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“Happy Pride”: Sarah McBride Has Perfect Response to Nancy Mace Loss

Representatives Sarah McBride and Nancy Mace have spent years trading barbs due to the South Carolina lawmaker’s numerous attacks on the transgender community. But on Tuesday, after Mace lost the state’s gubernatorial Republican primary race, McBride kept her comments short and sweet.

“Congress’s top bathroom sheriff, Nancy Mace, was on the ballot,” McBride commented to Axios. “And while all of…

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MAGA Group Runs Horrific AI-Generated Ad Attacking James Talarico

With high gas prices caused by an unnecessary war in the Middle East and a floundering economy, the GOP seems to realize they aren’t going to win the midterm elections on policy issues. Instead, they’re pivoting to the most distasteful plan B possible.

A new ad released Tuesday by the dark money organization Citizens for Sanity depicts the Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico wearing a…

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Maine Republican running for governor cites Noah’s Ark tale as proof trans kids don’t exist

A Republican running for governor in Maine compared transgender youth to children who consider those who identify as animals.

Bobby Charles, in an interview with Christian Civic League of Maine leader Nick Adolphsen, offered a condescending view of LGBTQ+ students, comparing gender dysphoria to phobias and what he characterized as other mental health conditions.

“You've got kids now that…

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Chris Minns Slammed In Parliament Over His ‘Biological Differences’ Comments

NSW Greens spokesperson Dr Amanda Cohn has slammed Premier Chris Minns in state parliament this week, regarding his earlier comments asserting “biological differences” must be “reflected in the law”. “While ...

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Trans Derangement Syndrome (TDR) and the Anatomy of Anti-Trans Sentiment

Abstract This paper explores the emergence of what may be described as “Trans Derangement Syndrome” (“TDR”), a rhetorical and sociological framework used to describe the social contagion of obsessive anti-trans fixation, moral panic, and identity-threat responses surrounding transgender people in contemporary public discourse. Originating as a term coined by journalists and trans rights…

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‘Extremely Concerning’: Chris Minns Slammed Over Trump-Like ‘Biological Differences’ Comments

In the wake of last week’s Tickle v Giggle for Girls appeal result, NSW Premier Chris Minns has become the latest Australian politician to suggest anti-transgender rhetoric should be reflected ...

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Trump Targets Smith College as His Anti-Trans Agenda Ramps Up

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education is targeting Smith College for accepting transgender women.

The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights announced Monday that it would investigate Smith College for allowing “biological males into women’s intimate spaces” in violation of Title IX, the landmark 1972 law banning sex discrimination that the Trump administration has used to rampantly…

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Complaint submitted over bias in parliamentary conversion practice briefings

We have submitted a formal complaint to the House of Commons Library regarding briefing CBP 9972 and related materials on conversion practices. Parliamentary briefings are expected to provide MPs with clear, impartial, and well-sourced information. In its current form, this briefing does not meet that standard. It relies heavily on gender-critical organisations as sources of […]

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Puerto Rico Senate leader attacks trans Miss Universe beauty pageant contestant

A transgender contestant in the 2026 Miss Universe Puerto Rico competition has faced online hate over her participation, including from elected officials.

Gabriel Rodríguez Velázquez will represent the municipality of Cidra in the 2026 Miss Universe Puerto Rico pageant on June 25, making her the second out trans woman to ever enter the competition. In 2023, Daniela Arroyo Gonzalez made…

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Trans Women In Sport Aren’t The Enemy – Anti-Trans Attacks Show Who The Real Enemy Is

Trans women competing in sports—is it fair or is it unfair? It’s the question consuming parliamentary time and millions in taxpayer funding across Australia and globally. Yet while governments legislate ...

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Sex Matters latest campaign is misleading MPs: Let’s tell them!

A new campaign from Sex Matters claims that, after For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers, the law is “clear” and organisations must base single-sex services solely on “biological sex”. That is not an accurate statement of the law. The High Court in Good Law Project Ltd v Equality and Human Rights Commission confirmed that […]

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EHRC FOI disclosure raises questions over engagement (again)

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says it is working to rebuild trust and engage widely with civil society. The material disclosed through this FOI request presents a more uneven picture of how that engagement is being carried out in practice. The response confirms that the EHRC held information relating to a meeting between […]

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We’ve asked the EHRC to investigate Sex Matters

We’ve submitted a formal complaint to the EHRC asking them to investigate Sex Matters for sustained conduct that appears to amount to harassment and discrimination against trans people. This is about their repeated messaging that frames a protected group as inherently deviant, predatory, or dangerous, while persistently denying their identity. Sex Matters has an unjustifiable […]

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