From hospital subpoenas to funding threats to suing the organization that advocates for trans healthcare—the parallels to the Red Scare are clear. Ted Eytan // Flickr Between the 1940s and 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator Joseph McCarthy's investigations targeted Americans for their beliefs, their associations, and their speech. The mechanism was not primarily criminal prosecution—it was investigation, subpoena, and the threat of institutional des

The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care. Judge Carl Folsom III [Photo Credit: Linkedin] This weekend, a Kansas judge issued a scathing 117-page rebuke of the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth—and in doing so, methodically dismantled the case against that care. In his ruling, Judge Carl Folsom III worked through the testimony of the state's witnesses one by one, finding that its anti-transgender..

The time, energy and money spent protecting the definition of “woman” would be better spent advocating for the vital and crumbling network of organisations that actually protect women, says Herald columnist Marissa MacWhirter Police speak with a protester at a For Women Scotland demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament (Image: Jane Barlow/PA) Scotland doesn’t care about women. The thought travels like heat along a fuse, exploding in a burst of sparks like a firecracker i

The benefits, which are set to expire on November 1st due to the government shutdown, will lead to millions of people struggling to secure access to food. This morning, news broke that the Trump administration will not use emergency funds to pay out SNAP benefits to the millions of Americans who rely on them starting November 1. The benefits are set to expire as the government shutdown drags on, with Democrats and Republicans at an impasse over a series of funding bills for F

One congressman called them a blow in the “right-wing culture war to target the transgender community.” Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash Six anti-trans amendments were added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday, Sept. 10, during a Congressional debate over the routine greenlighting of the defense budget. Seventeen Democrats voted to advance the bill despite this. The provisions include two all-ages health insurance restrictions for trans servic

An ultra-conservative anti-abortion lawyer has threatened a GP practice in Brighton with legal action, risking further restrictions on healthcare for young trans people. (c) Good Law Project Last year, Taylor* was in a dark place. With his thirteenth birthday on the horizon, he says he “didn’t want to go outside”, because he felt he “was getting more feminine”. Taylor first told his mum he was a boy when he was two. This remained consistent, so he was referred to NHS gender s