➡️ In our latest cover feature, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis talks to The Advocate about leaving the CDC under the Trump administration and calling out RFK Jr. "I feel bad for my people who are inside the CDC," he says. "The CDC is now a weapon. That is why I left. The weaponization of public health is happening, and I am not crying wolf."
Over the past year, I've experienced a heightened sense of fear and instability as a transgender man living in an increasingly hostile political climate. Policies, rhetoric, and public discourse have contributed to real-world consequences for my safety and well-being. My husband and I ultimately made the difficult decision to leave my home state of West Virginia because it no longer felt safe for me to live openly and securely there.
In the column, OFI stated that it - alongside SNP national equalities convener Sadie Matthews - moved a resolution at the SNP's policy-making body, the National Council, earlier this month rejecting the Equality and Human Rights Commission's controversial proposals on access single-sex spaces made following the UK Supreme Court ruling in April, which decided the definition of 'sex' for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act refers to "biological sex" only.
The new section, which is currently only present on Google's Hindi support pages, reads: "If you'd like, you can change your Google Account email address that ends in gmail.com to a new email address that ends in gmail.com." When users change their email address, the old handle will reportedly become an 'alias' address, meaning that emails sent to the old address will automatically forward to the new one.
We're here to discuss two bills coming up, HR 498 and HR 3492, Mitchell said. The two bills, introduced this week for a planned vote on Wednesday, both targeted gender-affirming healthcare for children the first time Congress has voted over national care bans and a major escalation of anti-trans rhetoric from conservative US lawmakers.
Vivian Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged daughter, responded after Musk and Gavin Newsom got into an online spat over trans rights. It started when America, a PAC founded by Elon Musk, shared a clip from a recent interview of Newsom's with the New York Times, where he said, "I want to see trans kids. I have a trans godson. There's no governor who has signed more pro-trans legislation than I have. No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community."
In Japan, legal frameworks concerning sexual minorities, including transgender individuals, are insufficient, and societal discussions have not progressed. Without a clear vision for promoting understanding, gaining the understanding of students and parents requires a certain amount of time and careful dialogue.
Oklahoma University has placed a trans graduate instructor on leave after a student received a zero on a rambling essay that didn't follow instructions, called trans people demonic, and claimed gender roles are Biblically ordained and it's quickly become a flashpoint for right-wing media. Meanwhile, we explore the rising numbers of LGBTQ+ people planning an escape route from America in Trump's second term, and check in with the trans National Guard employee suing Trump over bathroom bans.
I resigned this spring as a Democratic district leader in Westchester. I had to, since my husband and I made the unusual decision to return to the city long before our kids fled the nestthe local schools weren't safe for our trans 11-year-old. But, more importantly, I resigned because I am as disappointed in the Democratic Party as I am disillusioned by our experience in a solidly blue suburb.