Sharron Davies: I Was an Olympic Swimmer, I Want Trans Women Banned From all Female Sports

according to ARTnews.Reynolds was most iconically known for his drag persona, Patina du Prey, who he created in the year 1989 — the same year he learned he had contracted HIV. His signature look was not popular in the world of drag at the time; he straddled the lines between masculinity and femininity by wearing makeup but, for example, not shaving his body hair.

Penguin Pride has recruited several established LGBTQ+ stars and fresh new talent to share the books that have “changed and shaped” them. 

Jiggly Caliente has shut down the trolls sending her hateful messages after it was announced she would be a judge on Drag Race Philippines.

Theresa May has called on Boris Johnson to ban trans ‘conversion therapy.’

Conservatives are once again losing their minds over Disney incorporating LGBTQIA+ representation.

Cara Delevingne is opening up about trans rights, women's rights and the importance of representation.In a new interview with British  for its August Pride Issue, the 29-year-old actress called on everyone to get involved regardless of whether they're part of the LGBTQ+ community.«Trans rights, women’s rights, they’re all human rights,» she said. «This isn’t about, ‘Oh, it’s not my job because I’m not part of the community.’ It’s all of our jobs to stand up for each other.»The star was among a slew of public figures interviewed for the Pride Issue.

KARACHI, Pakistan — Four years ago, Pakistan stepped to the forefront of transgender rights worldwide, enacting a law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people in schools, workplaces and public settings, and guarantees them the right to choose their gender on official documents. Pakistan, a nation known for religious conservatism that still outlaws same-sex relations, joined a small list of countries — only about a dozen at the time, according to the United Nations — with similar transgender protections written into law, raising hopes for a historic turn in the lives of people long forced to survive on society’s fringes.

Disney show is causing fury for some on social media.Baymax!, a spin-off series from the movie Big Hero 6, is out on Disney+ now. The scene in question was highlighted by conservative author and activist Christopher Rufo and it has since been viewed over six million times on Twitter.

Views expressed in The Advocate’s opinion articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the views of The Advocate or our parent company, Equal Pride.When the Supreme Court ruling on Roe V. Wade came down last Friday, I was gathered with other LGBTQ+ community members just outside of the Stonewall Inn to commemorate the groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument’s visitor center.

Metro.co.uk that she’s seen brilliant trans roles written into and then cut out of scripts after producers were left ‘timid’ over the decision to include them.‘Things are definitely getting better,’ she explained. ‘I think there are more roles for trans people out there and we’re creating our own stuff now which is good.

Wilson Chapman editorSpoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Bleep,” the sixth episode of “Queer as Folk,” now streaming on Peacock.The first two shows that bared the name “Queer as Folk” presented a fairly narrow view of what “queer” is. While Russell T.

This Pride Month, Queerty is highlighting global technology payments company Mastercard as the company expands a card feature that helps solve a very real problem worldwide. True Name®  empowers trans and non-binary people to display their preferred names (rather than deadnames) on credit, debit, and prepaid cards without the requirement of a legal name change.Mastercard continues to expand True Name® by adding issuing and fintech partners in North America and globally to help ensure cardholders worldwide can leverage their chosen name on their Mastercard cards and embrace who they truly are. Trans writer Niko Stratis (pictured above) celebrates the initiative (and company) with examples drawn from the everyday life of trans people everywhere.When trans people can’t have their proper name printed on something as simple as a debit card, it creates a constant reminder of a life that’s inauthentic.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTrailblazing trans actor Hari Nef will headline “Lina’s Song,” a new scripted podcast from executive producer Mark Duplass, set in the ’80s punk scene of East Berlin.“Lina’s Song” is set to premiere on Spotify and Apple Podcasts on Aug. 19.

In a massive step for trans rights, Spain has approved a new LGBTQ+ inclusive bill that allows trans youth to change their gender via self-identification.

backed by the science on the matter. The linked Republican National Committee tweet says that Levine was talking about “reassignment surgery” even though she doesn’t mention surgery in the clip and gender affirming surgery is not performed on minors.Related: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Democrats “want to turn your kids gay”“I’m calling for the impeachment of Dr.

Drag Race star Trinity the Tuck updated fans on her gender identity in a new social media post. 

The decision of several global sporting bodies to ban transgender women from elite contests stems from “fearmongering” about gender minorities, said Marvel Studios’ first openly trans actor, Zach Barack.

When an elderly relative passed away, Sanjibani Sudha, a 26-year-old banker, was not permitted by her family to attend the funeral because she is a transgender woman.

Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley slammed FINA and their recent ban on transgender athletes. 

Piers Morgan has slammed Tom Daley for his comments about transgender athletes after a trans woman, 29, beat a 13-year-old girl in a skateboarding contest.Ricci Tres, who was born male but who now identifies as a woman, finished first ahead of previous winner Shiloh Catori in the women's field of the Boardr Open in New York over the weekend.Reacting to the news on Twitter, Morgan sarcastically wrote: "Tom Daley’s furious that this isn’t happening more…" Daley had addressed the recent decision by FINA - the governing body for international water sports - to ban transgender athletes at the British LGBT Awards on Friday (June 24).READ MORE: Transgender and non-binary footballers to choose between men's or women's in GermanyHe said: "I was furious. You know, like most queer people, anyone that's told they can't compete or can't do something they love just because of who they are, it's not on."It's something I feel really strongly about.

Boris Johnson has indicated that he supports FINA’s move to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.

Elliot Page is discussing the way in which “The Umbrella Academy” approached his character’s transition in the new season. 

A new analysis has found that in areas with high Republican support—particularly those that have supported the current wave of anti-trans laws—the search volume for transgender porn is also exceptionally high.The analysis comes from Lawsuit.org, who researched Google search trend data between June 1 to 19, 2022, segmented the search volume results by metro area, and compared this to voting patterns during the 2020 election and public opinion polls on LGBTQ+ rights.According to Ahrefs.com, there are 4.7 million searches for trans-related porn each month. Lawsuit.org found that the top twenty states in the nation with the highest volume of searches for trans porn were all (except 5) red states in 2020.

here."Because we got to spend more time with Jules, we got a little bit more insight, as to how she feels about like her trans-ness and her gender, and just gender as a whole," she said in an interview with Collider. "I really like her approaching it from an emotional and philosophical standpoint, rather than something political or binary, like the gender binaries of political constructs.

appearing on the reality TV show Queer Eye, she said she was “built like a fridge” and struggled with presenting herself as a proud young trans woman.While the show’s Fab 5 crew gave Flores a stunning makeover, the challenges facing trans kids will take more than just community support, Flores says, especially as more states pass laws to ban LGBTQ content from classrooms and keep trans students off of the sports field.In order to support queer youth, we have to shift towards compassion and listening to what young people need in their personal journeys.“We ask the wrong questions,” Flores said. “We spend our childhoods being asked what we will do, what path we’ll take.

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To T or Not To T, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, a Los Angeles suburb, just in time for Pride. The show opens Saturday as part of the Center Theatre Group’s Block Party 2022 series and runs through July 10.To T or Not to T is D’Lo’s intimate reflection on “T and transitioning,” T being testosterone.

podcasts, including ‘Like Minded Friends’, an unscripted natter with friend and fellow queer comedian Tom Allen which she describes as ‘a mess’.“Our podcast is a moment of peace where you just hear chit-chat. And it’s important to us that it’s openly queer chit-chat,” Ruffell adds.Ruffell has been in stand-up comedy for over a decade, with her profile rising after the launch of her Amazon Prime special in May 2022.There is a strong tradition of gay men in British comedy, but the same can’t always be said for the rest of the queer community.

The world governing body for competitive swimming, FINA, has banned most trans female athletes from participating in elite levels of competition. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland, the organization announced June 19 that it would institute the new policy the following day, June 20.

Netflix announced that the 35-year-old actor’s character, Viktor Hargreeves, would use he/him pronouns in the third season of the superhero series, which premieres Wednesday. The Oscar-nominated “Juno” star stopped by “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Tuesday to talk more about how the decision for the character to come out as transgender came to be. They said “Umbrella Academy” showrunner Steve Blackman was “really excited” to incorporate Page’s identity into the show.

The Umbrella Academy” Season 3, as Elliot Page’s character – formerly known as Vanya – comes out as transgender and introduces himself as Viktor in the season’s second episode.The transition is handled delicately and sweetly, and connects to a major plot thread from Season 2 that carries over into the newly released third season on Netflix. In Season 2, Viktor struck up a relationship with Sissy (Marin Ireland) who was married to another man.

The NSW Government will provide $2.3 million to support trans and gender-diverse communities as part of the 2022-23 NSW Budget.According to the NSW Health Ministry, the $2.3 million includes $1.3 million for ACON’s new Trans Mental Health and Wellbeing service, which will provide trans women, trans men and non-binary people with up to 12 counselling sessions, free of charge. $725,400 will go to expand youth counselling service, Twenty10’s counselling and support programs for trans and gender-diverse youth and their carers, and $300,000 will go to Equality Australia in order to develop leadership in trans and gender-diverse communities.“This funding boost will enable ACON, Equality Australia and Twenty10 to respond to the needs of the trans and gender diverse community and ensure access to safe, inclusive and responsive services.”Independent Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich welcomed the initiative saying, “The NSW LGBTIQ+ Health Strategy identified significant poor health and mental health across all LGBTIQ+ communities as a result of stigma, discrimination and social isolation.“Outcomes for trans and gender diverse people were found to be the worst with shocking rates of attempted self-harm and suicide, with the strategy identifying this cohort for priority action.“I strongly welcome the NSW Government’s support for our state’s trans and gender diverse communities through the funding of key and targeted services to support and promote their health and well-being.”ACON CEO Nicolas Parkhill noted that the funding “would help ACON establish a tailored service that will deliver safe, inclusive, and affirming counselling and mental health peer support services to trans people (binary and non-binary).”In addition to health

Elliot Page returns to the small screen for the first time since he came out as transgender with the debut of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy.In a rather unprecedented move, his show responded to the transition by announcing Page's character Vanya Hargreeves will also transition on the show, to Viktor Hargreeves in Season 3, which debuts on June 22.Page, 35, opened up about his transition on Tuesday's episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, adding his life has, 'improved drastically.' Transgender:Elliot Page returns to the small screen for the first time since he came out as transgender with the debut of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy Character transition:In a rather unprecedented move, his show responded to the transition by announcing Page's character Vanya Hargreeves will also transition on the show, to Viktor Hargreeves in Season 3, which debuts on June 22Page came out as trans in December 2020, and it was revealed in March 2022 that his Umbrella Academy character will transition as well.When asked if he got to speak with the writers, Page said that The Vampire Academy co-creator/showrunner Steve Blackman is, 'incredible' and 'such a wonderful person.' 'When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,' he told Meyers.

transgender daughter has petitioned to change her name to fit her gender identity.In the request, she also wrote that she wanted the name change because “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” Reuters reports.The request was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica back in April. Only recently has it made the news, with several media reports about the request being published.The petition, reported first by TMZ, looks to legally change her gender to female as well as her name on a new birth certificate.Her mother is author Justine Musk.

This family feud is really beginning to show!

Drawing a line in the sand!

while other athletes also criticised the decision to allow Thomas to compete.A statement from FINA has now stated that transgender athletes will be able to compete only if ‘they can establish to FINA’s comfortable satisfaction that they have not experienced any part of male puberty beyond Tanner Stage 2 (of puberty) or before age 12, whichever is later’.FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said: ‘We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions.‘FINA will always welcome every athlete. The creation of an open category will mean that everybody has the opportunity to compete at an elite level.

Musk's child has petitioned for a new name and birth certificate through the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica. The documents filed in April, found on plainsite.org, state that Musk's child no longer wants to "live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."This revelation about Musk's home life may shock some as he's previously joked about gender identity and even tweeted, "Pronouns suck."Musk's child, named Xavier Alexander Musk at birth, recently turned 18 and has asked the California court to change their name and gender recognition from male to female.

After a monthslong delay, a bill that decriminalizes loitering for adults with the intent to engage in sex work is being sent this week to Governor Gavin Newsom to sign into law. Such criminal codes have been referred to as "walking while trans" laws due to police using them to arrest transgender women who engage in prostitution in order to make a living.Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) told the Bay Area Reporter that he would make a motion Monday, June 20, to enroll Senate Bill 357, which he authored, and send it to Newsom's desk for his signature.

A transgender, nonbinary House candidate and a lesbian state Senate candidate have both survived their California primary races and are advancing to the fall general election. The Democratic duo had been trailing in third place in their respective Los Angeles County contests following the initial vote counts from the June 7 election.But after days of additional ballots being tabulated, the pair leapfrogged into second place last week.

Caitlyn Jenner has backed a controversial new bill which has banned transgender women competing against cisgender women in swimming races.The new policy was announced by swimming governing body FINA.The new rules will mean that transgender women can only compete in women's races if they have completed their transition by the age of 12.Following the announcement on Sunday, Caitlyn Jenner - who famously transitioned in 2015 - tweeted: "it worked! I took a lot of heat - but what’s fair is fair! If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females. Period."The former Keeping up With the Kardashians star first rose to fame after competing at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

Dean McDermott is speaking out loud and proud!

Twitter after FINA, the sport's world governing body, announced that transgender women would not be allowed in major women's races as of Monday, June 20."It worked! I took a lot of heat—but what's fair is fair!" Jenner tweeted on June 19."If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females. Period."It worked! I took a lot of heat - but what’s fair is fair! If you go through male puberty you should not be able to take medals away from females.

Members of FINA, swimming's world governing body, voted on Sunday to adopt a new policy—effective Monday, June 20—that bars transgender women from competing in women's events if they have experienced any part of male puberty.Under the policy, only swimmers who transitioned before the age of 12 will be permitted to compete in women's events.Sharron Davies, a former British Olympic swimmer, praised FINA's move."I can't tell you how proud I am of my sport @fina & @fina_president for doing the science, asking the athletes/coaches and standing up for fair sport for females," Davies wrote on Twitter. "Swimming will always welcome everyone no matter how you identify but fairness is the cornerstone of sport."I can’t tell you how proud I am of my sport @fina & @fina_president for doing the science, asking the athletes/coaches and standing up for fair sport for females.

"I'm afraid that is not acceptable in a world where we don't believe in sex discrimination", she told Sportsmail.The new policy comes following a Congress meeting with the Extraordinary General Congress where members heard a report from a transgender task force.Among those to speak at Congress included American Summer Sanders and Australia's current Olympic champion Cate Campbell.The finalised rule states that any trans athlete must have completed their transition by the age of 12.

A new study revealed that the majority of Britons are supportive of trans equality.

US Football star Megan Rapinoe slammed conservative lawmakers over the numerous anti-trans bills sweeping the US.

LGBTQ+ rights advocates and allies have been so inundated with threats during Pride Month that they have been forced to cancel events and involve local law enforcement authorities after a group of white nationalists were arrested outside a Pride event in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.