Trans Radio UK

05/06/2026

BREAKING🚨🏳️‍🌈 A U.S. Senator looked directly into the camera at a Senate hearing and told trans kids: "You are a beautiful, precious person. You are worthy of love as you are." The Republican chairman immediately said: "I take offense at that."

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee convened a hearing on gender-affirming care for minors. It was chaired by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and featured a witness lineup stacked toward anti-trans testimony. Opening arguments centered on stories of regret, warnings about "gender ideology," and calls for a federal ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors.

Then it was Tim Kaine's turn.

He started by calling out the political context that the hearing was taking place in. He named Stephen Miller's lie about James Talarico being transgender. He named the Air Force's decision to classify trans service members not as retired but as "national security risks" so they couldn't collect their benefits after years of honorable service. He pointed to Virginia's own history of building a political identity around kicking marginalized people around and said: "Attacking trans people is sort of like the new version of kicking around who we used to kick around."

Then he turned to the camera. To the kids who might be watching. And he said this:

"If you're a trans kid watching this hearing, there is some intentional effort to make you feel bad about yourself. But you've got a lot of people who love you. You've got a lot of people who support you. You probably have more people who love and support you than you know. You're a beautiful, precious person. You're made and you're precious and worthy of love as you are."

Cassidy's response was immediate. "This Republican senator emphatically rejects the idea that we're trying to make a certain group of people an example. I actually take offense at that."

He took offense at a senator telling children they are worthy of love.

Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, said afterward: "I thought Senator Kaine was so powerful. That was perhaps the single most powerful moment on the Democratic side."

Trans kids are watching Senate hearings about whether their healthcare should be criminalized, whether their identities are real, and whether the government should have access to their private medical records. Tim Kaine looked at them and said: you are not alone, and you are loved.

The Republican chairman took offense at that.

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05/06/2026

The ruling allows 16 states and D.C., to continue fighting federal efforts to investigate providers and restrict access to gender-affirming care.

05/06/2026

In a statement, Madonna said the collaboration was rooted in her long-standing relationship with LGBTQ+ audiences. “The LGBTQ+ community has been with me from the beginning. We’ve inspired, challenged and stood by each other during both dark and joyful times,” she said. “Partnering with Grindr feels like a celebration of that connection - safety in numbers.”

▶️ https://www.scenemag.co.uk/motha-descends-on-nyc-grindr-and-madonna-team-up-for-legendary-times-square-performance/

📸 by Ricardo Gomes

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

BREAKING🚨 Elon Musk’s trans daughter just walked a red carpet looking powerful and unbothered — and the way she handled the questions is everything his culture‑war fanboys pretend not to see.

Vivian Jenna Wilson — who dropped her father’s last name, changed her legal gender marker, and publicly cut ties with him years ago — stepped out in Los Angeles this week for a high‑profile event tied to her new modeling and fashion work. Reporters immediately tried to make it about Musk: what does she think of his anti‑trans posts, his “gender ideology” rants, his habit of mocking pronouns and calling parents like hers “abusive”?

Instead of shrinking, she leaned into her own name, her own career, and her own community. She posed for photos, signed autographs for young q***r fans, and shut down attempts to drag her back into his narrative with a simple move: redirecting every question back to her projects and the people harmed by the kind of rhetoric he pushes.

Context matters here. This is a young woman who, at 16, came out as trans, transitioned, and then watched her father — one of the richest men on Earth and owner of a massive social media platform — turn her identity into a punchline and a political weapon.

He amplified anti‑trans conspiracy theories, boosted accounts pushing bathroom bans and healthcare bans, and insisted he was “protecting kids” while his own daughter was quietly filing court papers to remove his name from her life.

For years, she stayed mostly out of view, surfacing in small online posts and a few interviews about living authentically without him.

Now she’s on magazine covers, booked for runway shows in Milan and campaigns with major brands, and using her platform to raise money for immigrant and LGBTQ+ groups.

Watching her glide down a carpet — surrounded by friends, stylists, and q***r creatives — while her father spends his days rage‑posting about “wokeness” is its own kind of indictment. He wanted to make her a cautionary tale for right‑wing media. Instead, she’s becoming a reminder that trans kids grow into adults with full lives, careers, and communities that will not revolve around a parent’s bigotry.

It’s also a blueprint. Every time a billionaire or a governor tries to score points by dehumanizing trans people, there are actual families on the other side — kids changing their names, filing paperwork, figuring out how to be safe.

Vivian Wilson can’t fix the damage her father’s platform has done. But every red‑carpet walk, every campaign, every unapologetic photo where she stands in her own name is a small but powerful rebuttal: you can throw all the money and algorithms in the world at erasing us, and we’ll still show up in the light.

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05/06/2026

04/06/2026

++ NEW REPORT ++

In our research with the Institute for Journalism and Social Change, every trans content creator who responded to the survey reported experiencing violence tied to their online presence. Over a third (35%) of respondents experience online hate speech daily, whereas 53% reported experiencing it on a weekly basis.

Respondents reported receiving abuse when sharing personal content, including videos of walking in public, selfies, and daily updates. This shows how even ordinary forms of online self-expression and visibility can lead to targeted harassment for trans people.

The most common forms of online hate speech included:
- Denying their existence as trans people, reported by 67% of survey participants
- Death threats: 50%
- R*pe or s*xual abuse threats: 37%

Experiencing repeated hate can take a serious emotional and professional toll. Survey participants described lasting fear, isolation, and mental health strain, often leading to deleting posts, self-censorship, or leaving platforms entirely. For some, it directly affects their income and professional opportunities, restricting their full, free and equal participation in digital life.

Our joint research with the Institute for Journalism and Social Change documents the realities of hate speech, platform failure, and everyday resistance. The findings are based on the experiences of 30 content creators from 16 countries and 10 languages.

Get the full report on our website: https://tgeu.org/tgeu-and-ijsc-publish-report-on-trans-peoples-experiences-of-online-hate-speech/

04/06/2026

Use our tool to email your MP and ask them to support motion EDM 240 and reject the EHRC’s harmful Code of Practice: https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

This statutory guidance would usher in a dark age for LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, and encourage gender policing and lawfare. This, the government admits, will put trans and gender non-conforming people at risk. You can find out more about the Code here: https://www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-court-ruling-on-sex-in-the-equality-act/our-thoughts-on-the-ehrcs-updated-code-of-practice-may-2026/

This is a historic moment, and what our political representatives do here matters.

Nadia Whittome MP has tabled a motion (EDM 240) to disapprove the Code of Practice, which has already recieved cross-party support. Please ask your MP to support the motion if they haven't already.

We must keep pressure up on the issue, in a way that can help. Every person who emails is vital, and every MP who formally objects makes a difference.

Along with TransActual and Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, we've created a template to help you tell your MP how you feel about this horrific guidance, and ask them to reject it.

Sending an email only takes a few minutes. Once you've done it, please ask 3 friends to do the same.

04/06/2026

As the band celebrates the 40th anniversary of its debut album, a new Dave Audé remix helps introduce a song about exclusion, identity, and belonging to a new generation.