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TWIBS: Begun, the Chromosome Wars Have
President Sebastian Coe of World Athletics, the international organizing body for multiple sports’ championships and at the Olympics, has promised to introduce chromosome testing for their female athletes.
Texas Resorts to ‘Old Playbook’ to Institutionalize Bigotry and Sow Fear
Instead of tackling real issues, the governor and attorney general see political gain in scapegoating trans people. Legal fine points don’t matter.
Beshear Temporarily Blocks Pro-Conversion Therapy Bill
On Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed a bill that would repeal his 2024 ban on conversion therapy. Unfortunately, his veto is likely to be overturned by a Republican supermajority.
Leading Off: Trump Adds Heaping Dose of Chaos, Contempt to Toxic Military Ban Stew
Bizarre maneuvers and social media taunts in Talbott v Trump. More countries issue travel warnings for U.S.-bound trans people. Protesters make noise in defiance of Hungary's Viktor Orbán — and we want to hear about your own noise. The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Arkansas Bill Allows Lawsuits Over Haircuts, Pronouns
A bill put forward in the Arkansas state legislature would open up anybody who “aids” in the transition of a minor, medical or social, to litigation for fifteen years… even if they don’t live in Arkansas!
A Quiet Legal Radical Unites Trans & Women’s Rights
Assigned Media interviews Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University, Naomi Schoenbaum.
Iowans Are Backing Trans People After Lawmakers Legalized Discrimination
Large protests at the Capitol were just the first signal of sustained public support for trans rights.
‘Unlawful Waste of Resources:’ Paxton’s Unilateral Anti-Trans Decree
The Texas attorney general’s effort to undermine court-ordered gender changes is not legally binding.
VA Won’t See New Patients for Gender Dysphoria
In a press release on Monday the Department of Veterans Affairs declared that veterans seeking treatment for their gender dysphoria are out of luck.
ACT UP Hones a Tran-Inclusive Message as it Ramps Up for Protest
Trans rights emerged as more than 200 people packed an “emergency town hall” in Manhattan to plot a major protest march this month.
Leading Off: Texans and Iowans Aren’t Going Along Gently With Anti-Trans Bigotry
Pushback in two hotbeds of anti-trans legislation. Trump deals more cruelty and confusion for trans veterans. The top story lines as the week begins.
Trans Texans Denounce ID Bill, Saying Disenfranchisement is its Intent
A measure pending in the state Senate seeks to enshrine “exclusion, discrimination” into law.
TWIBS: Genspect & Co. Sponsor Detrans Awareness Day
Anti-trans hate group Genspect (and others!) arranged a celebration for the new holiday they invented, Detrans Awareness Day. Isn’t that exciting?
Medical Professionals Denounce Newsom’s Embrace of Anti-Trans Bigots
The California governor has betrayed young constituents and caused them “extreme harm,” they said, by cozying up to the right to lift his own presidential aspirations.
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Conversion Therapy
After declining to hear a case on conversion therapy in 2023, the Supreme Court has decided to hear an identical one starting in October.
Leading Off: Protests and Court Challenges Swell, as Gender Care Is Affirmed
Will Trump obey the courts? Cass is getting lonelier by the moment. And the Germans warn about travel to the U.S. The leading story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Right-Wing Media Lies About Trans Athlete, As Usual
After competing the only way she’s allowed to, Sadie Schreiner is once more being hounded by right-wing “journalists” trying to create something from nothing in pursuit of a nonstop culture war against trans people. Par for the course, I suppose!
Journal Club: The Impacts of Trans Erasure
A 2022 paper explores the impacts of trans erasure in an academic field known for its “gender essentialist” thinking.
Senate Democrats Send Trans People Powerful Message: We’re Still Here
But was the defeat of a federal sports ban a real turning point? The Senate Democrats issued no joint statement presaging future support for transgender people.
Disturbed ‘Zizians’ Used as Propaganda Piece in Culture War
The crimes they are accused of, if true, are deplorable. Unforgivable, even. But in a society where no cis white Christian man is blamed for the mass shootings their cohort is mostly responsible for, why should our community be blamed for the actions of bad people who happen to be trans?