Category: chromosomes

  • How sports are handling transgender women in competition – DW – 10/01/2023

    How sports are handling transgender women in competition – DW – 10/01/2023

    Rating: Transneutral, Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How sports are handling transgender women in competition – DW – 10/01/2023 Discussions about transgender rights and sports have been ongoing among athletes and sports federations for years. In a recent development, an upcoming World Aquatics Swimming…

  • Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stands up for trans women in sport: ‘Rise to the occasion’

    Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stands up for trans women in sport: ‘Rise to the occasion’

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, September 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stands up for trans women in sport: ‘Rise to the occasion’ Neil DeGrasse Tyson boldly defended trans women in sport in a recent debate. (YouTube/TRIGGERnometry) Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson boldly…

  • How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions

    How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions

    Rating: Transneutral, Yahoo News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but often absent from policy decisions is a clear understanding of how many people will be directly…

  • US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation

    US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation

    Yet another federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors has been proposed by Republican lawmakers, this time by Ohio senator JD Vance. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

    Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

    Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Ask Ethan: What is a woman?

    Ask Ethan: What is a woman?

    If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science. Rating: Transsupportive, BigThink, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary STARTS WITH A BANG — JUNE 9, 2023 Ask Ethan: What is a woman?  If you…

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

    The overall goal of SOC-8 is to provide health care professionals (HCPs) with clinical guidance to assist TGD people in accessing safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with their gendered selves with the aim of optimizing their overall physical health, psychological well-being, and self-fulfillment. Rating: Transsupportive, World Professional Association of Transgender Health via International Journal…

  • CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    A novel way of thinking about one’s body has entered into popular culture. “Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual…

  • Gender

    Rating: Transsupportive, Anarchist Library, February 2012 (PDF archive A4) (PDF archive Letter) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Title: Gender Author: Jamie Heckert Topics: gender, Institute for Anarchist Studies, Lexicon Date: February 2012 Source: https://anarchiststudies.org/lexicon-pamphlet-series/lexicon-gender/ Jamie Heckert Gender Gender is a system of categorizing ourselves and each other (including bodies, desires, and behaviors) running through every aspect of culture and…