Prison campaigners welcome move of trans prisoner Sophie Eastwood to male jail

Texas Tribune.The law was challenged by a group of plaintiffs, including five families with transgender children, three doctors specializing in transgender care, a national LGBTQ advocacy organization, and an organization for LGBTQ health professionals. The plaintiffs argued that the ban on gender-affirming care discriminates against transgender youth, infringes on parents’ right to make medical decisions they believe are in their children’s best interests, and violates doctors’ freedom to practice medicine.In her ruling, Cantú Hexsel agreed with the plaintiffs, finding that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in proving the law “interferes with Texas families’ private decisions and strips Texas parents … of the right to seek, direct, and provide medical care for their children.”“The evidence before the Court does not support the conclusion the Act protects the health or wellbeing of minors,” Cantú Hexsel wrote.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor First Hand Films has taken international sales rights to German director Julia Fuhr Mann’s documentary “Life Is Not a Competition But I Am Winning?,” which will premiere in Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival. Variety is debuting its trailer exclusively.

Sophie Skelton has landed a leading role in a brand new thriller set to start filming in Scotland later this year.

Jane Remover has released her first offering for the year, “Lips,” the lead single of her newly announced sophomore album, Census Designated. The ten-track project is scheduled to arrive on October 20 via deadAir.

Sophie Habboo has admitted that working with her husband Jamie Laing can get very “intense” as she opened up about how their podcast affects their relationship. Sophie, 29, and Jamie, 34, launched the podcast together back in March 2022. It was originally called NearlyWeds, but the couple rebranded the show NewlyWeds after they tied the knot in April 2023.

Justin Trudeau is thankful for the support from fellow Canadians.

Made In Chelsea's Ollie Locke and his husband Gareth have welcomed twins via surrogate, after three years of trying for a family. "The babies are here – this is what we’ve been waiting for.

barring transgender students from gender-affirming facilities is discriminatory and unconstitutional. It remains unclear what will happen if a district’s school restroom access policies are found to violate existing legal precedent.When the policies were first introduced last year, thousands of high school and middle school-aged students across the state held walkouts in protest.While no school district is required to fully adopt the “model policies” guidance — just as many conservative districts refused to adopt transgender-friendly policies in 2021 under former Democratic Gov.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have been permanently hit by the love bug. In honor of the Jonas Brother singer's 34th birthday on Tuesday, many of the special people in his life — including his three famous siblings — took to social media to share some special wishes. But wife Sophie's tributes may have won.The alum honored Joe with a selfie of them together seemingly in a closet rocking matching striped pajamas.

issued the injunction last month to block the state from enforcing its prohibitions on transgender females who seek to compete on female-designated sports teams while a lawsuit challenging those restrictions moves forward.Under the law, known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, transgender females are prohibited from competing on sex-segregated sports teams that align with their gender identity, and cisgender students who believe they lost out on athletic opportunities due to the presence of a transgender athlete can sue for damages.The law also allows for female athletes — both transgender and cisgender, particularly if a cisgender athlete does not conform to traditional stereotypes of femininity — to be subjected to genetic testing to “prove” their gender identity matches assigned sex at birth.But Zipps found that the law is “overly broad” and may be unconstitutional, violating not only female athletes’ right to equal protection, but Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination based on sex in educational settings. As such, allowing the policy to be enforced before a final decision on the law’s constitutionality was reached would “irreparably harm” the transgender plaintiffs.Zipps also found that there was not sufficient evidence to prove that pre-pubertal athletes assigned male at birth hold a significant physiological or competitive advantage over cisgender females, as they have not yet developed secondary sex characteristics.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks host Greg Davies has opened up about his most embarrassing celebrity encounters - including the time he met his famous crush, Blue Peter star Janet Ellis. The comedian told OK! that he ran into Janet - who is the mum of singer Sophie Ellis Bextor - in a chip shop, but ended up "humiliating" himself. "I met Janet Ellis once in a fish and chip shop.

while supporting their husbands over the weekend! On Saturday, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sophie Turner and Danielle Jonas were all on hand at New York City's Yankee Stadium to support their men — Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas (the Jonas Brothers) — during opening night of The Tour. And the ladies' looks didn't disappoint.

Buckingham Palace has announced that several senior members of the Royal Family will be taking on new military roles. It has been said that the new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the Armed Forces and the Royal Family in King Charles' reign.

KESQ. “And then the other two girls that were with her came and they were like basically jumping me and tore my clothes. I was in disbelief and a rage that I got hit for simply existing.”Perez, who had been stripped down to her undergarments, spat at the women, only to be sucker-punched by an unidentified man.

intervened in the case, representing Anne and her parents, praised the dismissal of the lawsuit.“Today’s ruling reaffirms that the Constitution is not a vehicle to compel discrimination,” David Carey, the group’s deputy legal director, said in a statement.

posted his retraction on Instagram Monday, saying that he does not apologize for making the remarks on Saturday.“First and foremost, I did not apologize for having an opinion on this matter,” the rapper said in the video. “I am a 43-year-old heterosexual man raising five boys and two girls okay, that’s my reality.”Ne-Yo, 43, clarified that the remarks were not intended to offend anyone and that he was sorry if they had.

While many will know Sophie Winkleman as the wife of King Charles' second cousin Lord Frederick Windsor, she also has links to TV royalty - being the half-sister of Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman. Despite the family connection however, the Sanditon star has revealed that she's not interested in competing on her sister's show. Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview, the 42-year-old said: "No, I can't go near a dancing programme.

She’s married to the Royal family’s Lord Frederick Windsor but Sophie Winkleman still needs a little help when it comes to behaving like a lady on the set of Jane Austen’s Sanditon.The actress - beloved by fans for her comedic turn as Peep Show’s Big Suze - stars as King’s mistress Lady Susan in the upcoming third series of the regency era drama. In real life, Sophie, 42, is used to high society and was recently photographed sharing a raucous joke with King Charles (her husband’s second cousin) at Royal Ascot. But she still wants a tutor to help with historical royal protocols.

The Order of Succession is something that cannot be altered by personal preference. While the British royals understand this, it would seem that one foreign country had not grasped this as they made a rather strange offer to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994. Huge socio-political change in the country at the time prompted them to ask the late Queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, to serve as their head of state.The unusual offer was called "charming" but had to be sensibly declined by Buckingham Palace.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have seen a huge and deserving rise in their popularity in recent years.The couple first met during a charity event at the Queen's Tennis Club in London in 1993 and announced their engagement six years later on January 6, 1999. Ahead of their wedding, the palace announced that the pair would be styled as The Earl and Countess of Wessex.