The Trans Agenda International: Kenya, Canada, USA
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Across the globe, trans people are facing escalating state interference, strategic neglect, and deliberate erasure. In Kenya, trans refugees warn of a fresh wave of danger as the Shirika Plan threatens to dismantle what little protection refugee camps offer. In Canada, the Canadian Medical Association is mounting an unprecedented constitutional challenge to Alberta’s Bill 26, arguing it forces doctors to abandon both ethics and patients. Across the US, trans rights are under coordinated attack, from Texas striking down federal protections to Trump’s new budget bill threatening to eliminate gender-affirming care nationwide.
Meanwhile, glimmers of hope remain: Colorado has enacted protections against misgendering, a trans mayoral candidate triumphed in Pennsylvania, and a suppressed Utah report confirms what we already know - gender-affirming care saves lives.
Trans refugees fear fresh danger as Kenya plans camp integration [The Standard (Zimbabwe)]
Trans refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma camp are warning that a new integration policy could put their lives at even greater risk. The Shirika Plan aims to turn refugee camps into open communities, but many trans refugees say they already face violence inside the camps and fear even less protection outside. Some have requested repatriation, despite the dangers they fled in Uganda, Burundi, and the DRC. Advocacy groups say their safety concerns have been ignored, while Trump’s halt on refugee resettlement has dashed hopes of relocation. One trans woman said: “This camp has always been a death trap.”
Doctors challenge Alberta transgender law [The Globe and Mail]
In a significant legal move, the Canadian Medical Association has joined three Alberta physicians to challenge Bill 26, which bans puberty blockers and hormone therapy for under-16s and prohibits gender-affirming surgeries for minors. The CMA calls the law an “unprecedented government intrusion” that overrides clinical judgment, violates doctors’ conscience rights under the Charter, and endangers trans youth already facing high levels of harm. Dr Jake Donaldson, who treats around 40 young trans patients, warned the legislation forces doctors to “stand on the sidelines and watch them suffer.” CMA president Dr Joss Reimer said politicians must not dictate care.
US targeting Canadian trans health care [Lethbridge Herald]
The US government’s “snitch line” for reporting gender-affirming care has sparked outrage for targeting Canadian health workers. Though US officials claim the 'initiative' is now limited to American conduct, the site still accepts non-US postcodes, raising fears of cross-border surveillance. Trans Care BC has since removed staff names from public listings and alerted clinicians to the risk.
Colorado moves to protect against misgendering and deadnaming [Las Vegas Review]
Gov. Jared Polis has signed a new law that extends anti-discrimination protections to trans residents of Colorado who are intentionally misgendered or deadnamed in settings like the workplace or in school. A lawsuit has already been filed by free speech brigade, challenging the law, claiming it breaches their First Amendment rights.
Texas court strikes down federal transgender workplace protections [Borger News-Herald]
A US district court in Texas has sided with state attorney general Ken Paxton in a case targeting federal guidance on transgender workplace rights. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the Biden-era EEOC guidance, which sought to protect gender identity under Title VII, overstepped its authority. The guidance would have required employers to respect gendered pronouns, bathroom access and dress codes. Paxton claimed this imposed “radical gender ideology,” and the court agreed, vacating the rules. No appeal is expected.
Texas bill requiring ‘biological sex’ in health records advances despite LGBTQ+ concerns [Las Vegas Reviewv]
Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill requiring patients’ medical records to list their “biological sex” and any “sexual development disorder,” prompting alarm. The measure would forcibly out trans patients to potentially unsupportive healthcare providers, increasing risks of discrimination and denial of care. Proponents claim the bill ensures doctors have complete information for treatment, but in reality it targets trans people under the guise of clinical necessity. The bill, having passed both House and Senate, now awaits reconciliation before becoming law.
Trans candidate moves a step closer to historic mayoral win in Pennsylvania [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Erica Deuso, a Democratic activist and pharmaceutical manager, has won the party’s nomination for mayor of Downingtown, Chester County, taking 62 per cent of the vote. If elected in November, she would become Pennsylvania’s first openly trans mayor. Backed by local Democrats and outgoing mayor Phil Dague, Deuso campaigned on consensus-building and cost-saving while preserving the town’s “good-neighbour” ethos. Only three openly trans officials hold office statewide. Deuso said the result “means a lot to my community” and said that trans people will “continue being here despite everything we’re hearing from the government.”
US Army to lie on records of trans soldiers
The US Army will begin altering personnel records to reflect only soldiers’ sex assigned at birth, according to a leaked memo obtained by Reuters. The directive, which follows a February Pentagon order, instructs commanders to immediately update systems to show "biological sex" only, asserting the lie that sex is “unchanging during a person’s life.”
Trump budget bill threatens nationwide ban on gender-affirming care [Boston Globe]
A new budget bill passed by the US House includes sweeping provisions that would end federal funding for gender-affirming care via Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The measures would strip access to puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries for trans people of all ages, potentially removing coverage for over 276,000 trans Medicaid recipients. GLAD called it “a relentless attack” on trans lives, unsupported by medical science or human rights.
Utah lawmakers face pressure after their own report backs gender-affirming care [Salt Lake Tribunev]
A long-awaited state-commissioned report has confirmed what trans advocates have long argued: gender-affirming care improves mental health outcomes for trans youth. Despite this, Republican lawmakers, who pushed Utah’s 2023 ban, are refusing to reconsider, citing discredited claims and ignoring their own report’s findings, including the reduced suicide risk for teens who accessed care early.