Category: intersex

  • Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages

    Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages

    Vladimir Putin has signed extreme legislation which bans all forms of gender-affirming care in Russia, as well as removing marriage and adoption rights for trans people.  Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages Vladimir Putin signs law…

  • 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 woman running to become Venezuela’s next president

    Transgender woman running to become Venezuela’s next president

    Tamara Adrián less than two weeks ago registered as a presidential candidate in the Venezuelan primary, becoming the first openly transgender person in the world to make such a move. Rating: Transsupportive, BoredBat, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Lawmakers push to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors as legislative session nears its end

    Lawmakers push to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors as legislative session nears its end

    A flurry of bills which have moved quickly in the past two weeks would limit gender-affirming care for teens and create other restrictions on the lives of transgender youth. Rating: Transsupportive, North Carolina Health News, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Ohio lawmakers and religious lobbyists coordinate on anti-trans legislation

    Ohio lawmakers and religious lobbyists coordinate on anti-trans legislation

    Communication on trans athlete bans, other anti-trans bills goes back years Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 20, 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…

  • Transgender people: 10 common myths

    Transgender people: 10 common myths

    Rating: Transsupportive, Vox, November 14, 2018 (PDF 0 archive) (PDF 1 archive) (PDF 2 archive) (PDF 3 archive) (PDF 4 archive) (PDF 5 archive) (PDF 6 archive) (PDF 7 archive) (PDF 8 archive) (PDF 9 archive) (PDF 10 archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender people: 10 common myths As transgender issues…

  • 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…