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“Show them why they’re wrong”: Drag Race star Carmen Carrera’s message to trans youth

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Drag Race star Carmen Carrera has urged young transgender people to “give less focus” to those who don’t understand them as anti-LGBTQ+ legislation continues to sweep through the US. Speaking to GAY TIMES at Miami Beach Pride 2023, she explained that Pride continues to be essential for LGBTQ+ people as it allows “us to come together and share ideas and also find that safe space among one another”. “I think that there’s this nuance with Pride,” she continued. “There’s so many different kinds of people nowadays and Pride is open…

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Twitter quietly removes policy protecting trans users from deadnaming

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Twitter has quietly removed a policy which protected transgender users from deadnaming and misgendering on the social media platform. Its hateful content policy was put in place long before Elon Musk’s highly publicised acquisition of the company. Its ban on misgendering (purposefully referring to someone as the wrong gender) and deadnaming (calling a trans person a name they no longer go by) was introduced in 2018. “We prohibit targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to dehumanise, degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a…

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London Trans+ Pride confirms date and location of this year’s protest march

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London Trans+ Pride has announced that it will return this summer with a protest march calling for equality in the UK and beyond. Due to take place on 8 July, it comes at a time when trans rights are continuously seen as a source of ‘debate’ by the government and social commentators. This year’s route has been changed “to accommodate growing numbers” of people in attendance, with Trafalgar Square confirmed as the meeting point. In an Instagram post, London Trans+ Pride organisers emphasised that “pride is a protest” and encouraged…

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Tommy Dorfman says trans people are facing “targeted eradication” in the US

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Tommy Dorfman has described transphobia in the US as a “specific type of targeted eradication” of transgender people. The actress, who is best known for appearing in 13 Reasons Why and came out as trans in 2021, urged people to be aware of the “disease of transphobia” spreading in her home country when speaking at a rally for Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March. “All signs are pointing to a very specific type of targeted eradication of an entire part of humanity in this country, if these people get…

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Majority of anti-trans adults don’t know any trans people, study finds

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Three quarters (74 per cent) of young adults who say they are not supportive of trans people don’t actually know a trans person, according to new research by Just Like Us, the LGBTQ+ young people’s charity. It was also found that those who knew someone trans were twice as likely to be allies of the community, with just 33 per cent of those who do not know a trans person describing themselves as “very supportive” of trans people. This was in stark contrast to 64 per cent of people who…

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Daniel Radcliffe uplifts trans+ voices in roundtable for The Trevor Project

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As part of Sharing Space, a new content series from The Trevor Project, Daniel Radcliffe hosted a roundtable of transgender and non-binary youth. The series will feature conversations with LGBTQ+ young people moderated by allies of the community and comes at a time when a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills (the majority of which target trans+ people) are being considered in various US states. Data from The Trevor Project shows that debates surrounding this kind of legislation have already had a negative impact on almost nine in 10 (86%) trans+…

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World Athletics bans trans women from female events

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Transgender women will not be allowed to compete in female events under new guidelines announced by World Athletics president Sebastian Coe. In a press conference in Monaco on 23 March, he said “decisive action” had been taken to “protect the female category in our sport”. “The council has agreed to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes, who have been through male puberty, from female world ranking competitions from 31 March,” he continued. “In January, World Athletics said it was consulting with member federations on a proposal to change the rules on participation…

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Georgina Beyer: World’s first openly trans MP dies aged 65

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Georgina Beyer, the world’s first openly transgender MP, has died at the age of 65, her friends confirmed in a Facebook post on 6 March. “Georgie was surround by her nearest and dearest 24/7 over the past week, she accepted what was happening, was cracking jokes and had a twinkle in her eye, right until the final moment,” Scotty Kennedy wrote. “Farewell Georgie, your love, compassion and all that you have done for the Rainbow and many other communities will live on for ever.” In 1995, Georgina was elected mayor…

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Black trans woman Cashay B. Henderson fatally shot before home set on fire in Milwaukee

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Cashay B. Henderson, a 31-year-old trans woman, was found dead in her apartment after being fatally shot before her home was set on fire. Content warning: This story includes topics that could make some readers feel uncomfortable and/or upset. Officers responded to reports of a fire near 29th and Villard streets just before 10am on Sunday 26 February and found Henderson inside. Police are investigating her death as a homicide and continue to search for suspects. “Black Trans Women continue to be at the highest risk for homicides within the…

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