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Man charged with aggravated assault after attacking transgender woman in Texas

Tayla Smith, a transgender woman from Texas, narrowly escaped death when Kordel Stewart, a man she met on a dating app, attacked her during their first date.
Official press portrait for Stella Creasy MP. The full image also shows her child in a lil papoose kinda thing. Its cropped out of this one because wider images work better than taller for this purpose but I wanted to put it in the alt text because she's a little bit of a badass and this is my salute to that.

Stella Creasy MP receives transphobic & misogynist backlash for stating the law

According to Stella Creasy and the GRA; you don't need to get surgery in order to have your legal sex changed in the UK. This is all factually true and the result of the law working that way means that yes; some women have penises. You can disagree, you can say you think the law is bad, you can turn yourselves red with rage about it. But nonetheless, as it stands, the law in the UK states that some women have penises - and in a court of law you would not be able to simply ignore that.
Arts Council England logo. It is the words "arts council england" in a circle next to a tagline which reads "Supported using public funding by arts council england". All in black and white.

LGB Alliance granted funding by Arts Council England

LGB Alliance announced they had been awarded the grant from Arts Council England's #LetsCreate Jubilee Fund to make their film. The premiere is set for June 2022 but many in the LGBTQIA+ community have called the decision into question prompting a response from the grant-givers.
A wide shot of JK Rowling reading from The Sorcerer's Stone in The White House Gardens

JK Rowling’s horrific claim that trans women “retain male pattern criminality”

This transphobic disinformation has been floating around for many years now and has been debunked repeatedly. Despite this it persists as a quasi-religious belief amongst transphobes such as JK Rowling who repeated the claim on Twitter.

The Trans Agenda #21 – 3 papers, 5 days, 35 anti-trans articles

The Trans Agenda #21 Welcome to The Trans Agenda, a newsletter that will arrive in your inbox Monday and Thursday if you are subscribed. You...
The King received The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP at Buckingham Palace today. His Majesty asked him to form a new Administration. Mr. Sunak accepted His Majesty's offer and was appointed Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

How bad is Sunak’s cabinet for trans people?

Rishi Sunak is the UK's new Prime Minister after getting another go at the Tory popularity contest, so what immense dinglebats has the man, who showed he was willing to sacrifice trans people on the altar of Tory shithousery, stuffed his cabinet with?
A photo of Brianna Ghey for the article commenting on transphobia surrounding Brianna. Credit; Family Handout.

Benefit show honours Brianna Ghey, raises funds for mental health initiative

Manchester's LGBTQ+ community rallied in memory of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey.
An example of a chest binder, almost certainly not the one offered by Mermaids UK

Mermaids UK criticised by British media (and JK Rowling) for giving chest binder to...

Children's charity and parental support group Mermaids UK have come under fire from the usual transphobic suspects trying to demonise any and all support for trans youth. This time over the use and support of teens using a chest binder. JK Rowling was there too, in case you cared.
boxing gloves

Genital checks to allow trans people to box in USA

USA Boxing has updated its rulebook with a policy for transgender athletes with strict requirements mandating genital reassignment surgery and regular testosterone testing for transgender people wishing to compete.
BBC attempt to launder reputation of Graham Linehan of Graham Linehan; the image shows the BBC log on a curved red-brick wall.

BBC’s obfuscation of transphobia in social media toxicity study

The BBC's obfuscation of transphobia has reached a new low with a report on social media toxicity. The report has allegedly been censored in "real time" to obfuscate transphobia, with the article also failing to mention transphobia's contribution to the figures - amongst other issues.