Honduran transgender woman freed after a year in US detention

●TRUMP’S AMERICA
‘was detained in a US immigration facility for seven months despite being granted asylum has been released after a legal challenge.’

Nicole García Aguilar was granted asylum in October but was held another seven months while Ice appealed

Ontario’s decision to repeal the sex-ed curriculum doesn’t violate transgender girl’s rights, tribunal rules

●CANADA
‘The Ontario government’s decision to repeal a modernized sex-ed curriculum does not violate a transgender girl’s rights, the province’s human rights tribunal decided Thursday.’

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed the argument that the government was discriminating against the 11-year-old sixth-grader by not including mandatory lessons on gender identity in the curriculum at the time she filed the complaint

Transgender woman Colleen Young's dream of being who she wanted was her secret for more than 80 years - ABC Life

●COMING OUT STORY
“Her father would clip her on the ear when she tried to speak to him about wanting to be a girl. It would send her up into a tree in the front yard where she would put on the girls' shoes she had crafted from a pair of rubber wellies.”

Colleen Young's secret to live life as a woman was hers for 82 years. In the end she only had four years to enjoy it.

'My fate is sealed,' Kitsap transgender submariner says of new administration policy

●USA
‘She said that living and not being herself came at great expense to her health — sleep became difficult, anxieties rose, depression set in. A medical officer aboard the Seawolf determined she was unfit for duty and reassigned her to the Naval Submarine Support Command (NSSC). She ended up at Naval Hospital Bremerton in a temporary help position, unable to be deployed on her former boat.

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Ana Reckamp, a former sailor aboard the USS Seawolf, is among some 14,700 people in the military who identify as transgender.

Transgender man receives $93,000 healthcare bill after suicide attempt

●WOW!😲😮😲😮
‘A transgender man has received an enormous bill of $93,000 for eight nights spent in a medical centre after a suicide attempt.’
YET, AMERICANS ARGUE THAT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE IS BAD/'SOCIALIST'! THANK GOODNESS FOR NHS IN THE UK! FREE AT THE POINT OF USE! SAD!😢

"This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide in the US.”

Idaho transgender woman's surgery stalled pending 9th Circuit decision - Metro Weekly

●USA
‘Lawyers for Adree Edmo hope the 9th Circuit will find denying her surgery violates her Eighth Amendment rights..’

Idaho transgender inmate Adree Edmo will have to wait for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on whether she can receive gender confirmation surgery.

This failed GOP candidate said Pete Buttigieg & the ‘gay mafia’ want ‘a homo-ocracy’

●OOOoooooooKAYYYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯🤪🤪🤪
‘Failed Republican politician and minister E.W. Jackson said that out Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg would turn America into a “homo-ocracy.”’

The pastor-turned-politician went off the rails talking about Pete Buttigieg kissing his husband...

Charlize Theron reveals her daughter is trans and she fully supports her

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'I have two beautiful daughters who, just like any parent, I want to protect and I want to see thrive.'

Hollywood megastar Charlize Theron revealed her daughter revealed her gender identity at age three and has been living in her true gender ever since

Funds for beaten trans woman reach US$7,000

●UPDATE ON THIS STORY
‘A go fund me campaign launched for Muhlaysia Booker, who was brutally beaten by several men last week, has nearly reached its US$7,500 target.’

A man was reportedly paid US$200 to attack her

My Transgender Friend - SOUL FORGE PODCAST 97 | The ESO Network

●PODCAST
‘Crystal shares her story in an unflinching and brave manner. We learn about hormone blockers, mental health, acceptance and gender re-assignment surgery.’

My transgender friend Crystal opens up about her life. Coming to terms with who you are as a person is often a difficult process. It can be even more difficult when you are a trans individual. This week, our story begins with In The Turn, a documentary about the Vagine Regime, the queer Roller Derby...