Ethel Cain is a queen
And other good trans news. Woo!
Girls, Gays, Theys, & Allies,
What it do baby boo! It’s your trans friend, KB Brookins. I’m back at it with some good trans news. Let’s get into it!
Trans News: The Video
I chatted about this briefly last week, but it warrants re-stating: Michaela Coel and Pedro Pascal are on the right side of history!
After an anti-trans U.K. supreme court ruling, over 1300 British writers (including Coel) signed an open letter expressing solidarity with the trans community. Also, Pascal called J.K. Rowling a "heinous loser” because she dared to celebrate this ruling.
Let me get on my soapbox for a second & say this: stop supporting Harry Potter. Its founder — who gets money from all your book purchases, TV/movie streams, video game downloads/purchases, tickets to staged productions, visits t attractions that are Harry Potter-themed — is anti-trans! There are other similar books, games, movies, and other media you can consume instead. If you MUST hate-watch or whatever, p!r@te it so she doesn’t get more money to be more hateful. Don’t let nostalgia or allegiance to some fandom full of transphobes let you make decisions you’ll feel bad about anyway. Don’t put fantasy over real trans people.
You can do this, I promise. Now, onto the list!
Trans News: The List
Thailand's Public Health Ministry has allocated money to provide hormone therapy for 200,000 trans people. Amazing!
Texas Democratic Rep Jasmine Crockett played a game of “Trump or trans” — to expose how the Republicans are vilifying trans people while the Trump administration actively harms all Americans. Great work, Rep!
Transgender teens and allies crowd Maine’s State House to fight anti-trans bills.
Trans writer Jan Morris’ memoir, published 50 years ago, demolishes current anti-trans narratives.
Experts from multiple medical orgs condemned Trump's anti-trans report.
A federal judge has ruled that Trump’s anti-trans passport executive order is “likely unconstitutional.”
The NYT posted a piece on Milestones in the Trans Movement. Lord knows I am NOT the biggest fan of them, but read this — ideally without subscribing :)
The organizers of Trans+ History Week held a lovely in-person community event at London’s Canary Wharf.
Ethel Cain is now the first trans person to secure a top 10 album in the US. Congrats, queen!
Trans celebs slay the house down (boots) at the Met Gala.
That’s all the news I have for you this week. What did I miss? Is there any other good news you’d like to share? Let me know in the comments.
Till next time,
KB
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