Transgender News
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Transgender Lawyer Who Wanted to ‘Correct the Errors’ of Jack Phillips’ Thinking May Have His Own Case ‘Corrected’
The First Amendment prohibits the government from acting with hostility against sincere religious beliefs, yet Colorado twice prosecuted Christian baker Jack Phillips with such hostility. This week, Phillips got another chance to defend himself against another kind of hostility—the anger of a male lawyer named Autumn Scardina, who identifies as female and said he wanted…Tyler O’Neil -
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Lawsuit of Physician’s Assistant Fired for Refusing Transgender Directives Gets Judge’s Go-Ahead
Gender ideology often pits parents and children against common sense, but it also all too often pits medical professionals against their religious conscience. In a ruling Sept. 20 from a federal judge in the Western District of Michigan Southern Division, the latter is playing out in real time in an important religious liberty case. In…Nicole Russell -
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DHS Awards Anti-Terror Grant for LGBTQ Group to Indoctrinate 6-Year-Olds
The Biden administration has awarded an anti-terrorism grant worth more than half-a-million dollars to an LGBTQ activist group, which distributes condoms and “sex education” material, to expand its “in-school support for LGBTQ+ youth” as young as age 6. The manifesto of its school-based group—which is based on the Black Panthers—calls for the “abolition” of the…Ben Johnson -
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THOUSANDS of Minors Went Under the Knife to ‘Affirm’ a Transgender Identity, Study Shows
Transgender advocates repeatedly claim that minors only take "puberty-blocking" drugs or cross-sex hormones, but never undergo surgeries in an attempt to force their male or female bodies to resemble the opposite sex, yet a new study estimates that more than 3,000 minors underwent transgender surgeries in a five-year period, and more than 400 of them…Tyler O’Neil -
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Rock Stars Take on Transgender Agenda
A rock and roll legend is taking on woke culture and the transgender agenda, despite the backlash. In an interview last week with Stereogum, shock-rocker Alice Cooper shared his thoughts on how ridiculous woke culture is. “The whole woke thing … who’s making the rules?” he asked. “Is there a building somewhere in New York where people…S.A. McCarthy -
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EXCLUSIVE: Women Speak Out Against YMCA ‘Transgender’ Bathroom Policies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Small-town YMCAs in suburban Ohio have launched themselves headfirst into the transgender debate by allowing men who "identify" as women to access women's locker rooms. And women who have belonged to these supposedly family-friendly YMCAs for years are discovering, to their shock, that management considers their safety and privacy inferior…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Court Lets State Protect Kids From Transgender ‘Care,’ Making Key Point About Evidence
A Missouri trial court declined Friday to block a law preventing transgender interventions for minors, citing "conflicting and unclear" medical evidence on the effectiveness of so-called puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. "The science and medical evidence is conflicting and unclear," Judge Stephen R. Ohmer ruled. "Accordingly, the evidence raises more questions than answers." Three Missouri…Tyler O’Neil -
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Just How Many Imprisoned Men Who Identify as Transgender Are Guilty of Sexual Assault? More Than Half, New Data Shows
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A little more than half of the men housed in Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities who identify as transgender women have been convicted of at least one count of sexual assault or sexual abuse. The revelation comes from Wisconsin Department of Corrections records obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Addressing Drinking, Hazing, and LGBTQ Culture in a Mission to Restore Women’s Sports
Drinking, partying, and pressure to explore homosexuality are common within women’s sports, but this does not need to be the norm, according to former college athlete Samantha Kelley. While the “transgender” issue is a new challenge in women’s sports, it has long been “statistically proven that college athletes party more [and] drink more than the…Virginia Allen -
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How Christians Should Respond to Transgenderism
How does a church community respond when someone comes through the doors who identifies as transgender, or who is struggling with his or her gender identity? What does a response of love look like? According to author-lawyer John Bursch, the “very first response is accompaniment.” “Just like anybody who is suffering in any situation, whether…Virginia Allen -
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Transgender ‘Women’ Aren’t
Jess Hilarious, a well-known comedian and personality, has recently created quite a stir in the world of social media. She dared to voice her opinion on a trending video where a transgender "woman" claimed that "womanhood" and menstruation were not exclusive to biological women. Hilarious responded with the simple truth that only biological women can…Armstrong Williams -
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SEE YOU IN COURT: Parents Challenge LGBTQ Book Policy That Requires Teachers ‘To Shame Children’ for Religious Faith
Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Latter-day Saint, Protestant, Ethiopian Orthodox, atheist, and agnostic parents are taking a Maryland school board to court Wednesday, Aug. 9, for denying them the right to opt out of the school’s LGBTQ book curriculum. “These books are in fact teaching explicit sexual orientation and gender identity issues as early as pre-k,” Will…Tyler O’Neil -
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FDA Approves Over-the-Counter Contraceptive, Won’t Say If Recommended for ‘Transgender Women’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not directly answer if its newly approved over-the-counter contraceptive could be safely used by males who identify as “transgender women.” The FDA announced Thursday that it has approved the first ever over-the-counter contraceptive pill, Opill (norgestrel). “Availability of nonprescription Opill may help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies…Gigi De La Torre -
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Transgender-Identifying Man Beats Out Women to Win Netherlands’ Miss Universe Pageant
She is beauty, she is grace, and “she” is actually a “he.” This variation of William Shatner’s song in the movie “Miss Congeniality” may have come to mind Saturday, when transgender model Rikkie Valerie Kollé, a biological man, was crowned Miss Universe Netherlands Kollé, 22, is the first transgender woman to win in the 94-year…Elise McCue -
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Cycling Competition Creates Third Category for ‘Transgender’ Athletes
An American cycling competition created a third division for “transgender” cyclists on Friday after a male recently won a cycling event in the women’s division. In June, Austin Killips, a man who identifies as a transgender woman, competed in the nearly 140-mile Monuments of Cycling’s “Belgian Waffle Ride,” a grueling one-day cycling event that mirrors…Gigi De La Torre -
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UK Ruling Should Encourage Americans to Stand Firm on LGBTQ Insanity
A legal ruling in the United Kingdom should inspire celebration and courage as well as spark cautious hope among Americans who hold traditional beliefs about gender and sexuality. Maya Forstater, the U.K. woman who lost her contract employment after tweeting so-called “gender-critical views” is set to receive a payout of 100,000 pounds—equivalent to $108,965—after a…Nicole Russell -
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Man Begs for Funds So His Doctor Can Help Him Make ‘Transgender Milk’
Twitter users are questioning the health risks of “transgender milk” after a male posted a TikTok video expressing his desire to produce milk for others’ babies. “I have always wanted to lactate,” the man, who appears to identify as a woman, explains while telling viewers he wants to set up a GoFundMe page so he…Gigi De La Torre -
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Left Is Challenging State Bans on ‘Transgender’ Procedures for Minors
A federal judge is allowing Georgia’s ban on “gender-transition” drugs and surgeries for minors to go into effect, despite protests from left-wing organizations. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit last week seeking a temporary injunction against Senate Bill 140, arguing the legislation denies parents of children identifying…S.A. McCarthy -
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This Barbie Is a ‘Transgender’ Woman: New Movie Gone Woke
Meet the Barbie doll who’s playing dress-up in more ways than one. Hari Nef is the biological male “transgender” actor who is playing the doctor version of the Barbie character in the upcoming live-action “Barbie” movie. Nef said on social media just how important he believed it was for a transgender person to portray the…Elise McCue -
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There’s a Transgender Clinic Tucked Away Inside This Walgreens
A Walgreens in Dallas is quietly housing a transgender clinic where patients can go get referrals for transgender transition hormones like testosterone. Then they can stroll out of the clinic into the pharmacy and get their prescriptions filled. Walgreens has sparked backlash from its customers for offering to dispense abortion drugs "in any jurisdiction where…Mary Margaret Olohan