The first successful conviction of hate speech against trans people happened in New South Wales, Australia.

While the UK is too busy defending abusive cis men, Australia at least takes it a little more seriously.
It’s not perfect by any means, but it’s progress and I’m glad to see it.

Graham Linehan was found guilty of criminal damage for destroying a 17 year-old girl’s phone. However, he was cleared of the harassment charges despite clear evidence of his repeated pattern of transphobic and misogynistic behaviour.

In Aotearoa (New Zealand), the current right-wing government decided to harm kids by taking away the option for proper healthcare. In this case, specifically banning puberty pausers. Not for cis kids though, just trans kids because the harm & cruelty is the point.

Alberta implemented the American extremist playbook to harm trans kids.
Tabling Bill 9 using the notwithstanding clause to avoid having it be challenged in court as they know the harm they are causing while entrenching authoritarianism in the province.

Let’s check in on Australia and the current state for queer and trans rights.
And for the most part, it’s good news according to a 2025 poll.

While last week it was widely reported that current passports for US-based trans people may be in danger of being invalidated, a recent change in language on their FAQ now states that all passports will remain “valid for travel until their expiration date…”

For those who managed get a correct one.

On Thailand, there’s been a rise in tourism over the years. But with the recent rise in anti-trans rhetoric, and the fetishizing of trans people, its also lead to an increase in incidents like the one show in this video.

CW for discussions of violence against women with blurred video.

The corrupt SCOTUS thankfully rejects Kim Davis’ bid to overturn queer marriage equality.
As others have said: Get f**** Kim Davis!

I’ll be over here happier in my queer marriage than she’ll ever be ✌🏼

The SCOTUS decided to do trump’s bidding and is allowing the US administration to block gender marker changes on passports. This corrupt court would rather put a target on trans people’s backs than uphold the law and the constitution.

Between Zohran Mamdani winning while standing firmly by trans rights, and Erica Deuso becoming the first trans mayor of a town in Pennsylvania, it shows that there’s more decency out there than there’s hate.
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From @glamour.com featuring nine trans women for its women of the year award, to Joanne being big mad about it, and finally to the EHRC backtracking on its segregatory efforts in the UK.

A few things have happened in the UK, so let’s talk about it.

One of the candidates for Ensemble Montréal, a journalist by the name of Leslie Jones, wrote an entire opinion piece in the National Post this last summer that oozed contempt for the queer community. Being especially transphobic in its framing and talking points.