Celebrities sign open letter in support of trans community
Nearly 500 signed an open letter of support for the trans community in honour of the Trans Day of Visibility.
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Tory councillor accused of transphobia
Tory councillor, Mark Deacon, has been suspended after being accused of transphobia
Sydney baths ban trans women
McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney, Australia, has faced backlash after updating it’s regulations to ban trans women who have not yet undergone gender-reassignment surgery.
Women’s prize for fiction nominee speaks out against cisnormativity
Non-binary writer Akwaeke Emezi, longlisted for the women’s prize for fiction with her novel Freshwater, said they would no longer be submitting entries due to a lack of gender non-conforming inclusivity.
World Rugby rules against trans players
World Rugby, the global union for the sport, published a new series of guidelines on Friday 9 October preventing transgender women competing at the highest levels of the game.
Dozens of academics criticise World Rugby’s proposed ban on trans women
Dozens of academics criticise World Rugby’s proposals to ban trans women from playing women’s rugby
Bill proposed to protect trans women in Californian prisons
Scott Wiener, California state senator, has proposed new legislation that would end the common practise of housing trans women with men in state prisons.