The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government to file its response to a petition challenging the exclusion of transgender persons from state policies and recruitment processes, particularly in the police force

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/hc-seeks-state-s-reply-on-transgender-exclusion-in-police-recruitment-jobs-101743967544068.html

#Maine sues over #Trump #USDA pause on funds due to support for #transgender athletes

The state of ME on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the USDA's decision to freeze federal #funding for #education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports.

#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ
https://www.reuters.com/legal/maine-sues-over-usda-pause-funds-over-support-transgender-athletes-2025-04-07/

The Trump administration announced on Monday that the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School are all in violation of Title IX for allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports

https://www.aol.com/hhs-finds-maine-violation-title-222200923.html?guccounter=1

The Transgender Military Ban: Part I: District Court Rejection of Deference and Secretary of Defense Hegseth’s Rejection of Judge Reyes

https://verdict.justia.com/2025/04/07/the-transgender-military-ban-part-i-district-court-rejection-of-deference-and-secretary-of-defense-hegseths-rejection-of-judge-reyes

Lansing residents show support at Transgender Day of Visibility rally

https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2025/04/lansing-residents-show-support-at-transgender-day-of-visibility-rally/

Commentator Lucy Zelic continues her crusade against transgender athletes competing against women - this time attacking trans women playing pool!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-14578563/Lucy-Zelic-transgender-athletes-competing-against-biological-women-pool-sport.html

Link to transphobic site.

https://www.europesays.com/1975348/ How the president was given his most effective political boogeyman. #LGBTQ #outward #Politics #transgender

As part of a centuries-old ritual, several transgender devotees tied the knot with each other as a symbolic way to marry Lord Shiva, while the Seetha Rama Kalyanam took place.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/society-culture-and-history/religion-and-spirituality/transgender-devotees-wed-shiva-in-ancient-ritual-at-telangana-s-sri-rajarajeshwara-temple/ar-AA1Cqcfl

Democrats facing significant backlash for passing 'radical transgender bill'

Let us rewrite the headline: Democrats gets applause for passing 'radical transgender bill'

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/democrats-facing-significant-backlash-for-passing-radical-transgender-bill/ar-AA1Cq8Pu

Laverne Cox joins LA rally to denounce Trump’s anti-transgender policies

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/laverne-cox-joins-la-rally-to-denounce-trump-s-anti-transgender-policies/ar-AA1CpfiP

Today is officially my 7 years on T anniversary!

It's so awesome to see how much things have changed for the better, and to know I have permanent changes that can't be taken away from me feels so affirming. I'm very lucky

A new Title IX Special Investigations team will focus on enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender women from competing on female sports teams and using restrooms designated for women.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/2-federal-agencies-unite-to-enforce-trump-bans-on-transgender-activities/ar-AA1Ck9hi

THE IMPLICATIONS OF "QUEER"

I have been catching up on the reading of my former (queer) professor and I am happy to find he has continued in being the queer pioneer he always was.

We are used, if we know anything about "queer", to the slogan "queer means attack". But what is it queer attacks? The essay I read suggests it is "identity". Yes, that's right, in a world chock full of people who want to make the (sometimes essentialising) claim that they simply "are" things, all kinds of queer people and theorists claim that "queer" is that which attacks the very notion of "identity" and destabilises the intellectual ground on which "identity" can seem convincing.

I am going to write a book next called "Sexual Autonomy". In brief, it is a book about how sexual autonomy is at the heart of political freedom and is, in fact, a necessary component of it. I think the queer insight I just mentioned here is part of that. For we cannot be free if we lock ourselves up in incarcerating notions about sex.

For example, some people think there are things called "gay sex" and "heterosexual sex". These exist based on the idea that there are definitive "men" and definitive "women". The intellectual position "queer" says no to this. It says these identifications are rhetoric not fact, fiction (which is and can be for purposes) and not inherent reality. Queer says knowledge, all knowledge, is a tool of power and made up to get somewhere rather than reflecting an idealistically conjured "reality". Nature does not distinguish between "gay sex" and "heterosexual sex". There is just sex. Nature does not distinguish between "man" and "woman". There are just humans. Nature does not distinguish between reproductive or recreational sex. There is just sex.

So what queer says here is "Ask yourself what people are doing with their words and why they imagine the world in one way and not another." There are not only two types of anything (and these two types are not opposites either). Queer, if it is anything, is (expanding) diversity. It (I hope) makes you think.

South AfricaUS-funded South African LGBTQ groups curtail operations

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/04/06/us-funded-south-african-lgbtq-groups-curtail-operations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-funded-south-african-lgbtq-groups-curtail-operations

Asmongold Suggests Parents of Trans Kids Are Mentally Ill

https://www.transvitae.com/asmongold-suggests-parents-of-trans-kids-are-mentally-ill/

Organizers cancel Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, replacing it with year-round programming.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/trans-wellness-conference-philadelphia-canceled-lgbtq-health-mazzoni-center-new-20250404.html

Air Force Backtracks on Banning Personal Pronouns from Email Signatures

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/04/air-force-backtracks-banning-personal-pronouns-email-signatures.html

NFL star Khalen Saunders is opening an LGBTQIA+ friendly football camp for youth ⁠

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIBor8MRUAk/

Today’s #WorldHealthDay so we’re starting with a reminder of what TransActual are asking for in relation to healthcare.

We’re asking for:
1. An end to trans-hostile policy making.
2. Access to healthcare without discrimination.
3. All healthcare professionals to understand trans people’s needs.
4. Timely access to appropriate transition related care that respects our autonomy.