Real News from the Real Transgender World |
Edition Date: November 23rd, 2024 |
By: VICE Staff The White House has decided to insert itself into the controversy surrounding North Carolina’s so-called bathroom bill, which mandates people use the restroom that matches the gender on their birth certificate. On Friday, the Obama administration is expected to issue a letter to all US public schools strongly suggesting transgender students be…
By: Angelica Ross By now, everyone paying attention has realized that the battle over bathrooms is less about protecting women and children and more about our society’s continued refusal to accept transgender people. When I first transitioned back in 1999, I encountered resistance from the other women in the cosmetics department where I worked. They…
By: Danny Collins Thai transgender women are embroiled in a running battle with police after a spate of attacks and robberies of Western tourists. A German tourist was the latest visitor to feel the wrath of the sex workers when he was clubbed around the head with a rock and had his money and valuables…
By: Victoria Ho In the first case of its kind, the UK will allow a Singaporean transgender woman to stay in the country, so that she does not have to return to her home country and do compulsory military service as a man. In Singapore, males are conscripted into the army for full time national…
Via: Sky News Brighton Council defends its letter to thousands of parents after it was branded “utterly ridiculous” by a Tory MP. A council leader has said he is “proud” of a letter asking children aged four to choose the gender “they most identify with”. Brighton and Hove City Council wrote to thousands of parents…