Category: San Francisco
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As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow
Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…
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Federal judge halts California school’s rule against outing transgender students, teeing up conflict
Rating: Transneutral, San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Federal judge halts California school’s rule against outing transgender students, teeing up conflict A federal judge says a school that follows California state policy by letting students decide whether to tell their parents that they identify as…
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Protest the Transphobes– TERFs Off Our Turf
Rating: Transsupportive, Reproductive Justice SF, September 16, 2023, 12-2pm, Hilton San Francisco (Chinatown), 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Protest the Transphobes–TERFs Off Our Turf! Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMEvent Type: ProtestOrganizer/Author: Reproductive Justice SFEmail: reprojusticesf [at] gmail.comLocation Details: In front of the Hilton…
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A trans immigrant fleeing persecution tries to get asylum—and just get by—in SF. It’s not easy
Millions face pervasive discrimination and unjustifiable violence at home. Some come here seeking asylum in the true sense of the word. This is one story Rating: Transsupportive, 48Hills, July 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary A trans immigrant fleeing persecution tries to get asylum—and just get by—in SF. It’s…
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San Francisco’s Deep History of Policing Public Cross-Dressing
A 19th-century law led to over 100 local arrests of people wearing clothes typical of the opposite sex — an archaic ban akin to Tennessee’s recent law banning public drag, which has now been blocked and deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. Rating: Transsupportive, Underscore, June 5, 2023 (PDF archive)
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San Francisco Drag March
On April 8, 2023, approximately 5,000 people of many gender identities gathered starting at 11am in front of San Francisco City Hall for some brief comments and music as part of Drag Up! Fight Back! March & Rally, sponsored by the People’s March, Oasis, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence among others. Around 12 noon,…
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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…