Category: North America
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New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues
Rating: Transsupportive, SouthCoastToday.com, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues NEW BEDFORD — For five years Arya Witner worked at the downtown New Bedford bus terminal next door to City Hall “and witnessed the worst of both.” Witner said she…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CADOJ sues school district over transgender student notification policy
Rating: Transneutral, KCRA Sacramento, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary CADOJ sues school district over transgender student notification policy Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced his office filed a lawsuit against a Southern California school district for its new policy that requires parents to be notified if…
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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…
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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…
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Who’s behind transgender policies in Southern California schools? – Press Enterprise
Rating: Transneutral, The Press-Enterprise, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Who’s behind transgender policies in Southern California schools? – Press Enterprise Sidelined in Sacramento, California conservatives went back to school. They won school board seats last fall and are now working to advance what they see as an…
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Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds
Rating: Transneutral, Houston Chronicle, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds Katy ISD staff must now inform parents whose children ask to be identified as transgender, after the board of trustees on Monday narrowly passed a new official policy containing a…
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Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law
Rating: Transneutral, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law Jack Suntrup JEFFERSON CITY — Maplewood Richmond Heights School District administrators on Monday called a new state law restricting transgender athletes discriminatory and didn’t shut the door…