Category: transgender

Biological Males Should Not Compete in Women’s Sports: UK’s Johnson

Biological males should not compete in women’s sports, and children should not be allowed to make decisions about changing their gender, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Talking to reporters during a visit to a hospital in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on April 6, Johnson said: “I don’t think that biological males should be…


Detransitioner Denounces ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care

Cat Cattinson doesn’t believe in transgender ideology even though she identified as a “trans man” for more than 15 years. “I’m a detransitioner,” she told The Epoch Times in an interview. “I identified as trans when I was a child, but now I accept my biological sex. I believe that a woman is an adult,…


Doctors, Parents of Gender Dysphoric Teens Oppose ‘Trans-Inclusive’ Training Legislation

Dozens of California parents of gender dysphoric teens, as well as medical professionals, have denounced proposed legislation that would force all health care providers to promote “gender-affirming” and “trans-inclusive” health care. Senate Bill 923, the Transgender Inclusive Care Act, introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would require health care providers, including health insurers,…


Arizona Governor Signs Into Law Bills on Abortion, Transgender Issues

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law three bills on Wednesday to restrict abortions, restrict gender reassignment surgeries, and block transgender athletes from participating in female sports. Ducey signed Senate Bill 1164 (pdf) to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The state legislature passed the bill largely along party lines. The measure contains exceptions for medical emergencies…


Arizona Governor Signs Bills on Abortion, Transgender Issues Into Law

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed into law three bills that restrict abortions, limit gender reassignment surgeries, and block transgender athletes from participating in female sports. Ducey signed Senate Bill 1164 (pdf) to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The measure, which the legislature approved largely along party lines, sets exceptions for medical emergencies that could cause…


Defeated Bill Gave Parents a Say on Trans, Woke Ideology Taught in Classrooms: Latham

Australian politician Mark Latham, the leader of the New South Wales (NSW) state branch of the right-leaning One Nation party, has raised concerns about the increasing presence of “left-wing politics and woke concepts” being taught in schools, including on transgender topics, which he said amounts to “child abuse.” “There’s a lot of left-wing politics and woke concepts…


Utah Lawmakers Enact Ban on Transgender Youth in Girls’ Sports, Overriding Governor’s Veto

Republican lawmakers in Utah overrode a veto from the state’s governor, also a Republican, to push through a ban on transgender youth in girls’ sports. A total of 15 Republican lawmakers—10 state Representatives and five state senators—flipped to support the bill. Gov. Spencer Cox earlier this week vetoed the measure, H.B. 11, that “[prohibits] a student…


Utah Governor Vetoes Ban on Transgender Children in Girls’ Sports in Schools

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on March 22 vetoed a bill that would ban transgender students from participating in girls’ sports in public schools, coming a day after Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a similar bill in his state. In response, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson said they have the two-thirds majority…


Online Influencers Spreading Transgenderism to Thousands of Young Americans, Experts Say

“Epidemics of the mind” may be more challenging than ever to stop in an online world, experts say. Most mental illnesses are individual problems but others are contagious, according to Australian psychologist Dianna Kenny. These forms of self-destruction tend to spread by personal contact or by the distribution of information. “These things just take off….


Texas Appeals Court Blocks State From Investigating Families With Transgender Children for Child Abuse

A Texas appeals court reinstated an order that will block the state from investigating parents for child abuse if they facilitate gender-affirming procedures for their transgender children. The Texas Third Court of Appeals on March 21 granted an emergency motion to reinstate the temporary injunction, which it said is “necessary to maintain the status quo and…