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TransEscape
Normally, this would be a happy occasion: “We launched a new website to help people use our policy research!” But the situation is not so simple. This resource exists because our trans and non-conforming community is under an…
Lawyer 陌dil Arslanba艧 told Bianet on October 26 that more than 80 people remained detained across five investigations following September’s anti-LGBTI operations. The lawyer reported that 18 trans women were held in 陌zmir and 23 in Mersin, and…
Police detained 45 people, most of them trans women, in simultaneous raids across seven Turkish cities on October 24, Bianet reports, citing Kaos GL. The Ankara-led investigation primarily alleges obscenity connected to social-media posts. Rights groups condemned the…
Asturias published Law 7/2026 on October 23, establishing regional equality and anti-discrimination measures for LGBTI people and their families. The statute includes trans-specific provisions in healthcare and other public services. Its final provision sets entry into force two…
India’s Supreme Court issued notices to three Union ministries on October 28 over a petition by Women’s Declaration International India, PTI reports. The petition raises questions about transgender people’s access to protections and facilities; the court joined it…
Federal
Republicans spent an estimated $183 million on anti-trans television advertising through October 25, generating about 217,000 airings nationwide, AP reports, citing AdImpact. The October 28 report documents a large campaign investment in targeting trans people as the midterms…
ANTRA and the Brazilian Institute of Transmasculinities say they filed motions for clarification on October 19 asking a federal court in Acre to reconsider its denial of urgent relief concerning CFM Resolution 2,427/2025. The organizations argue that the…
Brazilian volleyball player Tifanny Abreu has lost permission to play in the 2026-27 Superliga following two October 23 decisions, according to a CBV statement reproduced by Web Volei. The Rio de Janeiro state court suspended her civil injunction…
UNDP Kenya has published its 2026 LGBTI Inclusion Index, documenting major gaps in the evidence available to guide inclusion policy. Of 51 indicators, 39 had supporting evidence and 12 lacked sufficient or nationally representative evidence. The report says…
European Union
An updated October 15 European Parliamentary Research Service briefing describes persistent discrimination and violence against LGBTI people, with trans and intersex people especially affected. It reviews gaps in EU anti-discrimination protections and differences between member states, alongside recent…
Washington Initiative 26-638 would exclude trans girls from girls-only school athletic competitions and require a healthcare provider statement verifying sex for students seeking to participate. The legislature took no action on the initiative, sending it to the November…
MambaOnline reports that the family of Thulani Komanisi, a 32-year-old trans woman in Nelson Mandela Bay, is seeking answers about her death after she left home on September 25. Her aunt alleges police have resisted investigating the family's…