Category: misgendering

  • 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.…

  • Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot

    Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot

    Rating: Transneutral, The Virginian-Pilot, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot Some Virginia school divisions appear to be entering a faceoff with the state and parents groups over Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s…

  • Groups rally about transgender youth ballot initiatives

    Groups rally about transgender youth ballot initiatives

    Rating: Transphobic, KTXL FOX 40 Sacramento, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Groups rally about transgender youth ballot initiatives (FOX40.COM) — Hundreds of people rallied outside of Sacramento’s capitol building August 28 to voice their opinions about a ballot measure that the authors say is designed…

  • Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case

    Rating: Transneutral, The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case The Kansas attorney general’s office now has more time to prepare its arguments over gender markers on driver’s licenses after arguing that allowing transgender people to…

  • How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men

    How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men

    Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…

  • Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes

    Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, Alaska’s News Source, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska education board is holding a special meeting on Thursday where the board will likely be taking action on…

  • The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights

    The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights

    Rating: Transsupportive, Channel 4 News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights – Channel 4 News A swathe of Republican-controlled states across America have been passing laws restricting transgender rights – the latest, Missouri where new legislation…

  • White House punts on 'yes or no answer' to transgender athletes playing female sports

    White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports The White House said Tuesday that “there is no yes or no answer” when asked whether it is fair that transgender athletes…