Category: Michigan
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Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats
Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats LGBTQ+ groups and other progressive forces, including President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, are denouncing the elevation of far-right U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House…
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Looking To 2024: What’s Next In The Fight Over Trans Rights In America
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Looking To 2024: What’s Next In The Fight Over Trans Rights In America 2023 has been a challenging year for transgender individuals in America. As most legislatures across the country went out of session, the momentum…
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Transgender youth events offered by Michigan group Stand with Trans
Rating: Transsupportive, Detroit Free Press, September 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender youth events offered by Michigan group Stand with Trans Michigan-based nonprofit Stand with Trans, a leading organization supporting transgender youth and their loved ones, is holding its fourth annual Trans Empowerment Month this October. The group…
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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…
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Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more
Rating: Transneutral, ESPN, August 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more Since 2020, 23 states have passed laws restricting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in school sports in accordance with their gender identity.…
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Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds
Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…
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Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex
Rating: Transphobic, Detroit News, August 4, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex Pontiac — A transgender woman from Pontiac has filed a court claim demanding her testicles back, insisting her ex-boyfriend is keeping them in a jar in his refrigerator and refusing…
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Macomb County minister pleads guilty to fatally shooting transgender woman
Rating: Transneutral, The Macomb Daily, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Macomb County minister pleads guilty to fatally shooting transgender woman – Macomb Daily A Macomb County minister pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally shooting a transgender woman in a Detroit neighborhood five years ago. Albert Weathers, 50, of Sterling Heights, entered a…
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Family of murdered transgender woman finally get justice ending nearly 5 year wait
Rating: Transneutral, FOX 2 Detroit, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Family of murdered transgender woman finally get justice ending nearly 5 year wait Family of murdered transgender woman sees her killer plead guilty Albert Weathers pleaded guilty to killing 36-year-old Kelly Stough – a transgender woman, and leaving…
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Man pleads guilty in 2018 shooting of transgender woman in Detroit
Rating: Transneutral, Detroit News, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Man pleads guilty in 2018 shooting of transgender woman in Detroit The suspect charged in the fatal shooting in 2018 of a transgender woman in Detroit has pleaded guilty, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday. Albert Weathers of Sterling Heights entered…