A judge in the US has denied two trans people the right to change their name to fit with their transitions, ruling that they were appealing to change for fraudulent purposes.

Oklahoma District Judge, Bill Graves, has denied the name change in two cases - one in August, and one last year, NewsOK reported.

( Article here. )

Found this on SF Drama but thought wow, it reeeally doesn't belong over there, it belongs over here.

A 7-year-old trans girl (who the article really must stop calling a boy if she in fact indentifies as a girl) wanted to join the Girl Scouts and the Girl Scouts decided that nope, can't let ya do that, Starfox. Their reasoning was that she "has boy ( Read more... )

Really, moving can't happen to soon, because Texas has lost its damned mind.

Two years after Texas became one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back the clock.
( The Rest of the Article. )

..... while a group of young, able bodied men stand around and do nothing except laugh and film.

Warning: Not safe for life.
I don't even know what to say. Watching the video was difficult and left me with a complete feeling of emptiness.

Article: McDonald's Employee Took Credit For Filming Brutal Beating In Baltimore Fast Food Joint...

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I don't have the words to explain how upset this makes me so I'm just going to leave a section here and a link.

( Tran Woman Brutally Assaulted at Kohls while people watched )

After some consideration I've written an additional rule into the comm info ( Read more... )

Across the internet pond at Dreamwidth resides a comics community called Scans Daily. There, members share panels or pages from comics they like or hate for discussion. It's nice, friendly, and good times are usually had.

Usually. Because every once in a while, someone will say something like this:

I'm no expert in these matters, but the few male-to ( Read more... )

IOC Wants Gender Testing for 'Ambiguous' Athletes

Elite athletes like South African runner Semenya, who identifies as female but exhibits "male characteristics," soon may have to undergo gender testing and even treatment at special Olympic centers before they can compete. The International Olympic Committee wants to establish the centers to deal ( Read more... )

So the alleged LGBT (I'm questioning their use of that T) site Bilerico decided it wanted to "encourage dialogue" about transgender issues. "How did they encourage said dialogue" you ask? By having a cis gay man post an article telling trans folk that they are deluded, the idea of transgender individuals existing is "silly" and that SRS is ( Read more... )