Category: legislature

  • Senator Admits

    Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online A bill with bipartisan backing is quietly making its way through Congress, and it could pose a significant threat to LGBTQ+ content online.…

  • Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents…

  • Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports

    Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports

    Rating: Transneutral, Anchorage Daily News, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports A board appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy decided Thursday in favor of a new regulation that would ban transgender girls from participation in high…

  • Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

    Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

    Rating: Transneutral, The Guardian US, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect The Texas supreme court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the…

  • EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health The topic of gender affirming healthcare has never attracted more attention or scrutiny, presenting challenges…

  • Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem

    Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem

    Rating: Transneutral, Out South Florida, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem (WB) Virginia state Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas)’s Republican opponent in her state Senate race continues to highlight his opposition to transgender rights. Bill Woolf’s consulting company, Woolf Group Strategic Solutions,…

  • Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail

    Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail

    Rating: Transsupportive, Binghamton University Pipe Dream, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against … Alleging widespread discrimination and abuse during her incarceration, Makyyla Holland’s settlement includes a county policy to protect LGBTI individuals. Makyyla Holland, a transgender woman, experienced violence and discrimination…

  • New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies   Over the past two years, over a dozen states—all under Republican governance—have enacted policies that forcibly disclose the gender identities of transgender youth to…

  • Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via AOL, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth SUMMER BALLENTINE August 30, 2023 at 4:43 PM Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.…

  • In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline

    In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline

    Rating: Transsupportive, Them, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline One of the most impactful of these meetings took place last year, when Intransitive hosted lawyers from the ACLU in town to litigate…