Transgender

Olympic committee moves toward blanket ban on transgender women athletes

The ban is set to come into effect in early 2026, The Times reported.

Laurel Hubbard of Team New Zealand competes during the Weightlifting - Women's 87kg+ Group A on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo International Forum on August 02, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
People gather in Union Square after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning some medical care for transgender youths in New York City, U.S., June 18, 2025.

US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people

Kyle Lukoff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 04, 2023.

In National Book Awards finalist, Jewish trans boy and golem team up to save the world

Members of the transgender community, comfort each other as they mourn the death of their three fellow members, who, according to them were killed by unidentified gunmen, as they gather to condemn and demand justice, during a peaceful protest in Karachi, Pakistan September 24, 2025.

Bodies of three transgender women left on roadside in Pakistan spark demands for justice


GOP Nancy Mace to Jewish progressive: ‘I have a good surgeon if you need to get your nose done'

The self-proclaimed "Trump in high heels" targeted a Jewish progressive with antisemitics insult during an online quarrel.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks as the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement meets in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC

Ammunition in Kirk killing engraved with expressions of transgender, antifascist ideology - report

According to an early bulletin by The Wall Street Journal, the older-model 0.30 caliber hunting rifle was discovered near the scene, with sources telling the paper to urge caution.

FILE PHOTO: Founder and president of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 28, 2019.

US appeals court rejects Trump bid to restore passport policy targeting transgender people

The case is one of several concerning an executive order Trump signed after returning to office on January 20, directing the government to recognize only two biologically distinct sexes.

US President Donald Trump, next to Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during an event to announce that the Space Force Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2025

Convicted German neo-Nazi to serve sentence in women’s prison after changing gender

The Self-Determination Act, which only came into force in November of last year, enabled Liebich to be placed in a prison aligning with their self-described gender identity

Maria-Svenja Liebich

Police indict individual for stabbing transgender person in Kiryat Yam apartment

The indictment was filed against the suspect through the Haifa District Attorney's Office, with a request by police to extend his detention.

 Israel Police and forensic teams at the site of the murder of a three-year-old in east Jerusalem, July 7, 2025.

Israeli High Court blocks fast-track bid to undo gender change

The three-judge panel held that the gender-change certificate the petitioner received in 2021 “remains valid,” and any new certificate must follow the ministry’s ordinary procedure.

Israel's High Court of Justice

Caitlyn Jenner returns to Israel as guest of honor for Tel Aviv Pride 2025

Jenner's mission for her visit is to bring light to the LGBTQ community in Israel and to help shift global perceptions.

 Caitlyn Jenner at the David Intercontinental Hotel as Tel Aviv Pride’s guest of honor on June 11, 2025

Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules

The State Department soon after changed its passport policy to "request the applicant’s biological sex at birth,” rather than permitting applicants to self-identify their sex.

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Transgender Jews fear for safety as Trump targets their rights

Jewish LGBTQ+ families fear what’s next as Trump targets trans rights.

 A person wears a pride-themed yarmulke in the West Village in New York City, on June 26, 2020.

Belgian film festival nixes Palestinian trans documentary over anti-Israel threats

The Cinemamed Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival announced last Wednesday that it would not be screening Yolande Zauberman's The Belle from Gaza.

People take part in a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in Brussels, Belgium, November 11, 2023.

'Emilia Perez': From Mexican cartel leader to Tel Aviv's operating table

Emilia Perez tells a colorful story of cartels, gender, and redemption.

Karla Sofia Gascon (center) and Zoe Saldana in ‘Emilia Perez.’