Trans woman once turned away from salons starts beauty business to help others.
Jessica Hillis, from Upton, runs Obsidian Beauty, a mobile beauty salon covering Liverpool, Wirral and Chester, providing waxing, brow shaping, facials and spray tanning for transgender women in the privacy of their homes.
#news #GoodNews #TransNews
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/trans-woman-once-turned-away-27584520

'Difference is beautiful': pregnant trans men go for a swim – in pictures. #news #GoodNews #TransNews #seahorses
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/08/difference-is-beautiful-pregnant-trans-men-go-for-a-swim-in-pictures

#News #TransNews
PinkNews: Indeed offers trans employees $10,000 to relocate to safer states.
Job search platform Indeed has launched a new $10,000 payment scheme for their transgender employees to help them relocate to safer areas in the United States.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/30/indeed-trans-employees-relocation-scheme/

#GoodNews #news #TransNews
bbc.co.uk: Danielle McGahey: Transgender cricketer set to play in women's T20 international for Canada
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66597000

Kris Tyson trans: MrBeast Youtuber comes out as trans woman
#youtube #news #transgender #TransNews
https://metro.co.uk/2023/07/25/kris-tyson-trans-mrbeast-youtuber-comes-out-as-trans-woman-19185510/

Whether you’re trans or not, the gender police are coming for you.
The war on trans people isn’t just a trans issue. Ultimately, it’s a war on anyone who doesn’t conform to narrow gender norms. There are plenty of documented instances of cis women being harassed in bathrooms, for example, because they’ve been mistaken for trans women.
#transNews #news #trans
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/17/gender-police-trans-war-women

#article
#transNews
#wrestling
"Being a transwoman is part of me, but it's not a 'gimmick'," Shaw says.

"That's who I am, that's my life.

"Every person who is living their life authentically makes this industry and the world better.

"And that's what it's all about."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/64944292

The first ever trans tea room in Birmingham is hoping to transform lives and offer support in the trans community.

The space offers a place for gender fluid, non binary and trans people to socialise, play board games, crafts and have a coffee in the 'pay as you feel' café.

#transNews #GoodNews #news
https://planetradio.co.uk/free/local/news/a-trans-tea-room-in-birmingham-hopes-to-transform-lives-across-the-region/

I don't know if anyone on here was responsible for this, but it's awesome. #trans #transnews

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/21/missouri-trans-snitch-form-down-after-people-spammed-it-with-the-bee-movie-script/

:heart_trans: Lovely story. (a little bit tmi about surgery)
Yahoo Lifestyle UK: Married couple who wed as man and wife renewing vows as two women following groom's transition
#news #transNews #GoodNews
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/couple-wed-man-wife-now-renewing-vows-woman-transition-104447469.html

A #Sussex town will host a range of events to celebrate the trans community for their first-ever Trans Pride.

A week of festivities is planned across Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill for local trans and non-binary people and their allies for Trans Pride Hastings in July.

Events planned so far include a mini film festival, a dog hangout and a “picnics and chill” event at the beach
#news #transNews #GoodNews #pride #xp
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/23438701.hastings-host-week-events-first-ever-trans-pride/

GLAAD has organized an additional letter to the editor supporting the 180+ #NYTimes contributors. In it are demands for the company to stop printing anti-trans stories, listen to trans people, and invest in staff members who are trans.

https://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations

Press release: https://www.glaad.org/releases/new-york-times-contributors-call-out-biased-coverage-of-transgender-people-in-joint-letter

#TransNews

San Francisco launches #transgender guaranteed income program - https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-francisco-launches-transgender-guaranteed-income-program/

#transawarenessweek #transnews

Juno Dawson and Hannah Graf slam anti-trans public figures.

#Trans icons Hannah Graf MBE and Juno Dawson have slammed well-known public figures and for stoking “uninformed and divisive” views against the trans community.

The pair spoke at the #PinkNews Awards 2022, supported by joint headline sponsors Lloyds Banking Group and United Airlines, where they presented the Ally of the Year award to Chocolat author Joanne Harris.
#Transgender #TransNews #xp #GoodNews
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/10/21/juno-dawson-hannah-graf-anti-trans-transphobia/