Italy's Minister of Education, Giuseppe Valditara, stated that the new "Informed Consent" law, approved by the Senate, protects children from "gender propaganda" and restores parents' rights in discussing gender identity with their minor children. He clarified that sex education and education on respect and empathy will continue in schools.
Italy's Senate has approved a new law on informed consent, aimed at protecting minors from gender identity propaganda and reinforcing parental rights in education. Education Minister Valditara stated the law ensures balanced maturation for young people and clarifies that sex education and prevention of STIs will continue in schools.
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the Pentagon's policy banning transgender troops from military service was illegal. The court's 2-1 decision largely upholds a previous ruling by a US District Judge. The ban remains in effect for now.
Hong Kong's Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit (GISOU) received only seven discrimination complaints from 2015-2025, a figure advocacy groups deem unrealistic. The unit lacks legal authority and publicity efforts, focusing on "important tasks" instead.
A landmark Federal Court ruling that the exclusion of a transgender woman from a female-only app constituted unlawful gender identity discrimination is upheld on appeal.
The EU declines to ban conversion therapies outright, instead planning a 2024 recommendation for member states to adopt national bans, despite over a million petition signatures and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stating such practices 'have no place' in the EU.
British Medical Association says review into gender identity services was ‘robust’ after previously rejecting findingsThe trade union representing doctors across the UK has dropped its opposition to the findings of the Cass review of gender identity services across the NHS.The British Medical Association (BMA) had previously rejected the findings of the landmark review of transgender healthcare, with the medical body refusing to endorse the report’s findings. Continue reading...
The Office for Students (OfS) suffered a major embarrassment when the high court rejected its £500,000 fine against the University of Sussex related to Kathleen Stock's departure. Mrs Justice Lieven found bias and predetermination in the OfS's handling of the case. The regulator, under former chief executive Susan Lapworth, faces criticism for failing to act on for-profit colleges and the University of Greater Manchester despite media exposure of problems.
The FCC's Media Bureau is soliciting public comments on whether the TV ratings system appropriately handles children's programming with transgender or non-binary characters. Chairman Brendan Carr claims parents are concerned about pro-transgender agenda in programming, though FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez notes only 11 public correspondences were received, with just 2 rating changes needed. Critics call the effort an attempt to erase transgender and non-binary people from media under the guise of protecting children.
A Utah couple faces federal parental kidnapping charges after allegedly taking a 10-year-old child to Cuba during a custody dispute. Rose Inessa-Ethington, the child's biological father and a transgender woman, and her partner Blue Inessa-Ethington were arrested after Cuban authorities deported them. The child was returned to their biological mother this week via a DOJ aircraft. Authorities cited concerns about gender-affirming surgery but acknowledged no physical evidence was offered that surgery was actually planned, as it's illegal for children in Cuba.
A US government plane was used to return a 10-year-old from Utah to the US after a custody dispute involving the child's gender identity. The child's transgender parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, and her partner were arrested for international parental kidnapping.
President Trump's Department of Justice sent a plane this week to Cuba to return a 10-year-old from Utah who is at the center of a custody fight involving the child's gender identity.
