. Mr. Robinson is a Democrat who voted, along with Republicans, to overturn Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a ban on transgender athletes in the state. The Kansas Beacon has this story.

A judge in Ohio has upheld that state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. This story comes from Them.

Tai’Vion Lathan, a Black transgender woman, was found dead in a Baltimore alley. She had been shot five times. She was 24 years old. WBAL-TV has this story.

Monique Jade Brooks, a Black transgender woman, was shot to death in Orange County, Florida. This story comes from WFTV-TV.

We reported last week on the stabbing of a transgender woman at Miami International Airport. This week, we can report that surveillance video of the incident has been found, and turned over to the police. WSVN-TV has this story.

A Minneapolis man has been found guilty of the murder of a transgender woman, Savannah Ryan Williams, on November 29, 2023. This story comes from Bring Me The News.

Imane Khelif won the gold medal in her boxing class. She is the Algerian boxer who was allowed to compete in the Olympics despite failing an unspecified gender test. The boxing organization which claims to have administered that test has since been charged with corruption, and is no longer overseeing boxing. Olympic officials proclaimed her a cisgender woman, and said that this is not a trans story. Nonetheless, you can be sure that TERFs and such will be proclaiming the silver medalist to the the real winner. Out.com has this story.

We told you previously that Bailey Anne Kennedy won the title of Miss Maryland USA, and would compete in the Miss USA contest. She lost the national competition to Alma Cooper, who is Miss Michigan USA. PinkNews has this story.

Demand for gender services are so outstripping supply by the National Health Service in the U.K. that the current estimate is that there is a ten-year waiting list to be seen by a gender specialist. This story comes from Them.

In Nigeria, TikToker Abuja Area Mama, a transgender sex worker with a loyal online fan base, has been found murdered. The Daily Mail has this story.

Rebel groups in Colombia are killing transgender women. They call it a “social cleansing” campaign, according to The Guardian.

Although the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris has kindled a new sense of joy and hope, there are still quite a few voters who prefer Donald Trump. Gay Cities wonders, if the former president wins the election in November, how easy is it for an American to move to another country.

Trans people can be, and are, a lot of different things: business owners and executives, scientists, techies, and common laborers. But, there is not media representation for all of these possible job titles for transgender people. An opinion piece in Out.com feels that it is time to expand trans representation in novels, movies, and television to reflect our various roles in society.

Trans News Now is assembled by Cecilia Barzyk with additional content and editing by Angela Gardner. Care to make a comment on this post? Login here and use the comment area below.

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