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.

CW: Assault on trans woman in Thailand

What starts out as a violent tourist assaulting a local trans woman in Thailand after he reportedly tried to rob her following services rendered. It ends with her friends, including trans women, defending her and dragging him to the cops.

Gavin Newsom tries the “I have a trans Godson, I can’t be transphobic” defence while claiming there’s no one better than him on queer issues (that’s been interviewed by KQED). Which is a bold, but likely unsubstantiated claim.

Tweeting isn’t enough though.
Actions speak louder than words.

We lost a sister last week, Lia Smith, who deserved a much kinder world.
And while she’s unfortunately far from the only one we lost this year, we need to talk about the broader problem of this institutionalizing of transphobia across the US and many other countries.

In good news for trans athletes in Minnesota, the supreme court sided with athlete JayCee Cooper, citing clear discrimination by barring her from participating as a woman.

Part 2 of today Montréal Municipal Elections coverage.
Including front-runner Soraya Martinez Ferrada, as well as incredibly problematic mayor of Hampstead, Jeremy Levi. Who you may remember, called for the annexation of Gaza…

Montréal Municipal Elections: let’s talk about Transition Montréal and its leader, Craig Sauvé.

And yes, we need to address the allegation against Craig from 2012

Far-right Sanae Takaichi is now the new Prime Minister of Japan which could set it on a course for a potentially disastrous future.
However, she’s two seats short of a majority. Meaning, the opposition parties could still stop the worst from happening.
Only time will tell now.

Canada, let’s talk about Bills C-12 and C-9:
Why they’re problematic, and why you should contact your MPs immediately to stop them.