PoliticsPolitics, Missouri, Politicians, Transgender, Media The Missouri Democrat's new campaign ad questions why Sen. Josh Hawley talks so much about porn. MissouriPoliticiansTransgenderMediaChristopher Wiggins Lucas Kunce, the Missouri Democrat who announced his commitment to ousting U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in an ad on January 6, wants everybody to notice the Republican's seeming obsession with pornography. In a new campaign ad, Kunce asks, "Want to help Josh focus on the issues that matter to him?" The question flashes onto the screen 42 seconds into the 60-second spot, during which ..read more

WorldWorld, Conversion Therapy, United Kingdom, Transgender The new legislation will include treatment directed at trans people, reversing last year's announcement that this would be excluded. Conversion TherapyUnited KingdomTransgenderTrudy Ring The U.K. government plans to move forward with legislation to outlaw so-called conversion therapy, which is designed to turn LGBTQ+ people straight or cisgender. Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said Tuesday that a draft of the bill will be published soon and will be reviewed by a committee before Parliament takes it up. The measure would apply ..read more

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WorldWorld, Transgender, Scotland, U.K. The Scottish law would have moved toward self-determination for transgender people.  Photo by Jane Barlow/Press Association via AP TransgenderScotlandU.K.Ivana Kottasová (CNN) -- The UK government has blocked a new law intended to allow trans people in Scotland to change their legal gender without a medical diagnosis -- a controversial move that has added fuel to the already highly emotional debate over Scottish independence. Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, called it "a full-frontal attack on our democratically elected Scottish Parli ..read more

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TransgenderTransgender, World, Mexico As low-cost testosterone disappears from shelves in Mexico, those who rely on the drug, like transgender men, grow increasingly desperate. Photo by Mar García/Global Press Journal Mexico WorldMexicoMar García and Marissa Revill This story was originally published by Global Press Journal. CHIAPAS, MEXICO — When Thomas Chiu Palomeque saw on social media that there was a shortage of hormone-replacement testosterone in Mexico City, he prayed that it wouldn’t affect his home state of Chiapas. Chiu Palomeque, who lives in the municipality of San Cristóbal de ..read more

PoliticsPolitics, Iowa, LGBT youth, Schools, Education, Transgender One bans mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in the lower grades, while another would out trans students to their parents. From left: Skyler Wheeler and Pat Grassley IowaLGBT youthSchoolsEducationTransgenderTrudy Ring Republican legislators in Iowa have introduced their version of a “don’t say gay” bill, largely mimicking the one that became law in Florida last year, and a bill that would essentially out transgender and nonbinary students to their parents. House File 8, introduced Wednesday, would prohibit ins ..read more

CrimeCrime, Transgender Mack was found stabbed to death on a D.C. street Saturday. TransgenderTrudy Ring Black transgender woman Jasmine “Star” Mack, 36, was stabbed to death Saturday in Washington, D.C., the first reported violent death of a trans person in the U.S. in 2023. She was found lying in the street “in an unconscious and unresponsive state with an apparent stab wound to their right leg,” according to a police report quoted by the Washington Blade. It’s possible for a person to bleed to death from a leg wound, a spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office told the Blade. She w ..read more

TransgenderTransgender, Sports, LGBT youth, Schools, Education, West Virginia The law is within the state's interest in providing athletic opportunities for girls and women, according to U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. SportsLGBT youthSchoolsEducationWest VirginiaTrudy Ring West Virginia can continue to enforce its law barring transgender girls and women from competing on female school sports teams, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The law is constitutional because the state has a recognized interest in providing equal athletic opportunities for females — that is, cisgender ones ..read more

PoliticsPolitics, News, Missouri, Politicians, Transgender, LGBT This Marine combat veteran and LGBTQ+ ally thinks Sen. Josh Hawley's obsession with masculinity is weird. NewsMissouriPoliticiansTransgenderLGBTChristopher Wiggins A Missouri Democrat announced Friday in a captivating campaign ad that he would run to take Republican Sen. Josh Hawley's U.S. Senate seat away from him in 2024.  Lucas Kunce hits Hawley for his record of running away from danger, selling Missouri for parts, and being super creepy about bedroom issues and masculinity. The nearly two-and-a-half-minute-long vide ..read more