r/transgender

MeUndies has decided that it's a great idea to collaborate with JK Rowling. I'm sad because they've been my underwear company for 10+ years and have always had a great Pride collection and positioned themselves as LGBTQ+ friendly. I wrote them about my disappointment and received the following response:

We hear you, and we understand why this collaboration feels inconsistent with the support you expect from MeUndies, especially given our history of supporting the LGBTQIA+ community.

We want to state clearly and without hesitation; we support trans people and believe they deserve dignity, respect, and equality.

We chose to collaborate with the Harry Potter collection because many of our customers loved the stories. That decision was entirely ours. We recognize that celebrating the stories does not resolve your concerns about our decision to license the collection.

We value the trust you've placed in MeUndies, and we understand that this decision has cost us your trust and your business. Thank you for being direct with us about why this matters to you.​

“A Vancouver punk band that was set to play in Charlottetown this past weekend cancelled its show after a transgender band member was stopped from using the women's washroom at the venue.

“Rougaroux was in Prince Edward Island as part of a cross-country tour and had a show planned at the Sportsman's Club.”

“CBC News spoke with someone who identified themselves as the manager of Sportsman's Club. They didn't provide their name but said the business tries to accommodate transgender people. They said that doesn't include access to washrooms and the venue does not have gender-neutral facilities.”

“Four transgender children from lower-income families in New Hampshire filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging a new Medicaid rule that will soon block coverage for the gender-affirming medication their doctors view as medically necessary.

“The patients — who are 11, 13, 15, and 15 years old — and their parents are represented by a coalition of advocacy groups. They allege the Trump administration violated their constitutional rights and broke the law by adopting an arbitrary policy for political reasons.

“This lawsuit isn’t the first to dispute the Medicaid rule change, which goes into effect on Oct. 13. A coalition of more than a dozen states, including Massachusetts, filed suit last month, accusing the federal government of illegally usurping state authority in administering the health programs that insure more than 73 million Americans.

“But while many Democrat-led states have explored ways to counteract the impacts of this Medicaid change, there has been no evidence of comparable conversations underway in New Hampshire, where Republicans hold a trifecta in state government, said Chris Erchull, senior staff attorney for GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders.”

“New Hampshire is the only state in New England that has banned puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors. The only kids allowed to undergo such gender-affirming treatments in the state are those who began doing so prior to Jan. 1, 2026.”

“The plaintiffs — who are represented by GLAD Law, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire — are asking the judge to block enforcement, invalidate the final rule in its entirety, and issue a declaratory judgment finding that the rule was “motivated by discriminator animus against transgender individuals” in violation of the US Constitution.”

This seems to have flown under the radar and no news outlets have reported on it yet. But according to their recent Board of Directors report, the Colorado Medical Society, which is the state’s largest medical association, has voted to officially oppose initiative 110/135, which would ban gender affirming surgery for minors, saying these decisions should remain between patients, families and doctors!

Hopefully a news outlet will pick this up soon since people really should know this!

“Social media posts on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — some of them more than a decade old — are a key part of the state’s defense to maintain a law that bars transgender Kansans from having driver’s licenses or using facilities associated with their identity.

“This strategy includes requests by the state to allow for exhibits of social media posts to show the faces of plaintiffs under pseudonyms.”

“Attorney General Kris Kobach is leading the state’s defense with the goal of asserting that the five plaintiffs in the case haven’t faced any harm. One avenue is poking holes at the plaintiffs’ assertions that the law effectively outs their status by bringing up social media posts.

“Kobach’s cross-examination of Dakota West, an intersex woman who previously lived in Reno County, provided a clear example of the strategy.”

“Kobach asked if she’s concerned about being outed as intersex, ‘Why would you post something that’s had 2 million views?’”

“The other four plaintiffs don’t list themselves as public figures as West has. The plaintiffs testified that while their posts identify their status, they choose not to do so in their daily lives at work or school.”

“Three of the five plaintiffs are under pseudonyms. While the court agreed to keep their names private, the state is seeking to reveal their faces.”

“‘Our plaintiffs’ primary harm in this case is being forcibly outed against their will,’ [American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney Harper] Seldin said.

“‘This is again a continuation of the state’s campaign to intimidate transgender Kansans who are trying to advocate for their freedoms without incurring the very harms that taking away those freedoms causes them.’”