Laverne Cox has made history as the first transgender Barbie for Mattel’s Tribute Collection. “I can’t wait for fans to find my doll on shelves and have the opportunity to add a Barbie doll modeled after a transgender person to …
English comedian Ricky Gervais drew criticism for making anti-transgender jokes in his new stand-up comedy special on Netflix called “SuperNature,” which debuted on May 24. Within hours of the release, Gervais received backlash for his graphic transphobic jokes, which Variety …
The Taliban has ordered all female Afghan TV presenters to cover their faces while on air. The order came from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked with enforcing the group’s rulings, and the Information and Culture Ministry, according to …
A Japanese court on May 19 ordered a Tokyo medical school to pay about ¥8.05 million ($62,500) in damages to 13 women for discriminating against them in entrance exams. The Tokyo District Court ruled that the women suffered emotional distress …
A federal judge on May 17 struck down a Tennessee law that required businesses and government buildings to post warning notices if they let transgender people use facilities that match their gender identity. Judge Aleta Trauger of the United States …
A federal judge in Illinois ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to secure a gender-affirming surgery for a transgender prison for the first time in history. Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel of the United States District Court for the Southern …
An heir to the Disney fortune publicly came out as transgender recently and said they should have done more to speak out against Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law. Roy Disney, the great-nephew of Walt Disney and the co-founder of …
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on April 6 vetoed a controversial bill that would ban transgender women and girls from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity from grades six up to college. Beshear vetoed Senate Bill 93 or …
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that “biological males should not be competing in female sporting events” on April 6 amid fallout from excluding trans people in banning conversion therapy. “Maybe that’s a controversial thing, but it just seems …
Britain will cancel plans for the global LGBT+ conference after more than 100 organizations pulled out over the government’s stance on conversion therapy for transgender people. Britain had been due to host Safe To Be Me, the first international LGBT+ …
