LGBT+ News and Discussions

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ICE Deletes Rape Protection for Trans Immigrants

The agency this month altered more contracts with private prison companies to remove care and protection measures it took advocates years to win.

January 14, 2026

The Trump regime is erasing the scant protections in place for transgender people in immigration prison, including safeguards against rape, a review of new contract modifications between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and private prison companies shows.

https://prospect.org/2026/01/14/ice-tru ... mmigrants/

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The Economist/YouGov poll also asked people whether they thought that “society has gone too far/been about right/not gone far enough in accepting people who are transgender.” 44% thought society has gone “too far” while 30% said that society “has not gone far enough.” Men, people over 45, and Republican voters were all more likely to say that society has gone “too far.”

*sighs* People suck...

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Half of trans people* pay for gender affirming surgery themselves

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01- ... rming.html

*in Norway

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Uganda court dismisses first case under harsh anti-gay law

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-wor ... i-gay-law/

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After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have proliferated online

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tumbler- ... -9.7085078

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European Parliament Backs Non-Binding Resolution Recognising Trans Women in EU Gender Equality Priorities

https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/02/13/e ... riorities/

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A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
https://bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-legislation/

Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

Apparently, ass-kissing is found to be "non-sexual". UNLESS IT'S IN A BOOK!!

Following this week’s State of the Union Address, House Republicans worked quickly to advance legislation to ban books from public schools nationwide. House Resolution 7661 (H.R. 7661), also known as the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act” would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by prohibiting use of funds under the act “to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes.” The bill was introduced by House Representative Mary Miller (Republican, Illinois). 17 additional Representatives cosigned it.

H.R. 7661 is an anti-trans bill, and tucked within its provisions are those that ban books for those under 18 that “include sexually oriented material.” This is the same vague language used in numerous states across the U.S. to ban books from public schools and public libraries. This bill includes “lewd” and “lascivious” dancing as prohibited topics or themes. No such books for young readers exist, but facts don’t matter to a regime seeking total and complete control.

The bill goes on to further define “sexually oriented material” as anything broaching the topics of “gender dysphoria or transgenderism.” The latter is an intentionally harmful word used as a cudgel to harm trans people. Such a broad definition also ensures that this kind of bill could be applicable in any situation where it would benefit the banners. It isn’t a stretch to see a bill like this used to outright ban all books by or about LGBTQ+ people under the guise of it being “sexually oriented.”

Though this legislation would apply to institutions using funds from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, there’s little question that it would expand to include all public libraries, not just those in public schools. We’ve already seen this very thing play out across the country.

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NyanSox
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kansas invalidated my drivers license and birth certificate for my birthday… (my bday is tomorrow

More on that:

Kansas Revoked Transgender People’s IDs Overnight – Researchers Anticipate Cascading Health and Social Consequences
By Jae A. Puckett, L. Zachary DuBois, and Noelle Martin
March 1, 2026

Introduction:

(The Conversation) The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp increases since 2021 and with each consecutive year. Kansas dealt the most radical blow yet on Feb. 26, 2026, as a law that immediately invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses, identification cards and birth certificates for holders whose gender marker does not match their sex assigned at birth took effect overnight.

This new law, called the House Substitute for Senate Bill 244, passed after legislators overrode the governor’s veto to rush it through legislation.

There is no grace period for this law, meaning trans and nonbinary people will have immediately invalid documents putting them at risk of a US$1,000 fine and up to six months in jail for driving with an invalid license. The law also restricts bathroom use to assigned sex at birth, and it allows citizens to sue transgender people for up to $1,000 for not complying.

While 21 states have passed similar bathroom restrictions, Kansas is the first to invalidate state-issued identification documents that were legally obtained.

We are researchers who study how marginalization and resilience affect the lives of trans and nonbinary people. Our work has documented how lack of access to accurate and affirming identification documents affects the health and well-being of this community.
By mandating the use of birth-assigned sex on identity documen

Read more here: https://theconversation.com/kansas-rev ... es-277052

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South Korea approves creating a trans rights foundation after two-year row

https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/05/ ... oundation/

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Senegalese MPs vote to double jail terms for same-sex relations

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260312-s ... -relations

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More on that by Euractiv:

https://www.euractiv.com/news/gender-ch ... urt-rules/

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More on that by Glenside Local:

https://glensidelocal.com/pa-house-codi ... he-senate/