Keira Knightley said she “was not aware” of the call for a Harry Potter boycott over J.K.Rowling’s anti-trans statements prior to her joining the voice cast for Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions. In an interview with Decider, the interviewer noted that the actress is voicing Professor Umbridge for …
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After Emma Watson offered a thoughtful and nuanced account of her relationship with J.K. Rowling in light of the Harry Potter creator’s anti-trans stances, Rowling responded by lambasting the actress as “ignorant.” During a recent podcast appearance, Watson described how she’s still able to value Rowling as a person, and …
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President Donald Trump‘s executive order banning transgender people from military service was blocked by a federal judge on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes issued a preliminary injunction allowing trans members to continue serving in the military, ruling that the new policy violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause. “Indeed, …
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Republicans in Washington have vowed to cut off medical treatment for most trans Americans — and may try to do so next year once Donald Trump takes over. Democrats in Congress can likely stop it from happening if they stand together and hold the line, but it’s unclear if they …
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The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee’s ban on access to gender-affirming medical treatments for adolescents after hearing oral arguments on Wednesday, and right-wing activists are celebrating by vowing to completely stamp out America’s transgender community. Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, became the first …
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In the wake of the election, some have said that Democrats need to talk less about transgender people. That’s exactly wrong: they, and we, need to talk more — more about real trans lives, real science, and real values, and less about disinformation and lies. Thanks to nearly $250 billion …
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I n early March of last year, Casey was nearly done with her opening shift at a McDonald’s in DeLand, Florida, when she saw an alert pop up on her screen. It was a text from a friend with reports of a new proposed state law, an early draft of …
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The YouTube impresario and philanthropist MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, is not known for being outspoken about his political views. But when it comes to his best friend and collaborator Ava Kris Tyson, Donaldson has made it clear he will not tolerate right-wing transphobes going after his friend. On June 22, …
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging the legality of state-level bans on access to gender-affirming care for minors. The case, which will not be argued before the court until the fall, will have wide-reaching ramifications for the civil and medical freedoms of transgender individuals in the …
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