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  • Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care

    Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care

    Rating: Transsupportive, National Public Radio via 90.5 WESA, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care Pittsburgh could become a sanctuary city for transgender health care. A package of bills introduced in City Council Tuesday would prohibit city agencies from supporting…

  • ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison

    Rating: Transneutral, IndyStar, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison The ACLU of Indiana is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for denying gender-affirming surgery to a transgender woman, challenging a new state law that prohibits the…

  • Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Rating: Transneutral, FOX 59 Indianapolis, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a transgender prisoner, has filed a lawsuit in federal…

  • Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…

  • The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

  • Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

    Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

    Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, New York Times, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians A new law underscores how Vladimir V. Putin is increasingly using the war in Ukraine as justification for greater restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. life, portraying it as a consequence…

  • Judge rules transgender health care ban unconstitutional

    Judge rules transgender health care ban unconstitutional

    A Federal judge in Arkansas ruled against the state’s law banning transgender health care. A doctor who testified in the case, who has treated trans patients for 30 years, says,”It’s not just that someone learns that there are transgender or non-binary people in society and is contemplating that as an identity. It’s that they are…

  • I CAN’T FIND THE SENSE IN TRANSITIONING… My Response

    I CAN’T FIND THE SENSE IN TRANSITIONING… My Response

    Below is my response to a post written last week by someone who clearly has their own ideas about the transgender community and decided to be generous enough to share their thoughts with everyone else. They also followed up their views with years of supporting data compiled from the experts on YouTube. If you take…

  • He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

    He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

    Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

  • Florida Reverts Adult Transgender Care To 1979 In Violation Of Standards Of Care

    Florida Reverts Adult Transgender Care To 1979 In Violation Of Standards Of Care

    A new set of provisions in Florida mostly rewind transgender standards of care to the disastrous standards of 1979. This will whittle down remaining transgender adult care to a trickle in the state. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, June 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)